Earlier this month we reported that 20th Century Fox had emerged victorious in the bidding war that took place for the rights to author Seth Grahame-Smith‘s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. And it looks like the studio is wasting no time in developing the hot property before the current vampire fad dies out. (Seriously, please die out.)
The 19th century period actioner – which imagines Abraham Lincoln as both statesman and vengeful vampire hunter – will be getting a wide release June 22, 2012. Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) will be directing, and producing alongside the legendary Tim Burton with a script from Grahame-Smith.
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has only just begun casting, ahead of its 2012 release, so hopefully it’s not too late for us at Hollywood.com to once again endorse Liam Neeson for the titular role. The British thesp spent an awful lot of time researching and preparing to play the 16th President for Steven Spielberg‘s Lincoln – a project that is going nowhere fast – so why not channel that energy into Vampire Hunter? The Taken star certainly has the combination of presidential austerity and bad-assery to get the job done.
Source: Deadline
