Abraham Lincoln

20th Century Fox has released the first red band trailer for its upcoming alternate history, vampire brawler. read more  

A new trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has appeared online and it looks rather dramatic, filled with loads of CG and it flies by extremely fast and I had to watch it twice. It's good though, it does looks great. I like the fact that we're finally getting some story for it as well. Oh yes, and it's a little gory, even if it is the comic blood of fantasy creatures....Visit Filmstalker for the full story. Restricted feeds to protect...  

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter Released" />Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter Released" /> The Tim Burton-produced film, starring Benjamin Walker as an axe-wielding emancipator of the undead, looks beautiful stylistically under the direction of Timur Bekmambetov, who made bullets shot from guns do physically impossible NASCAR-style turns in 2008's Wanted. But we were expecting more gore with a red band trailer. [ more › ]  

From the beginning, the adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has seemed like yet another fun, summer blockbuster featuring an iconic former President who secretly led a double life where he would vanquish the undead at night while running the country by day (you know, that old tired premise). The trailers for the movie have shown that extra 3-D surcharge could even be worth it, showing Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) jumping, twirling and...  

The gruesome and graphic trailer features an ax-wielding Benjamin Walker on a mission to avenge his mothers death.  

With just under a month away from the film's release, Fox has issued a red band trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter in an attempt to lure audiences into theaters based on the more violent aspects of the feature.  

I'm not gonna lie, I really, really want to see Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. Mostly because Abraham Lincoln is one of my heroes for the simple fact of how much he achieved while having the most... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit IDontLikeYouInThatWay.com for full links, other content, and more! ]]  

20th Century Fox has unveiled a restricted trailer for "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," starring Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie and Mary Elizabeth Winstead. Check it out below. Plot: Young Lincoln, having learned that his grandfather and ...  

And the scary, scary reason I’m talking about isn’t for graphic vampire violence (because come on. Can we really get more graphic than Bella Swan’s vampire birthing scene? NO. The answer to that is indubitably ‘no’), the scary, scary reason is because the MPAA is running out of reasons to slap “red-band” on trailers, so [...]  

We loved the initial Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter trailer, which first showed off director Timur Bekmambetov's take on Seth Grahame-Smith's novel. Graham-Smith wrote the screenplay with Simon Kinberg, and the 20th ...  

Poor ‘lil Stevie Spielberg. Come Oscar season he may have a tough act to follow with his Daniel Day Lewis-starring Lincoln pic, the one which probably won’t feature Lincoln’s finest achievements: chopping off vampire heads, marrying Mary Elizabeth Winstead, and getting Anthony Mackie to somehow be your sidekick. All in all, that’s quite the life, as this bloody red band trailer for Timur Bekmambetov‘s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter shows...  

directed by Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") and co-produced between him and Tim Burton (for whom Grahame-Smith recently adapted "Dark Shadows" - phew!). As this gory red-band trailer demonstrates, before he was the 16th President of the United States ...  

The new preview for Timur Bekmambetov’s fantasy-horror features plenty of blood, guts and rolling heads.read more  

LOS ANGELES (TheWrap.com) - Vampire hunters are nothing new to entertainment - cue "Buffy" and "Blade" - but the monster slayers get a historical makeover in the new trailer for "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." "However history remembers me, before I was ...  

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So far, the footage we’ve seen from Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has been, well, pretty much exactly what you’d expect from a movie called Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The “secret history” of our 16th president’s double life as a hunter of supernatural monsters is a premise that’s deeply silly but potentially entertaining, and accordingly, the first [...]  

The restricted trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has plenty of vampires getting bloodily ripped apart, but surprisingly no sex or explicit language. More »Post from: Crushable  

Watch Honest Abe (Benjamin Walker) make mincemeat out of blood-thirsty monsters in the red-band trailer for this summer's 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'.  

A new red band trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has hit the web.  The film is hitting theaters on June 22nd. Adapted by Seth Grahame-Smith from his own novel, the supernatural thriller stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Robin McLeavy, Alan Tudyk and Rufus Sewell. In Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, which...  

Before honest Abe had to fight the south for the control of the U.S., he had to fight an army of vampires! Check out the red band trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (above) which features lots and LOTS of action-packed scenes that prove the 16th President of the United States knew how to handle an [...]  

Few movies have us more intrigued than "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." With a title like that, you know exactly what you're going to get: the sixteenth president of the United States going stake to fang against a pack of blood-suckers. Doesn't get more awesome than that. Ahead of the film, Fox launched an official "Abraham [...]  

Few movies have us more intrigued than "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." With a title like that, you know exactly what you're going to get: the sixteenth president of the United States going stake to fang against a pack of blood-suckers.  

“Give me six hours to chop down a tree,” Abraham Lincoln once said, “and I will spend the first four  

IGN Movies has released the new Red Band trailer for Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. Sit back and enjoy. This film looks to have all the makings of pure summer fun.   

It’s Abraham Lincoln. KILLING VAMPIRES. Honestly, the only time anyone should have to explain to you why this concept is awesome is if you’ve just won a battery-eating contest. Yes, it sounds like it was written by opening a can of alphabet soup and pouring it over Mad Libs, but seriously: ABRAHAM LINCOLN VAMPIRE HUNTER. This is the most awesomely nonsensical mashup of great things since Turducken.  

Before he became the 16th president, he watched his mother die at the hands of a vampire! [...]  

Twentieth Century Fox has released a new Red Band trailer for director Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , hitting theaters on June 22. Adapted by Seth Grahame-Smith from his own novel, the supernatural thriller stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Robin McLeavy, Alan Tudyk and Rufus Sewell. In Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , President Lincoln's mother is killed...  

Not that there isn't any neck-biting, blood-sucking ... always pick up a copy at your local bookstore, flip to the last few pages, and find out for yourself. I'll just say, remember, it's a vampire story, so... As an aside... I’d like to see some ...  

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Red-Band Trailer Boasts A Lot Of GoreCinema BlendBut he is not the only enticing performer Abraham has to offer; also on board is Firefly's Alan Tudyk, The Hurt Locker's Anthony Mackie, and It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia's Jimmi Simpson. Of course its premise is absurd, but from the looks of this ...and more »  

A new red-band trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has turned up on the web and we've got it for you below; not only does this show you far more the kind of blood and guts you'd expect in any vampire movie, as an extra treat, we finally get a much better look at Anthony Mackie (co-starring with Benjamin Walker) in action. He's practically been absent in all the marketing materials we've seen so far. In this one, he's not...  

