The 10 Worst Films of 2012. By Simon Miraudo. With 2012 coming to a close, it’s time to reflect on the year’s cinematic treats, and then crowbar each work of art into a numerical position on a comparative chart. Comedies versus dramas! Thrills versus chills! The great versus the very good! This is the business […]
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Hatchet job – Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter review
July 31, 2012 
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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – Starring Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and Dominic Cooper. Directed by Timur Bekmambetov. Rated MA. By Simon Miraudo. Though it sounds like it was pitched at the tail-end of a particularly cynical, three-day, coke-fuelled marketing strategy session in between Transformers with Boobs and The Voice: The Movie, feature film Abraham […]
Continue readingInterview: Benjamin Walker and Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter)
July 31, 2012 1 Comment
Interview: Benjamin Walker and Seth Grahame-Smith (Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter). By Simon Miraudo. Benjamin Walker, star of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter and stage musical Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, claims the rare honour of having portrayed two American presidents, though, sadly, his proposed “James Monroe, Gigolo” will likely never come to fruition. In Timur Bekmambetov‘s adaptation […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Frankenweenie
July 2, 2012 0 Comments
It’s a big year for Tim Burton. Not content with directing Dark Shadows and producing Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter alone, he’s also made a feature film out of his early short Frankenweenie. The original Frankenweenie was made by a young Burton in 1984 while he was working at Disney. Ironically, the studio fired him shortly after for wasting their resources […]
Continue readingTrailer Debut: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
May 30, 2012 0 Comments
A new trailer for Timur Bekmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has been released by 20th Century Fox and includes some previously unseen scenes. Based on the book of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith – who also wrote the screenplay for Tim Burton’s Dark Shadows – the trailer opens with a voice over: “History prefers […]
Continue readingTeaser Debut: Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter
February 14, 2012 0 Comments
The teaser for Timur Bekmambetov‘s Abraham Lincoln – Vampire Hunter has arrived online. Despite our reservations on the project (Bekmambetov just seems a little too humourless for this material), the teaser employs an effective voice over from the late Johnny Cash that should convert any doubter. And, you know, footage of Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) demolishing vampires […]
Continue readingBeetlejuice 2 in the works?
September 7, 2011 3 Comments
OK, which one of you said “Betelgeuse” three times?! According to Deadline, there is a good chance a sequel to Tim Burton‘s much loved 1988 feature Beetlejuice could soon be haunting cinemas. Seth Grahame-Smith (author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as well as Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) and his producing partner David Katzenberg have […]
Continue readingJoseph Gordon-Levitt and Tommy Lee Jones join Spielberg’s Lincoln
May 6, 2011 2 Comments
Movies often come in pairs. Armageddon/Deep Impact. Antz/A Bug’s Life. This year we’ll get the No Strings Attached clone Friends With Benefits, and soon we’ll have Snow White and The Huntsman and The Brothers Grimm: Snow White competing for our attention. 16th President of the United States, Abraham Lincoln can now join these esteemed ranks as […]
Continue readingRobin McLeavy cast in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter after all!
March 15, 2011 0 Comments
First she was in, then out, and now she’s back in, like a drillbit into the forehead of an unlucky prom date. The Loved Ones‘ Robin McLeavy has been cast as Abe Lincoln’s mother in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. It was originally rumoured that McLeavy would star opposite Benjamin Walker’s Abe as his wife Mary […]
Continue readingTrent Reznor won’t score or star in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
March 14, 2011 0 Comments
Remember when we said that recent Oscar-winning composer and Nine Inch Nails figurehead Trent Reznor would score Timur Bekmambatov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, as well as star as one of the eponymous bloodsuckers? Well, never mind. The following is taken from Reznor’s NIN forum: Don’t believe everything you read. As it turns out, I WON’T […]
Continue readingTrent Reznor to score Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
March 4, 2011 0 Comments
Update (08/03): Reznor offered some updates on the NIN forums, pointing out that his next gig is actually scoring Fincher’s The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, and he is only in talks to score and cameo in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Previously… Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails picked up an Oscar earlier this week […]
Continue readingRobin McLeavy out; Mary Elizabeth Winsead in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
February 18, 2011 2 Comments
Earlier this week it was reported that The Loved Ones’ star Robin McLeavy had been cast in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, as Honest Abe’s wife Mary Todd. Now, The Hollywood Reporter is claiming Mary Elizabeth Winstead has nabbed the role instead. THR had previously said that it was down to McLeavy and Winstead for the […]
Continue readingAussie actress joins Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter
February 16, 2011 0 Comments
You might remember us telling you back in January that Fox had started casting their 3D flick Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Well, according to Latino Review, casting has not only commenced but the role of leading lady Mary Todd (Mr. Lincoln’s wife) has been filled – by an Aussie no less! The Hollywood Reporter last […]
Continue reading>Casting call for Abe Lincoln: Vampire Killer
January 17, 2011 0 Comments
>Four score and seven years ago… or, in recent news, Twentieth Century Fox has commenced casting for the role of Abe Lincoln in their upcoming 3D flick, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Deadline reports. The following mix of stars will be taking the coveted screen test to play the vigilante version of America’s much loved ex-president; […]
Continue readingAbraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter scores Wanted director
August 10, 2010 0 Comments
Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) is lined up to direct the film adaptation of Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter. He is also co-producing the feature with Tim Burton. Bekmambetov spoke to Empire about his intentions with Seth Grahame-Smith’s fictionalised biography of America’s legendary 16th President, in which he is depicted as (you guessed it) a vampire hunter. “I’m […]
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