Many fans consider 2012 to be one of the best years for film in a long time. We've had great popcorn movies, huge epics, mind-melting indies and new films from some of the best filmmakers around. But every year has some stinkers and as good as 2012 has been, it's probably been equally as bad…
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This week, Dave, Devindra, and Adam discuss the crappiness of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, explore the pleasures of male stripping, and ponder the mediocrity of Brave. Special guest Jen Yamato joins us from Movieline. You can always e-mail us at slashfilmcast(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or call and leave a voicemail at 781-583-1993. We'll be reviewing Magic Mike next…
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Two big film releases this week both feature historical settings in which a fantastic story takes place, but Brave and Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter couldn't be more different. This film is based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith (Pride and Prejudice and Zombies, Dark Shadows screenwriter) in which Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) is…
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There was the teaser trailer, the theatrical trailer, an international trailer, a red band trailer and now, with a few short weeks left and a major Fox release coming out before, the company has put together one final theatrical trailer for the historical horror film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The film will be released June…
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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…
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Thursday morning at CinemaCon, 20th Century Fox presented footage, clips and trailers from their upcoming 2012 line-up. Included in the reel was 10-15 minutes of Ang Lee's adaptation Life of Pi, an extended trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, new footage from Prometheus, clips from Neighborhood Watch, and our first look at Taken 2. Per usual, I…
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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…
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One of summer's biggest wildcards is the 3D, hyper-stylized, historical action-horror film Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. Based on a novel of the same name by Seth Grahame-Smith (who also wrote the screenplay) the film is directed by Timur Bekmambetov and tells the fictional story, infused with a lot of non-fiction, of how Abraham Lincoln decicated his…
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WonderCon 2012 took over the Anaheim Convention Center this year, so more Hollywood studios were in attendance than in previous San Francisco-based editions. While there wasn't a lot of newsworthy bits to come out of the panels this year, we did get to see a lot of footage from upcoming films: Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,…
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Today at Wondercon Fox released the second full trailer for Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The first teaser trailer was all mood and hints of action. (Appropriate for a teaser.) This one is all about Abe: we get a narration from Benjamin Walker, who plays the Railsplitter, and start to learn just why he…
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No matter whether you love Tim Burton or find him tiresome we've got a video that will play directly to either attitude about the filmmaker. Fox recently premiered the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter trailer at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library & Museum in Springfield, IL. Burton couldn't be there, but he taped an introduction to…
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Yesterday we got our first look at footage for Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, scripted by and based on Seth Grahame-Smith's novel of the same name. Now we've got a trailer for international audiences that has a lot more footage, and also offers some dialogue from Dominic Cooper. Check it out below. So much…
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Here's the trailer for Timur Bekmambetov's adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The film features Benjamin Walker as Lincoln, but this is no stodgy biopic. Rather, it supposes that the 16th President was really driven by a hatred for the undead. Indeed, this footage shows the Railsplitter earning his name as…
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Two of Tim Burton's projects for 2012, Dark Shadows (which he directed) and Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (which he produced, with Timur Bekmambetov directing) have yet to show any footage to the public. But both are slowly rolling out new images. We've got four new pics today of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, which is a…
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What we've seen so far of the film adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter has been limited to scant images and a couple posters. Now there is a new poster -- and it is pretty bad, leading to some suspicion that it is not official -- but also a behind the scenes…
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We obviously all love moving images. If we didn't, we wouldn't be reading (or writing for) a movie website. However, if you're like me and are extremely excited for the plethora of potentially awesome movies opening in 2012, right about now you are going to love the still image. USA Today has posted their 2012…
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Brand-new posters have just been released for two very different literary adaptations due out next year. The first is Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, an adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's alternate-history horror about the sixteenth President of the United States; the other, Gary Ross' The Hunger Games, based on the first volume of Suzanne Collins'…
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It's the 'supporting actors in big movies' Casting Bits, with a confirmation of a report that surfaced last week, and two nice additions to big projects at Legendary Pictures. After the break, you'll find: Jonah Hill is confirmed for the action comedy Neighborhood Watch, Rufus Sewell joins Paradise Lost, and Clifton Collins, Jr. fights monsters…
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You don't have to wait until next summer to see what Benjamin Walker is going to look like as the ax-wielding, vampire killing 16th President of the United States. While most major films wait until after shooting is done to begin building hype, The New York Times has published a feature article on Abraham Lincoln…
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The cast for Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter continues to fill out nicely with the addition of British film, television and stage actor Rufus Sewell. Sewell is joining a cast that already includes Benjamin Walker (Kinsey, Flags of Our Fathers) in the title role, Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim Vs. The World) as Lincoln's…
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TImur Bekmambetov is lining up quite the varied cast for his adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. He's got Benjamin Walker in the lead, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as Mary Todd, Anthony Mackie and Dominic Cooper in key supporting roles, and more. Now Alan Tudyk, an actor with a dedicated fan following thanks…
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Mark Wahlberg is starring in Contraband right now -- the film is a remake of the well-regarded thriller Reykjavik-Rotterdam, with Baltasar Kormakur, an actor in the original, directing the new version. The film follows a one-time smuggler (Wahlberg) who has taken a straight job as a security guard, but gets pulled back into illegal activity.…
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Earlier this month it was reported that Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor (the Academy Award-winning composer of The Social Network) would be composing the score for Timur Bekmambetov's adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, and would also appear on screen in the movie as the vampire who kills Lincoln's mother.…
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Last week it was rumored that Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor (the Academy Award-winning composer of The Social Network) was in talks to not only score Timur Bekmambetov's adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, but also appear on screen. Today Reznor has responded to the reports on the NIN…
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When it was announced that Nine Inch Nails front man Trent Reznor would be scoring David Fincher's The Social Network, it was considered a highly unlikely choice. Over a year later, Oscar in hand, Reznor's next film seems like a much more logical fit. While he and partner Atticus Ross are currently scoring Fincher's follow-up,…
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Seems like Timur Bekmambetov has just about filled all of his leads for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The 3D adaptation of the Seth Grahame-Smith novel featuring the 16th President as a deadly vampire killer stars Benjamin Walker as Honest Abe, Mary Elizabeth Winstead as his wife Mary Todd, Anthony Mackie as Secretary of State William…
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Earlier this week, just a short time after hearing that Mary Elizabeth Winstead and Robin McLeavy were the frontrunners for the role of Mary Todd in Timur Bekmambetov's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, we reported that Ms. McLeavy had been given the role. Turns out that was wrong. In fact, Mary Elizabeth Winstead has been given…
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