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"However history remembers me before I was president, I shall always think of myself as a hunter." Well, as someone who hasn't been as impressed by the trailers as some viewers, I have to say that Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter now has my full attention. A new red band trailer has just cropped up online and it's great bloody fun with some ridiculous action. I think the tone is still a little too serious for such over-the-top action, so I'm...  

Check out the new red band trailer here: ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER stars Benjamin Walker as Lincoln, plus Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Robin McLeavy and Alan Tudyk.  

I've been running cold on Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but Fox has now released a new red-band trailer for the film, and I'm starting to warm up to the flick.  While it looks like half of the movie will be speed-ramped, I can now make out the action on screen, and characters are actually talking to each other.  I'm also surprised at how bloody this looks, and I'm starting to wonder if Fox will release two R-rated blockbusters this summer...  

Worried that the adaptation of Seth-Grahame Smith’s novel about our 16 th president’s lifelong quest for vengeance after his mother is murdered by vampires would be toned down for the big screen?  Well, worry no further, as Timur ...  

Honest Abe chops heads & stabs vampsWhile we’ve already had a couple of promos for Timur Bekmambetov’s history / myth mash-up Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, we haven’t had one that can show off the filmmaker’s commitment to hard Abe-on-vampire slaying action. That changes today with the arrival of an unrated trailer at IGN, which you can watch below. Bear in mind that it's full of blood-splattered action and could be considered NSFW...  

Publicists for 20th Century Fox are using promotional events with the armed services to attract attention for “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,” which opens in June.  

A rare autograph manuscript proclamation signed by former US President Abraham Lincoln has been put up for sale by Bonhams as part of the 19 June, 2012 Fine Books and Manuscripts auction. The manuscript is a draft version of the 26 March, 1864 proclamation ...  

Several area events are planned to commemorate Memorial Day on Monday: Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery A memorial program will be at 11 a.m. at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. The keynote speaker will be Glenn Powers, deputy undersecretary for field programs with the National Cemetery Administration. Bolingbrook Bolingbrook American Legion Post 1288 will host...  

Highlighted piece of American history underscores a crucial aspect of Abraham Lincoln's attitude to Reconstruction.  

So is this the summer's nuts 'n gum, "Jonah Hex" style mess or a stylish take on the vampire genre? Or both? Frankly, it looks like it's a bit of everything in the red band trailer for "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" a movie that we keep forgetting is coming out next month just a couple of weeks after "Prometheus."  And it seems 20th Century Fox has had their attention mostly on Ridley Scott's baby as well, but with that film screening for...  

Check it out! The Tim Burton-produced, Timur Bekmambetov-directed horror adventure Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter stars Benjamin Walker, Anthony Mackie, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Alan Tudyk, and Robin McLeavy.  

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. Timur Bekmambetov is the director.  

While his update of "Dark Shadows" plays the undead for laughs, with not much -- pardon the pun -- at stake, "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" goes for the jugular and seems to be a hi-octane, tongue-in-cheek, fantasy horror film.
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We think it plays nicely, once again, on the political mixed fascinatingly with the hunting… ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER stars Rufus Sewell, Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson ...  

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter stars Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Rufus Sewell, Jimmi Simpson, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, and will be released on June 22, 2012.  

It's often interesting to see how the studios market films in other countries. Twentieth Century Fox has released the Russian version of a poster for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (right, click for larger version), which we rather like. The title is slightly different though: президент линкольн: охотник на вампиров ("President Lincoln: Vampire Hunter").Directed by Timur Bekmambetov from an screenplay by Seth Grahame-Smith — who also wrote...  

Twentieth Century Fox has released a new international poster for director Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , which is based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, who also wrote the screenplay. Coming to theaters on June 22nd, the supernatural thriller stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Robin McLeavy, Alan Tudyk and Rufus Sewell. In the film, President Lincoln's...  

Two new poster designs have hit today.  Up first, is an international one-sheet for Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The film opens here in the U.S. on June 22 and explores the secret life of our greatest president, and the untold history that shaped our nation. As a young boy, Abraham Lincoln witnesses the shocking death of his mother, leading him on a path to an ongoing war - and ultimately to the presidency - he...  

The Crazies Proving once again that Jennifer Love Hewitt is crazy, she test drove her new boyfriend for a week to make sure they were compatible. Janine Lindemulder was the hot nurse on Blink 182′s 1999 album Enema of the State. She went on to marry Jesse James, then divorced him and now looks like a really ...  

June 22 is the target date for release of the much-anticipated film, Abraham Lincoln:  Vampire Hunter, based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith and directed by Timur Bekmambetov.  Like Grahame-Smith’s surprisingly successful 2011 cult ...  

Benjamin Walker stars as America's 16th President, who moonlights as a vampire slayer in this Timur Bekmambetov adaptation. [...]  

• I'm not entirely sure whether or not we've seen a red band trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (I can't say say I've had an awful lot of interest in the film so far) but the one we were shown at the Kapow! Comic Convention on Saturday really ...  

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Okay… fine… I haven’t read Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel on which ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’ is based so I may be entirely wrong in my views of the movie… but this thing looks like a stinker just waiting to happen. But if you ...  

Among the highlights of Total Film's weekend at Kapow! Comic Con, was our interview with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter star Rufus Sewell.The English actor, whose long career has taken in titles such as Dark City, The Illusionist and The Tourist, proved to be a candid and forthright interviewee on the TF stage.TF's Jamie Graham grilled the actor about working with director Timur Bekmambetov, and he discussed the nature of trying to get into...  

I was at the Kapow! Comic Convention in London today and managed to grab the following video of Rufus Sewell (Adam in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) discussing the chances of a sequel to the film from Wanted director Timur Bekmambetov. He also touched ...  

At the Kapow! Convention in London today Dark City star Rufus Sewell, who plays the villain in the upcoming film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, discussed the possibility of a sequel to the film in which his ...  

