ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER Gory Red Band Trailer

Blood is splattered and heads roll in the new red band trailer for ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER. The film explores the secret life of our 16^th president and the untold story that shaped our nation. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (director of “Wanted”) bring a fresh voice to the bloodthirsty lore of the vampire, imagining Lincoln as history’s greatest hunter of the undead.

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER presents the Great Emancipator as the country’s first superhero.  Notes producer Tim Burton:  “Lincoln’s entire life mirrors the classic comic book superhero mythology.  It’s a duality:  during the day he’s the president of the United States; at night, a vampire hunter.”

That dichotomy is at the core of the Lincoln we meet in the film.  “He was ordinary and extraordinary at the same time,” says director Timur Bekmambetov.  Adds screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith, who adapted his best-selling novel of the same name:  “Lincoln’s life story is an archetypal superhero origin story.  He’s as close to an actual superhero as this country’s ever seen.  Forget about vampires.  Lincoln had neither family name nor money.  His mother died when he was a youngster.  In fact, everybody he loved had died. With no education, and armed with just his mind, he became president and saved the nation.”

ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER stars Benjamin Walker as the titular hero; Dominic Cooper as Henry Sturges, Lincoln’s mentor in vampire hunting; Anthony Mackie as William Johnson, Lincoln’s valet and friend; and Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Mary Todd Lincoln, Abe’s wife. The screenplay is by Seth Grahame-Smith and Simon Kinberg, based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. The producers are Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov, and Jim Lemley.

Adapted from Seth Grahame-Smith’s book, 20th Century Fox’s ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER will be in theaters June 22.

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