Saturday, February 11, 2012

"Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" Preview at Presidential Library


Vampires invaded the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library in Springfield, Illinois last night. Their mission: to promote the upcoming film, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which will be released in 3D in theaters on June 22nd.

Director Timur Bekmambetov, star Benjamin Walker, producer Jim Lemley, and screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith were among the delegation presenting a preview of the film, which included an as-of-yet unreleased movie trailer and excerpts from the film, which is currently in post-production.

Dave Blanchette, spokesman for the museum, said the movie will be a rare opportunity for the presidential museum to reach a new audience.

“It’s a way to open the door for people who might not have an interest in Lincoln,” Blanchette said. “They might get interested in the film and decide they want to learn more about Lincoln.”

Of course, the real Lincoln wasn't an axe-wielding martial arts expert.

“It’s going to be very bloody,” Grahame-Smith told the crowd during a question-and-answer session.

But the screenwriter (and author of the original book) asserted that their goal was not to mock the president. “You have to have reverence for the real history,” Grahame-Smith said. “The man was a real man who is still extraordinarily revered in today’s world, especially in this country and by all of us. That, to me personally, was the line: never make the guy look like an idiot.”

Grahame-Smith also took issue with another recent depiction of vampires -- in the Twilight series. Vampires should be villains, he said.

“[Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter] puts vampires back where they belong: as bad guys, not heartthrobs. They should be beheaded with an ax, not kissed by tweens.”

3 comments:

Doug said...

Har har, Lincoln as vampire slayer? The only vampire he slew was that of slavery, which not only subjugated and dehumanized slaves but also destroyed wage labor. Let's hope this undead parasite on honest working people remains dead forever! Maybe that adherent to that fabricated American Bronze Age religion and utterly racist cult will reintroduce racism should he take the White House this fall?
Long Live the spirit of Lincoln!

Unknown said...

Grahame-Smith also took issue with another recent depiction of vampires -- in the Twilight series. Vampires should be villains, he said.

Well it's good thing that fantasy can be whatever you want it to be.

Anonymous said...

Don't stop there, how about a movie called, "Barack Obama: Zombie Killer". That could work. Death of by a thousand cuts.

Hollywood has completely lost it.