Now that she's mastered the horror and comic book realms, Mary Elizabeth Winstead is staking her claim to blockbuster fame in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Not that she’s ready to abandon the nerds, though. This feature appears in Complex's ...  

LOS ANGELES — In February the aircraft carrier Abraham Lincoln ... tale of a warrior president may ignite the sort of international buzz that helps a movie open these days. The Fox screenings are part of a recent boomlet in publicity stunts.  

Several area events are planned to commemorate Memorial Day on Monday: Abraham Lincoln  National Cemetery A memorial program will be at 11 a.m. Monday at the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery. The keynote speaker will be Glenn Powers, deputy under secretary for field programs with the National Cemetery Administration. Bolingbrook The Bolingbrook American Legion Post...  

3D movie Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter starts June 22, 2012 and brings Seth Grahame-Smith's novel of twisted history and creativity to the big screen.Contributor: Donna CatorPublished: May 17, 2012  

On this date in history, 151 years ago today, Colonel Elmer Ephraim Ellsworth was killed in Alexandria, Virginia. Ellsworth lived part of his life in Illinois. He had worked as a clerk to the Illinois State Auditor, Jesse Dubois, and was a ...  

Kapow! Comic Convention has added another name to the roster, with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter star Rufus Sewell now confirmed.He’ll be at Kapow! on Saturday 19 May to present exclusive footage from the historical vampire actioner (a fairly exclusive subgenre), which is out in the UK in August.Adapted from the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, AL:VH is directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Night Watch, Wanted) and produced by Tim Burton. As you’ve...  

Twentieth Century Fox has released, through iTunes Movie Trailers , a new behind-the-scenes featurette for their upcoming Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter in which director Timur Bekmambetov, producer Tim Burton and writer Seth Grahame-Smith discuss the film's parallels to a superhero origin story. Check it out in the player below! Coming to theaters on June 22, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper...  

Dark goings-on from Timur BekmambetovThis new poster for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter puts old Abe (Benjamin Walker) front and centre in the movie's not-entirely-historical world. On a train, to be precise. A flaming death train. Well, this is a Timur Bekmambetov movie. It was never going to be the 16.47 to Wanstead.{Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - New Poster}Adapted from Seth Grahame-Smith vampire genre mash, Vampire Hunter sticks an...  

David Wolfe, who runs Wolfe's Haunts of Owensboro Ghost Walking Tours, has another venture. He portrays Abraham Lincoln at schools and other venues. This past weekend, he played the 16th president of the United States at the Battle of Sacramento ...  

Check out the trailer: Newcomer Benjamin Walker is headlining as the aformentioned President, and is joined by Anthony Mackie, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Alan Tudyk. ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER opens on June 20th.  

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter doesn’t exactly pop out as your typical summer blockbuster. To broadly compare it to this season’s offerings: it’s not based on a comic book, isn’t adapted from a toy line, and isn’t a reboot or sequel. All in all, pretty distinct, and I didn’t even mention that the film features one of our greatest Presidents kicking vampire ass. To further add onto that pile, Timur Bekmambetov‘s adaption of Seth Grahame-Smith...  

Empire has your first look at the new international poster for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , opening in theaters on June 22. And thanks to AndromedaHigh , here are international posters for The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (opening November 16) and Rock of Ages (opening June 15).  

WASHINGTON - What if John Wilkes Booth failed in his assassination attempt - and Abraham Lincoln recovered, only to face an impeachment trial? That's the intriguing premise of The Impeachment of Abraham Lincoln, Stephen Carter's courtroom drama featuring a ...  

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter explores the secret life of our greatest president, and the untold story that shaped our nation. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (director of Wanted) bring a fresh and visceral voice to the bloodthirsty ...  

A new trailer has been released for the adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, a big screen adaptation of a mash-up novel by Seth Grahame-Smith. Produced by the great Tim Burton, the film comes out in June–what do you think? Here is a concise plot summary: “Abraham Lincoln, the 16th President of the United States, discovers vampires are planning to take over the United States. He makes it his mission to eliminate them.” Way back in...  

Briefly: Timur Bekmambetov now has a project to possibly follow up Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He has just been attached to direct The Current War, which isn’t about a war taking place now, but rather about a battle over electricity. Specifically, Michael Mitnick‘s spec script is about “the competition between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse [...]  

Rufus Sewell (who plays the villain in director Timur Bekmambetov's big screen adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's novel) will also be in attendance at a special panel for the film. Stay tuned to CBM as we bring you coverage from the event this weekend.  

The next few months will see a steady influx of comic book adaptations opening in theaters, including The Avengers, The Dark Knight Rises, The Amazing Spider-Man, and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. OK, so maybe Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter isn't exactly based on a comic book, but rather the best-selling novel by author-screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, the upcoming Dark Shadows). Still, by changing the...  

Currently the filmmaker is wrapping up his historical remix in the form of an adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's action horror novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (watch the most recent trailer and featurette), but it looks a future project will keep Timur Bekmambetov grounded in real history. Variety has word the director has just picked up The Current War, a script from Michael Mitnick that made the Black List last year which takes a look...  

Of all the outrageous, far-fetched and totally surprising ideas to come out of the Hollywood machine lately, the big screen adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's quirky bestseller "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" is the most unique. Why? We'll let star Ben Walker explain it. "He becomes the hero we know him to be," Walker told MTV News [...]  

Even if you’ve long since outgrown summer vacation, there’s just something about warmer weather that makes it tempting to put aside the heavy, thought-provoking stuff and look for a good, lighthearted laugh instead. If you’re curious what the upcoming season has in store for you on that front, hit the jump to check out new [...]  

Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov is no stranger to vampires and the supernatural, having first gotten acclaim here in the States for his Russian blockbusters Night Watch and Day Watch . After directing Universal's action hit Wanted a few years back, Bekmambetov is back this summer with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter , based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, and going by the title alone, this is clearly not the typical, traditional...  

A new featurette for director Timur Beckmambetov’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has gone online.  Bits and pieces of new footage are interspersed with Beckmambetov, writer Seth Grahame-Smith, and producer Tim Burton talking about the film.  Essentially they’re selling the movie as a valid entry in the superhero genre, with Burton going so far as to compare their Abraham Lincoln to Batman.  I wasn’t a huge fan of Beckmambetov’s Wanted, and I...  

