Benjamin Walker to Star in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter Film
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.