After a vicious bidding war for an adaptation ofSeth Grahame-Smith’s ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER, Fox came out victorious (Variety). Studio will place Tim Burton in the producer’s chair and Tim Bakmambetov to direct.

Pre-production starts immediately on the $69 million movie with a 2012 release slated.

Here is what Bakmambetov had to say about AL:VH – “It is not a comedy at all – it is a very entertaining, epic history lesson for millions and millions of teenagers. 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.”

And here is Publisher’s Weekly‘s (via /Film) book overview – “Seth Grahame-Smith inserts a grandiose and gratuitous struggle with vampires into Abraham Lincoln’s life. Lincoln learns at an early age that his mother was killed by a supernatural predator. This provokes his bloody but curiously undocumented lifelong vendetta against vampires and their slave-owning allies. The author’s decision to reduce slavery to a mere contrivance of the vampires is unfortunate bordering on repellent, but at least it does distract the reader from the central question of why the president never saw fit to inform the public of the supernatural menace.”

I think the project gives us another unique slant on vampires to enjoy. I really liked watching both LET THE RIGHT ONE IN and the Americanized version LET ME IN too. I was excited to hear about this idea long before finding out that Burton intends to bring it to screens in 3D. Now I am doubly thrilled. I am not sure how slavery fits into the story, but hopefully it is done with tact. No word on whether it will be native or converted yet – will fill you in when I find out!

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter hits the big screen in 2010 in a live-action adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel.  Deadline.com is reporting that 20th Century Fox won an intense bidding war for the property with bloody axes and a Confederate bugle player.  Well, that and a lot of money.  Hit the jump for more info.

Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) is attached to direct, while Tim Burton puts his producing stamp on the project.  Grahame-Smith adapted his book for the screen.  The feature is being shot in 3D, so get ready for some bloody action.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is based on the “secret diaries” of Honest Abe, who makes his way to the presidency by way of slaughtering vampires as revenge for killing his mother.

by Alyse Wax

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