Pitched by Chronicle's Max LandisThough he’s been busy finishing off his latest directorial job, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Timur Bekmambetov has found plenty of time to act as producer for other people’s films. For that reason, he’s got a production company, Bazelevs, which has just made its latest purchase, picking up Woogles from Chronicle writer-turned-producer Max Landis.Noted WWE fan and bouncy castle enthusiast Landis has been...  

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted) and stars: Benjamin Walker, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Erin Wasson, Rufus Sewell, Jimmi Simpson, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie. The film will be released on June 22, 2012.  

Director Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") and producer Tim Burton ("Dark Shadows") team up for the adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter." This 3D supernatural film gives an alternative biography of the United ...  

Either way, a new feauturette with Tim Burton, Timur Bekmambetov and Seth Grahame-Smith is the first time I've been intrigued. Watch! Here's the new featurette for Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter from Apple: President Lincoln's mother ...  

A new character-driven poster for the upcoming alternate history thriller Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has been released by the studio (right; click for larger version).Benjamin Walker stars as our 16th President, a man out to avenge the death of his mother by a supernatural creature.Adapted by Seth Grahame-Smith from his 2010 novel of the same title, and directed by Timur Bekmambetov, Abraham Lincoln: Vamprie Hunter will open in theaters...  

CLEVELAND, Tenn. -- A 13-year-old Cleveland girl opened a ledger and made her first diary entry on New Year's Day, 1859. The grownup talk around her already may have been about how the nation could descend into civil war. But petite Myra Inman ...  

Think you have what it takes to impress Tim Burton? You could win a private midnight screening in your hometown!   20th Century Fox challenges fans to depict their allegiance to either our patriotic hero Lincoln or to villainous vampires through creative illustrations.  The five top entries will be presented to the famed director, who will then pick the grand-prize winner!   Whether submitting their own art, voting on the submissions or...  

True confession. While I have not read Seth Grahame-Smith's book "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," the name Timur Bekmambetov has me interested in this movie. The Russian/Kazakh director of "Night Watch" and "Wanted" is a virtuosic visualist who runs his own VFX company, Peter Jackson-style. He produced Shane Acker's animated film "9"with Tim Burton, who is producing this one as well, which Fox will release June 22. It will be style over...  

  When the New York Times reported that a Mitt Romney-affiliated Super PAC was considering attacking President Obama for falsely crafting the persona of a “black, metrosexual Abe Lincoln,” the obvious way to respond was with revulsion. The other way, however, was with delight. Insidious purposes no doubt motivated its creation, but the phrase “metrosexual Abe Lincoln” offers an anachronistic juxtaposition that’s very much worth contemplating...  

Woe to the gullible student who turns to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter before a history test. The film weaves together real-life incidents from the life of the 16th U.S. president and a fantastical backstory about vampires backing the Confederacy and ...  

Last year’s Wisconsin uprising against Gov. Scott Walker’s harmful policies inspired all fair-minded people. Last year’s Wisconsin uprising against Gov. Scott Walker’s harmful policies inspired all fair-minded people. Particularly ...  

20th Century Fox has released a new featurette for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, an adaption based on the ... and how his story is so similar to that of classic comics characters like Batman. They specifically discuss how he is embodied ...  

A new, extended international trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has arrived, hailing from Russia where director Timur Bekmambetov fired up the box office with his Night Watch and Day Watch films. The film explores the secret life of our greatest president, and the untold history that shaped our nation. As a young boy, Abraham Lincoln witnesses the shocking death of his mother, leading him on a path to an ongoing war - and...  

© 20th Century Fox It's a veritable art gallery up in here, with new photos and posters for upcoming releases Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, Dark Shadows, House at the End of the Street...Read Full Post  

On May 2, a new featurette for “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” was released online. The video features director Timur Beckmambetov, writer Seth Grahame-Smith and producer Tim Burton placing the film within the superhero genre. The two ...  

Empire has premiered the official UK one-sheet for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, opening here in the U.S. on June 22nd and in the UK on August 3rd. The poster takes its inspiration from the film's epic "flaming train" battle that we've seen so much of in the previews.  Is it me, or does star Benjamin Walker look like he could be a spawn of Liam Neeson? The film explores the secret life of our greatest president, and the untold history...  

We’ve got a few new posters to share with you this evening.  Briefly: On the Road – New character posters showcasing Kristen Stewart and Garrett Hedlund from director Walter Salles’ adaptation of the Jack Kerouac novel. Rock of Ages – An ensemble poster from the 80s rock musical starring Tom Cruise, Julianne Hough, Alec Baldwin, and Russell Brand. Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter – A new poster from the blood-filled twist on the story of...  

Hollywood Reporter'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' director: US films losing voiceLos Angeles Times (blog)But as a result of such globalization, Kazakhstan-born director Timur Bekmambetov said he fears American movies "are losing their voice." "The American film industry isn't American anymore -- it's global," said the "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" ...CinemaCon 2012: Tim Burton Makes Appearance to Honor Timur BekmambetovHollywood...  

Manila, Philippines - Based on the bestselling vein-thumping mashup novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, Timur Bekmambetov directs while Tim Burton and Jim Lemley produce “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.” Dubbed as a revisionist tale of the 16th US President ...  

Director/Producer Timur  Bekmambetov (Wanted, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter) , has acquired   "The Current War" for his production house, Bazelevs.Based on a script by Michael Mitnick, the film will be about the rivalry between Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse, both pioneers in the field of electricity.Rumors are circulating that depending on his schedule Bekmambetov might direct the film himself....  

It features answers to questions from the fans with actors Ben Walker and Rufus Sewell, plus writer Seth Grahame-Smith and director Timur Bekmambetov. They cover some back story of its origins, how they’re looking to be inventive and how nice ...  

At this past weekend’s WonderCon, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter director Timur Bekmambetov, star Ben Walker and writer Seth Grahame-Smith showed off a new trailer and an extended section of a big action set piece that featured all the principal cast.  If you missed Dave’s recap of the panel, click here.  You can also watch the new trailer here.  For those just hearing about the project, the film re-imagines our 16th President as a...  

