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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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, […]
APOLLO 18 – New Trailer
Since the release of the first trailer for Apollo 18, there’s been plenty of excitement for the newest found-footage genre flick that documents the ‘final’ ill-fated moon landing. While Apollo 17 was the last manned mission to the moon that launched December 17th 1972 – the film suggests that a year later two more American astronauts went on a secret mission funded […]
Apollo 18 – ‘found footage’ Trailer
Here’s the first trailer for Apollo 18 that falls into the “found footage” sub-genre where the film plays as all to real for the purposes of creating an authentic story. While it’s an inventive genre, the found footage format predicates that there are usually little or no survivors – hence the reason why the footage […]
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 […]
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 […]