A new red-band trailer has been released for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which serves up plenty of gore, bloody stakings and some axe inflicted beheadings. This mash-up tale looks pretty cool, aside from the fact that it’s somewhat trivializing a historical president’s memory – and rather than going for a more subtle nuanced vampire outing, the visuals by Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov‘s are devised to make this an action hero’s […]
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Tim Burton’s DARK SHADOWS First Trailer
The eagerly awaited trailer for Tim Burton’s new film that puts a modern spin on the cult TV series Dark Shadows, has finally arrived. What starts off like a classic vampire tale, quickly turns into a riotous comedy where a displaced vampire must learn to adjust to the new time in which he has awoken. Johnny Depp plays the vampire Barnabas […]
ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER Teaser Trailer
The first trailer is here for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the new flick that re-imagines the 16th American President (played by Benjamin Walker) as an axe wielding slayer of vampires. From Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov the visuals are similarly impressive and the fight choreography looks ‘Matrix’ inspired. Based on the mash up novel by Seth Grahame-Smith who also penned the script, […]
First Look At Tim Burton’s DARK SHADOWS
Tim Burton is currently shooting his newest flick Dark Shadows, starring frequent collaborator Johnny Depp. Based on the 60’s TV show of the same name, the film is written by novelist and screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith. The first official images were recently released which show the filmmaker’s penchant for infusing stories with wonderfully weird characters that inhabit strange and beautiful environments. The billion dollar haul of his ‘Alice […]
Dominic Cooper To Play Abe Lincoln’s Mentor
The part of Abe Lincoln’s mentor Henry Sturges, has gone to British rising star Dominic Cooper. Last week, Joaquin Phoenix was reported to be the front-runner for the role but it seems that he passed, or that director Timur Bekmambetov wanted a lesser-known star. While it would’ve been cool to see Joaquin return with a […]
Eva Green Set to Join Johnny Depp in Burton’s Dark Shadows
Eva Green who turned the Bond girl role upside down is now set to join Johnny Depp in the Tim Burton directed adaptation of Dark Shadows. Based on the 60s TV soap, Green is set to play the powerful witch Angelique who’ll have something of a love hate relationship with Depp’s vampire, Barnabas Collins. The […]
Joaquin Phoenix Considers Playing Abe Lincoln’s Vampire Mentor
Joaquin Phoenix is considering taking on a role that would signal his return to mainstream acting. After his mock doc ‘I’m Still Here’ which largely confused the heck out of people, this could re-establish his skills as a performer and bring his usual flair to a movie that could be dark and deliciously fun. Abraham […]
The Vampire Hunter is Chosen
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is hot property in Hollywood at the moment with a casting frenzy underway for key roles in what’s shaping up to be a massive movie next year. The studios were in something of a bidding war for the movie adaptation which Tim Burton and director Timur Bekmambetov optioned with their own […]
Abraham Lincoln Set to Hunt Vampires in 2012
Whilst Abraham Lincoln will always be remembered as one of America’s defining presidents who died abruptly at the hands of the assassin John Wilkes Booth, a novel by Seth Grahame-Smith paints a decidedly different picture and is now headed to the big screen. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter became a bestseller for its biographical story telling […]