At last weekend’s WonderCon, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter director Timur Bekmambetov, star Ben Walker and author/screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith showed off a new trailer and an extended section of a big action set piece that featured all the principal cast.  If you missed Dave’s recap of the panel, click here.  You can also watch the new trailer here.  For those just hearing about the project, the film re-imagines our 16th President...  

Timur Bekmambetov, the director of Wanted, hits audiences this summer with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter - based on the novel by Seth Graham-Smith and starring Benjamin Walker as the former President who not only led our country but, according to this tale, was a vampire slayer. Shock reunited with Bekmambetov briefly to speak about the June 22nd release and squeeze in a few more questions we did not get to address the last time we...  

Before Wanted and before the forthcoming Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, director Timur Bekmambetov hit the genre scene with the supernatural actioner Night Watch, a visually-stunning adventure that was followed by the sequel Day Watch.   Based on the novels by Sergei Lukyanenko, the film series was envisioned by a trilogy that would wrap up with the rumored Twilight Watch, however, Bekmambetov is not so certain another film is going to...  

A new trailer for the alternate reality film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has been released by the studio; we've embedded it below. "Are you a patriot … or a vampire?"Adapted from the 2009 novel of the same title by Seth Grahame-Smith, the storyline is based on the recently discovered document titled The Secret Journal of Abraham Lincoln, given to him by a vampire named Henry Sturges. "[H]enceforth my life shall be one of rigorous study and...  

Dig it! The Tim Burton-produced, Timur Bekmambetov-directed horror adventure Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter stars Benjamin Walker, Anthony Mackie, Rufus Sewell, Dominic Cooper, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Jimmi Simpson, Alan Tudyk, and Robin McLeavy.  

Mash-up author Seth Grahame-Smith isn't finished writing books (his third novel, Unholy Night, will be published in April), but he's been spending plenty of time in Hollywood. Along with working as a screenwriter for director Tim Burton's Dark Shadows, Grahame-Smith is adapting his second best-selling novel, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Blending Lincoln's actual history with vampires (or finally revealing Lincoln's actual vampire history...  

At this past weekend’s WonderCon, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter director Timur Bekmambetov, star Ben Walker and writer Seth Grahame-Smith showed off a new trailer and an extended section of a big action set piece that featured all the principal cast.  If you missed Dave's recap of the panel, click here.  You can also watch the new trailer here. Shortly before the panel, I got to sit down with Walker for an extended interview.  We talked...  

It isn't very often that a movie covers more than one contradicting genre. If they do, it usually falls into Sci-fi/Action/Drama (Star Wars, Star Trek: NG). Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is trying to cut a new niche: the Historical/Fantasy/Action movie.Contributor: JD StockmanPublished: Mar 21, 2012  

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter explores the secret life of our greatest President, and the untold story that shaped our nation. Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (director of Wanted) bring a fresh and visceral voice to the blood ...  

Looks like "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" director Timur Bekmambetov is going from fake history to real history, lining up the decidedly non-action-y "The Current War." Variety reports the "Wanted" helmer has attached himself to the project, which boasts a Black List-approved script by Michael Mitnick that tells the tale of Thomas Edison and George Westinghouse's battle to produce the first stable electric current, when they decide to...  

While director Timbur Bekmambetov’s next film, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, pits our nation’s 16th president as an axe-wielding superhero with distaste for the undead, he’s set to go a tad more traditional with his next period pic.  Deadline reports that Bekmambetov ‘s Bazelevs production company has acquired The Current War for Bekmambetov to direct.  The film, written by Michael Mitnick, “chronicles the true-life public battle fought...  

Walker is also a young actor, he’s 29, and he also previously starred in a stage play where he played Andrew Jackson. Vampire Hunter creator Grahame-Smith also told the Times he was contacted by Tim Burton about the project while he was still ...  

Benjamin Walker has enough thespian bona fides — he’s a Juilliard grad; a Broadway vet best known for playing our seventh president as an emo rock god in Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson; and, oh, he happens to be Meryl Streep’s son-in-law — that should convince you of his possible-next-big-thing status. If you're still a skeptic, then perhaps his next project will do the trick: Walker is about to play another badass former leader of our nation in...  

With Dominic Cooper, Rufus Sewell, Mary Elizabeth Winstead, Marton Csokas, Jimmi Simpson and Alan Tudyk also among the cast, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter will be out on August 2. Subscribe to the world's biggest movie magazine this month and get a whole ...  

Director Timur Bekmambetov, producer Tim Burton, and writer Seth Grahame-Smith compare the 16th President to a superhero in this new video. [...]  

Yep, it's time once again for yet another behind-the-scenes featurette for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. This time we get to hear from producer Tim Burton, director Timur Bekmambetov and writer Seth Grahame-Smith. Check it out! The Tim Burton-produced ...  

Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov is no stranger to vampires and the supernatural, having first gotten acclaim here in the States for his Russian blockbusters Night Watch and Day Watch. After directing Universal's action hit Wanted a few years back, Bekmambetov is back this summer with Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith, and going by the title alone, this is clearly not the typical, traditional...  

Abraham Lincoln Invented Facebook, and Other Popular HoaxesInternet hoaxes come and go every day, but only a handful of these carefully crafted shenanigans spread like a virus, becoming the top story on major news aggregates such as Hackerne.ws and Digg. Even more controlled news sites ran the Abraham Lincoln story, not wanting to be left behind in this quick-to-print news cycle we [...]by Matt Ryan for Lockergnome.  

On Thursday, the New York Times reported on the efforts of a new super-PAC, backed by TD Ameritrade founder Joe Ricketts, dedicated to exposing President Obama as a radical, no-good "metrosexual, black Abraham Lincoln."  But Barack Obama isn't our first metrosexual president. He's not even our first metrosexual Abraham Lincoln. Here's our quick guide to the 43* most metrosexual presidents of all time. 1.) Chester A. Arthur: The "A" is short...  

The latest poster for director Timur Bekmambetov's adaptation of author Seth Grahame-Smith's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter focuses on the young Lincoln, as portrayed by actor Benjamin Walker. But he's shown standing on the fiery train which features in ...  

Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (director of Wanted) bring a fresh and visceral voice to the bloodthirsty lore of the vampire, imagining Lincoln as history's greatest hunter of the undead. Starring Benjamin Walker, Rufus Sewell ...  

