Burton, Bekmambatov Teaming for ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’

Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov are teaming up for an adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the latest literary mash-up from Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith. The book, published on Tuesday, pits the 16th US President as an axe-wielding vampire assassin with a personal grudge to bear.

Grahame-Smith will adapt the screenplay while producers — including Jim Lemley — are out to directors, according to reports.

Burton, Bekmambetov and Lemley most recently collaborated on the animated feature 9.

Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 46 weeks. It is being developed at Lionsgate with Natalie Portman and David O. Russell.

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