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Benjamin Walker to Star in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Film

Benjamin Walker
(© Tristan Fuge)
Benjamin Walker
(© Tristan Fuge)

Benjamin Walker, who recently starred on Broadway in the title role of Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, will play a different President in the forthcoming film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, according to Variety.

The 20th Century Fox film is adapted by Seth Graham-Smith from his novel, and is about Lincoln battling the undead during the Civil War era. Timur Bekmambetov will direct and co-produce the picture with Tim Burton and Jim Lemley.

Filming is slated to begin in March, with a planned release date of June 22, 2012.