Writes Jeff Herbener: My son went to the movie Hunger Games last night and saw a trailer for the June 22 release of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Sure to take it's place in the hit parade: Abraham Lincoln: Great Emancipator, Abraham Lincoln: Savior of the Union, Abraham Lincoln: Christian Statesman, Abraham Lincoln: Champion of Equality... [...]  

Abraham Lincoln was born February 12, 1809, the second child of Thomas Lincoln and Nancy Lincoln (née Hanks), in a one-room log cabin on the Sinking Spring Farm in southeast Hardin County, Kentucky, (now LaRue County). Historical investigations have ...  

On Wednesday, Nate St. Pierre posted an interesting story on his blog. He detailed his discovery of an attempt by Abraham Lincoln in 1845 to create and patent a social-networking system that very much resembled Facebook. Only it was an all-paper version of Facebook, and Lincoln didn't call it Facebook. In his patent application he supposedly called it "The Gazette," and he described it as a system to "keep People aware of Others in the Town...  

Augustin Stucker writes of the parallel lives of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis.LIGHTHOUSE POINT, Fla. (PRWEB) May 17, 2012 The story of Abraham Lincoln and Jefferson Davis is the story of our country. Without either of their lives and influence, we would not be the nation we are today. Augustin Stucker reflects on the lives of both men in his new book, “Lincoln & Davis” (published by AuthorHouse). Stucker says the President of the United...  

The 16th President of the United States paid a visit to children at the West Somerville Neighborhood School on April 3. Abraham Lincoln, brought to life by actor Joseph Kidawski, shared some of the key moments from his youth. As he spoke of hardship and ...  

Megan Garber is a staff writer at The Atlantic. She was formerly an assistant editor at the Nieman Journalism Lab, where she wrote about innovations in the media.It started with a headline I saw pinging around Twitter yesterday afternoon. Abraham Lincoln, my friends' tweets informed me, had invented a 19th-century version of Facebook.Yes! This previously unknown tidbit, it turns out, was the discovery of a guy in Milwaukee who had happened to...  

Asked in the 1850s for a bio, Abraham Lincoln wrote: “Born Feb. 12, 1809, in Hardin county Kentucky. Education, defective. Profession, a lawyer. Have been a Captain of Volunteers in the Black Hawk War; Post-Master at a very small office, four times a ...  

Clarksville, TN – A meet and greet with an Abraham Lincoln impersonator is planned for 2:00pm Saturday, May 12th, 2012, at the Fort Defiance Civil War Park and Interpretive Center, located at 120 Duncan Street. The event will feature Mr. Whit McMahan as President Abraham Lincoln, and will include a brief speech. Visitors to the [...]  

A guy named Nick St. Pierre was browsing through the collection of the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, IL and stumbled across something Lincoln had created  in 1845 called the Springfield Gazette: The whole Springfield Gazette was one sheet of paper, and it was all about Lincoln. Only him. Other people only came into the document [...]  

Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States In 1831, Abraham Lincoln failed in business. In 1832, Abraham Lincoln was defeated for state legislator. In 1833, Abraham Lincoln tried a new business, and failed. In 1835, Abraham Lincoln’s fiancée died. In...  

In law, habeas corpus is a writ ordering that a person be brought before a judge, especially to decide whether a prisoner's detention is lawful. Its suspension means that prisoners can be held indefinitely without being charged. During the US Civil War, President Lincoln suspended habeas corpus to arrest and silence Southern dissenters. A legal battle ensued, and Lincoln prevailed. Habeas corpus has been suspended numerous times in US history...  

Since it doesn't seem like Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is going to stop taking itself a little too seriously (at least in my opinion) anytime soon, I guess we're going to have to deal with this marketing campaign until the film hits theaters on June ...  

[Ed note: read the update below...this is likely definitely a hoax.] Intrigued by a possible connection between PT Barnum and Abe Lincoln, Nate St. Pierre travelled to the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, IL. Once there, he stumbled upon something called The Springfield Gazette, a personal newspaper made by Lincoln that is eerily similar to Facebook. The whole Springfield Gazette was one sheet of paper, and it was all about Lincoln. Only him...  

For Abraham Lincoln, directed by Russian filmmaker Timur Bekmambetov, some at Fox are already concerned that the content itself — with a main character drawn from American history — will be less appealing than many other summer movies in certain overseas markets.  

A Russian trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has arrived online with new never-before-seen footage, and all we can say is June 22, 2012, cannot get here soon enough! Check it out! The Tim Burton-produced, Timur Bekmambetov-directed horror ...  

Tim Burton is participating in an Abraham Lincoln ... fans are invited to participate in this hunt for the best candidates. All styles are encouraged; cartoon, photo, paint, sculpture, graphic design etc. Real or imagined, the studio leaves the vision ...  

How Abraham Lincoln came to slaughter 4 score and 7 vampires From the moment author Seth Grahame-Smith envisioned Abraham Lincoln as an ax-wielding action hero, it was just a matter of time before Hollywood took notice....  

Currently in 2012, Aspen is teaming up with Gale Anne Hurd's Valhalla Entertainment to produce the horror-adventure series Dead Man's Run, as well as collaborating with director McG's Wonderland Sound and Vision to produce the horror comic Haunted City.  

Today is Sunday, April 15, the 106th day of 2012. There are 260 days left in the year. Today's Highlight in History: On April 15, 1912, the British luxury liner RMS Titanic sank in the North Atlantic off Newfoundland at 2:20 a.m. ship's time, more...  

Visionary filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov (director of Wanted ... The writer/director expands the Bourne universe created by Robert Ludlum with an original story that introduces us to a new hero whose life-or-death stakes have been triggered ...  

© Warner Bros. We've got more new trailers than an episode of The Price Is Right, including a fun teaser for the Australian shocker The Loved Ones (opening in the US this summer), a first look at producer Oren Peli's (Paranormal Activity) newest "found footage" scare fest Chernobyl Diaries (in theaters May 25), plus second trailers for Prometheus (June 8), The Cabin in the Woods (April 13) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter...Read Full Post  

LOS ANGELES — Abraham Lincoln won’t get top billing in some foreign countries when his vampire-hunting adventure hits the big screen this summer. Hoping to make its adaptation of the bestselling book “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter ...  

