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Here’s a couple of brand new and exclusive images from Twentieth Century Fox’s new movie, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter which sounds like something we’ve made up but I assure you we haven’t! The film is directed by the man who brought us Wanted, Timur Bekmambetov and stars Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth [...]
Abraham Lincoln, lawyer, statesman, president. He lived a long and varied life but until now little has been said of how throughout his illustrious life he moonlighted as a vampire hunter, taking out the supernatural trash while keeping a steady hand on the tiller of his numerous responsibilities. Seth Grahame-Smith’s follow up to his best-selling [...]
The second of Seth Grahame-Smith’s best-selling mash-up novels, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has found better traction on its path to the big screen than his earlier novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, and is currently in post-production having filmed earlier this year. We got our first look at photos from the set back in April, [...]
The road to making Pride and Prejudice and Zombies is proving to be a pretty difficult one to walk. Just taking a glimpse at our coverage of the film so far, and it’s easy to tell that it’s been having some trouble for a while now, both in finding its leading lady and its director. [...]
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, the adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s New York Times bestseller, seems to have had an impossible time of getting off the ground, with so many different leading ladies and directors thought to be joining the project, only to later decide against it. The latest in the list of leading ladies to [...]
We got our first photos from the set of Tim Burton’s next film, Dark Shadows, last month and they gave us a brief glimpse at Johnny Depp’s return to the gothic world of Burton’s mind as Barnabas Collins, an eighteenth century man-turned-vampire dug up in 1972. The first official photos from the film have now [...]
Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, the parody novel of Jane Austen’s 1813 original by Seth Grahame-Smith, has found its lead actress, offering the role of Elizabeth Bennet to the rising star, Emma Stone, THR report. The role was originally to go to Natalie Portman, but Portman eventually decided that she would serve only as a [...]
“No thanks, let’s go and see that other one where Romeo and Juliet are garden gnomes”. Being turned down yet again, I concluded it was going to be impossible to persuade anyone to come and see Rowan Joffe’s remake of the British iconic classic, Brighton Rock. When asking anyone if they wanted to go, the [...]
Deadline are reporting that Craig Gillespie is soon to begin negotiations to direct the film adaptation of the New York Times bestseller, Pride And Prejudice And Zombies, written by Seth Grahame-Smith and Jane Austen. (Obviously not in tandem with each other, with the latter’s original novel being published almost two centuries ago. I just like [...]
Chloë Moretz, by far one of my favourite child actresses of all time, has been in talks to join Tim Burton’s upcoming remake of the 1960s TV soap opera, Dark Shadows. Moretz’s dramatic rise to fame came, of course, with last year’s Kick-Ass, in which she superbly played Hit Girl / Mindy Macready, daughter of [...]
Now that the seemingly endless flurry of casting news seems to have died down, it’s time for shooting to begin on Timur Bekmambetov’s adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s story and so it has. If you’ve been in a cave for the past few months, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter follows Abe’s efforts to rid the world of [...]
Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) has been cast as Mary Todd in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a role that had reportedly been awarded to Robin McLeavy (The Loved Ones). Winstead will star opposite Benjamin Walker (Kinsey), Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) and Dominic Cooper (Tamara Drewe) in the adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s mash-up novel. [...]
Anthony Mackie (The Hurt Locker) is in talks to star in 20th Century Fox’s upcoming horror-thriller Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Mackie will star opposite Benjamin Walker (Kinsey), and possibly Dominic Cooper (Tamara Drewe), who is believed to be in contention for a major role. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) is set to direct a script from Seth Grahame-Smith. President [...]
Eva Green (Casino Royale) has landed the lead female role of Angelique in Dark Shadows, Warner Bros. Pictures’ adaptation of the 1960′s supernatural TV show. Green will star opposite Johnny Depp (Rango), who was cast as Barnabas Collins last year. Jackie Earle Haley (A Nightmare on Elm Street) and Bella Heathcoate (Now) are also in talks to [...]
For an actor, playing the part of a famous historical figure has often seen as high integrity gold, but few could have predicted this. Over the coming fortnight, a plethora of talent – ranging from the established to the comparatively unknown will be screentesting for the chance to play the title role in none other [...]
According to Pajiba, James McAvoy (Atonement) and Anne Hathaway (Love and Other Drugs) have been added to the list of potential actors being considered for the feature film adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies. Based on the book by Seth Grahame-Smith, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies combines Jane Austen’s 1813 novel Pride and Prejudice [...]
Johnny Depp’s next film will be the big screen adaptation of the gothic TV series Dark Shadows. Set to be directed by Tim Burton (Alice in Wonderland) for Warner Bros., Dark Shadows will see Depp and Burton’s reunite for their eighth feature film together. According to THR, Depp has been cast as Barnabas Collins, a [...]
20th Century Fox have triumphed over rival studios Paramount, Sony, Universal and Summit Entertainment and secured the rights to the feature-film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The synopsis for the film is as follows: When President Lincoln’s mother is killed by a supernatural creature, Lincoln’s passion is fueled to crush vampires and their slave-owning [...]
Russian fantasy export Timur Bekmambetov has been chatting to Empire about his future plans. He lists many potential projects (included a long in gestation sequel to Wanted) but the one he’s currently moving forward on is the intriguing titled Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter, which come from a novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, the author of the [...]
Tim Burton’s forthcoming film roster is filling up, with his big screen adaptation of Dark Shadows being promised soon, joining his updating of Frankenweenie and rumours of another live action Disney adaption, the Malficient-focused Sleeping Beauty pic taking up space in the Alice In Wonderland director’s schedule. Now there’s another film Burton is apparetenly readying [...]
