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| The only known photo of President Lincoln delivering the Gettysburg Address. Public Domain Image via Wikipedia |
I think he is not Benjamin Walker anymore, he is Abraham Lincoln., gushes Director Timur Bekmambetov in this exclusive preview for MTV. For the audition Walker, purportedly arrived in costume as Lincoln and delivered the Gettysburg Address "as if he wrote it," says producer Jim Lemley.
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Did anyone out there read this book yet? Coming at the height of the mash-up craze as it did, I have not. But someone at Warner Brothers apparently did because, according to the Hollywood Reporter they have already sprung for the rights to Seth Grahame-Smith's new book Unholy Night, for about 2 Million USD. Not quite the material of choice for Mel Gibson, I think; Unholy Night retells the story of Christ's birth as an adventure story centered on the Three Wise Men who are thieves forced to assist Mary and Joseph to escape. The book is set to come out on April 10 of this year. Can anyone smell the Graphic Novel and action figure tie-in?
The Bible must be the pinnacle for mash-ups, something Grahame-Smith is big on having written Pride Prejudice and Zombies as well as Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. He also wrote the Tim Burton, Dark Shadows screenplay.
Abe Lincoln is set to hit screens in June.
The Bible must be the pinnacle for mash-ups, something Grahame-Smith is big on having written Pride Prejudice and Zombies as well as Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter. He also wrote the Tim Burton, Dark Shadows screenplay.
Abe Lincoln is set to hit screens in June.
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