Sadly, you can’t challenge people to fight to the death these days without coming across as a weirdo and getting hauled into the editor’s office for a lecture about how to resolve workplace conflicts. It was not always so. Early in American history, dueling was an accepted if legally dubious practice. James Shields, an Illinois [...]  

Comic Book ResourcesCBR TV @ WC12: Bekmambetov & Grahame-Smith on “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter”Comic Book ResourcesDirector Timur Bekmambetov (“Wanted”) and screenwriter Seth Grahame-Smith (“Pride and Prejudice and Zombies”) visited the world famous CBR Tiki Lounge at WonderCon 2012 in Anaheim, CA to discuss their new film “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.The Master of the Mash-UpWall Street JournalSeth Grahame-Smith's New Book Unholy...  

Proving that it's never too late for change, two major-studio, New Orleans-shot movies -- "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" and "Beautiful Creatures" -- are in the midst of significant last-minute alterations, one to its title and one to its ...  

The death of America's greatest president, Abraham Lincoln, resulted in an outpouring of national mourning, the apex of which came in late April of 1865 when a specially outfitted train carried his body on a thirteen-day, 1,700-mile, eleven-city...  

Springfield Gazette: Abraham Lincoln's Facebook Patent Application What would you say if we told you that Abraham Lincoln filed a patent for Facebook in 1845? Well, we're not telling you that, but Nate St. Pierre is....read more  

Without rifles, infantry or cannons, historian Doris Kearns Goodwin brought into focus the turmoil of the Civil War and the leader who helped bring our fractured nation through it. The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Author and noted historian spent Thursday night at Northampton Community College discussing the legend of Abraham Lincoln, the subject of her most current work “Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln.” The diminutive in...  

Abraham Lincoln’s fidelity to the Declaration of Independence is equally a fidelity to the Constitution. The Constitution takes its moral life from the principles of liberty and equality, and was created to serve those principles. We are divided as a nation today, as in Lincoln’s time, because we have severed the connection between these two documents. Lincoln’s “Fragment on the Constitution and the Union” contains the central theme of Lincoln...  

In Brief: The Republican Party began by electing members to Congress; it worked. The Republican Party didn't begin with Lincoln The last successful third party in American politics elected its first President in 1860. The party of course was the Republicans and the President was Abraham Lincoln. But the Republican Party didn't begin with Lincoln, and it didn't begin in 1860. Still, the birth of the Republican Party was meteoric by today's...  

The Drudge Retort is sponsored this week by Flackcheck.Org, a project of the Annenberg Public Policy Center that asks, "Could Abraham Lincoln win re-election in 1864 if today’s technology and methods were available to his opponent?" The site points out, "Abraham Lincoln is unsure whether God is on our side. One thing's for sure: He isn't on God's! Lincoln ridiculed the Holy Book. He called Jesus 'a bastard.'"  

A letter written to a Cleveland man by Mary Todd Lincoln has sold for more than $46,000.  Mary Todd's husband, President Abraham Lincoln, signed the envelope in place of postage. The 1862 letter was sold online by RR Auctions.  RR vice-president Bobby Livingston says he watched bids for the letter fly in a half hour before the auction ended at 8 o'clock Thursday night. WKSU's Maranda Shrewsberry reports.  

Not at all, says writer Seth Grahame-Smith. And he should know. Not only did he write Shadows for director Tim Burton, but he also scripted Lincoln from his bestselling novel of the same name. "I always say jokingly, 'Well my vampires don't ...  

It is said that history is written by the victors of a war. The President who preserved the Union was assassinated and became a martyr who is remembered as the great emancipator. Maybe he had other motivations.Contributor: Michael TaylorPublished: Mar 28, 2012  

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Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (June 22) Abraham Lincoln. Vampires. What else is there to say? Not yet rated. Seeking a Friend for the End of the World (June 22) When an asteroid approaches Earth, a man strikes out on the road to find his high ...  

Prince George, B.C One of the most revered former presidents of the United States is poised to be the next big box superhero star this summer. An axe-wielding, vampire-slaying vision of Lincoln is set to hit the big screen June 22nd, with Abraham Lincoln ...  

Anyone can tell you if a trailer "looks good" or not. But Drew Magary, who spent over a decade working in advertising, is here to tell you whether or not a trailer WORKS. This week's trailer? "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter". You’re gonna get two big ...  

But last month, museum staff learned it had a “national treasure,” as an Abraham Lincoln artifact ... John Ennis and signed by Abraham Lincoln on Jan. 16, 1864. The 2-by-3 inch item was in an envelope mixed with other letters and documents ...  

Put simply, The Raid is the best action film you will see this year. Itas a martial arts film that never lets up. Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier co-op walkthrough Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon: Future Soldier is a video game published by Ubisoft ...  

150TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE BY THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA A PROCLAMATION On May 15, 1862, President Abraham Lincoln signed legislation to establish the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and codified a commitment to the health of our people and our land.  One hundred and fifty years later, USDA continues to realize that vision of service by applying sound public...  

A play penned by Shelby playwright Ludy Wilkie will explore the local lore that Abraham Lincoln may have been born in Bostic. The Rutherford Community Theatre will perform Wilkie’s play, “The Ballad of Nancy Hanks,” beginning April 27 at...  

BREAKING: Timur Bekmambetov’s Bazelevs has acquired the 2011 Black List script The Current War scripted by Michael Mitnick. Bekmambetov acquired it to direct. He most recently wrapped Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which Fox releases June 22.  

On this date in 1860, the Republican Party chose former U.S. Representative Abraham Lincoln of Illinois as their presidential candidate. [ more › ]  

Historical investigations have traced Lincoln's paternal ancestors back to Samuel Lincoln, an apprentice weaver who arrived in Hingham, Massachusetts, from Norfolk, England, in 1637. However, Lincoln only knew of his heritage to his paternal grandfather ...  

IndiaGlitzAbraham Lincoln: Ready to Abolish Vampires With an Axe - POSTERIndiaGlitzThe poster for this summer's history altering thriller Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has finally been unveiled, and while there are unfortunately no vampires pictured, we do get to see one of the most famous presidents in our nation's history on the ...  

Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter was my favorite book of 2010. I read it because I thoroughly enjoyed author Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (2009) and will always be fascinated by period pieces and a well imagined vampire story.  

Behold, the comic-book style renderings of Seth Grahame-Smith's new novel, "Unholy Night." Verily, as per The Hollywood Reporter, the "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies" author is already hard at work on the screenplay for the inevitable cinematic adaptation ...  

"It's kind of all there in the title, isn't it?" conceded star Benjamin Walker, relaxing in a director's chair between takes. "I guess my initial reaction was, now what?"  

Stephenie Meyer's got some competition coming up. Not only is Dark Shadows with Johnny Depp playing Barnabas Collins hitting theaters next month, but Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter...  

I've been pretty hard on the marketing of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter in the past, and mainly because the premise sounds a lot more radass than any of the trailers have made the actual movie seem. Taking itself too seriously...  

to be released in December. But what the movie does claim to be is a horror film as much as an action flick – just look at the film’s subtitle. And vampires are fleetingly seen in trailer, unlike the previous trailer for the movie. The result is a ...  

Sculptor makes replacement for item, which was stolen last fallA Chicago sculptor has replaced the copper sword that was swiped from Abraham Lincoln's tomb last fall with a bronze-filled ceramic replica.  

Mash mixture until smooth and serve with duck. In my travels, I have visited numerous places that are associated with President Abraham Lincoln and his family. Were you aware that of the four sons that were born to President Lincoln and Mrs. Mary Todd ...  

Next is Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter: Based on the book by Seth Grahame-Smith, the movie “Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter” is a return to looking at vampires as blood-lusting monsters of the night, not romantic love interests.  Produced by Tim ...  

The very strange and awesome Tim Burton, also one of the makers of the film, is judging the contest with popular vote determining the five finalists. Entries are accepted on the movie’s Facebook page, and the winner gets a midnight screening of the film ...  

Of all the outrageous, far-fetched and totally surprising ideas to come out of the Hollywood machine lately, the big screen adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's quirky bestseller "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" is the most unique. Why?  

Did y’all hear about Abraham Lincoln inventing the internet (or something like that)? It was the meme of the week, an owl in a box for our time – Nate St. Pierre, a blogger and consultant, told the (long-winded) story of his recent trip to Springfield ...  

He signed into law Sen. Charles Sumner's Freedman's Bureau bill that set up a temporary federal agency designed to meet the immediate material needs of former slaves. The law assigned land for a lease of three years with the ability to purchase ...  

Benjamin Walker stalks his prey on a flaming death train in this latest look at Timur Bekmambetov's historically accurate thriller. [...]  

I realize their worth and rarity, but I can’t help but feel such things shouldn’t be sold out in the open market, only to be squirreled away by private owners. We all own a piece of Lincoln. The Smithsonian should have these.  

After police were able to trace the recent damage of Abraham Lincoln's Springfield tomb to teenage hijinks, a Chicago sculptor's careful efforts will restore the statue to its former glory. A statue that stands at the former president's burial ...  

(CNN)-- To paraphrase "The Social Network," if Abraham Lincoln had invented Facebook, he would have invented Facebook. But in a tall tale that would have made the Great Emancipator proud, a blog post saying that he did just that was making the ...  

In 1845, Abraham Lincoln had tried to patent an idea very similar to Facebook, it has been revealed. According to blogger Nate St. Pierre, the idea was rejected by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. St. Pierre described a visit to ...  

Contrary to the recent claims made, Abraham Lincoln did not invent the first ever social network in the U.S. This news originated from a person in Milwaukee named Nate St. Pierre who visited the Lincoln Library in Springfield, Illinois. While there, it was ...  

In 1785, American naturalist, hunter and artist John James Audubon was born in present-day Haiti. In 1865, John Wilkes Booth, the assassin of President Abraham Lincoln ... as planned after failing to transmit images and data. In 1968, the United States ...  

A claim that a US blogger has found evidence that Abraham Lincoln invented Facebook has turned out to be an internet hoax. Nate St Pierre claimed that the only reason Lincoln could not clean up in the way that Mark Zuckerberg did was because the US patent ...  

... enjoyed watching tech bloggers on Twitter first share the story but then argue amongst themselves about who got fooled first. "Dude, you both got punked," he said with a laugh. And while St. Pierre's story was made up, he may have gotten a little ...  

For his latest project, Tony Kushner is writing the screenplay for an upcoming Steven Spielberg movie about Abraham Lincoln. Kushner says an understanding of Lincoln's presidency carries valuable lessons for political life today. "I think that [Lincoln's] incredible ability to finesse very, very treacherous political circumstances and continue to move the country forward, I mean, to lead the country forward in the midst of the most...  

A little known historical figure who became the personal bodyguard of Abraham Lincoln, Ward Hill Lamon, was born in January 1828 in Summit Point, Virginia (now West Virginia) -- just a few miles from Charles Town in Jefferson County. Lamon’s ...  

From superhero movies to remakes and sequels, a look at what promises to be this summer's theater blockbuster hits and, surely, some flops among them. And don't forget to check out the critics' picks for your best bets.  

Nate St. Pierre has had probably one of the best Web ‘gotcha’ moments this week (and it’s only Wednesday). On Tuesday, St. Pierre posted a piece titled “Abraham Lincoln Filed a Patent for Facebook in 1845.” Read full article >>  

and Barnum & Bailey Circus. The whole Springfield Gazette was one sheet of paper, and it was all about Lincoln. Only him. Other people only came into the document in conjunction with how he experienced life at that moment. If you look at the Gazette ...  

Linda Hochstetler, a teacher of the fourth- and fifth-grade ... According to the release, President Abraham Lincoln founded the USDA on May 15, 1862. In honor, the class at the learning center is growing tomatoes from the Abraham Lincoln ...  

George Benjamin Walker, the third son of the Walkers, was born in Calcutta on November 25, 1913. He matriculated from the Calcutta Boys' School with distinctions in English and Urdu in 1929. At school, as a keen young Scout, he was Patrol Leader ...  

Here's an excerpt of St. Pierre's fictitious experience at the Lincoln Museum in Springfield, Ill. Lincoln was requesting a patent for "The Gazette," a system to "keep People aware of Others in the Town." He laid out a plan where every town ...