20th Century Fox Will Present Honest Abe Battling Vampires

Seth Grahame -Smith wrote a little book called Pride and Prejudice and Zombies in 2009.  You may have heard of this highly popular best-seller. Earlier this year, the writer released Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. While very different, the two books share a similar mold. In Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the author mixed Jane Austen’s text (85% of the text in Zombies was Austen’s) with zombie carnage; Vampire Hunter follows in that formula by combining historical fiction with vampires.  The book follows the writings of a secret journal that Lincoln kept while battling the blood-sucking fiends. It was announced earlier this year that director Timur Bekmambetov (Nightwatch, Daywatch, Wanted) will be directing the feature with Tim Burton acting as producer. Due to the fact that vampires seem to be a bit popular the past few years, many studios fought to release the film. Yet it was 20th Century Fox that came out victorious.  Read on for more on the vampire project.

The 20th Century Fox production will not begin until March. The script for the film, which was penned by Seth Grahame -Smith as well, is what sold many people to get involved in the project. Timur Bekmambetov had this to say about the project: “It is not a comedy at all – it is a very entertaining, epic history lesson … If you remember Night Watch, it is maybe in the vein of that kind of movie.  We are keeping the traditional look of Lincoln – the big hat and the beard. He has to be historically correct, but with a few special weapons. There is only one book, but there will be many opportunities to develop and explore this world if we get to do sequels. We are shooting in America.”  Although I received the book as a recent gift, I have still yet to read it.  Once I get the opportunity, I am sure I will be even more excited as this interesting story develops into its screen adaptation.

Source: Deadline