Joaquin Phoenix May Be Teaching Abraham Lincoln How to Hunt Vampires
Being that Buffy was nowhere in sight at the time, someone had to teach Honest Abe how to kill the toothy creatures of the night!
According to Deadline Joaquin Phoenix is the front-runner to play the mentor who teaches the 16th President how to kill bloodsuckers in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter for 20th Century Fox. From what we understand the role is his if he wants it.
Should he sign on, he’d be starring opposite Benjamin Walker, who last Thursday was set to play the title character in the Timur Bekmambetov-directed adaptation.
Look for more soon!
Fox is aiming at a June 22nd, 2012, release for the Tim Burton-produced horror adventure based upon Seth Grahame-Smith’s novel of the same name.
Book Synopsis
When Abraham Lincoln was nine years old, his mother died from an ailment called the “milk sickness.” Only later did he learn that his mother’s deadly affliction was actually the work of a local vampire, seeking to collect a debt owed by Lincoln’s father. When Abe learned the truth, he vowed revenge and kept one passion hidden throughout his life: the brutal elimination of all vampires. His valiant, bloody fight against the undead was all but lost to history, until Grahame-Smith stumbled upon the secret journal of Abraham Lincoln.
Using the journal as his guide, Seth reconstructs Lincoln’s life story and uncovers the role vampires played in the birth, growth, and near-death of our nation. You don’t know Abe. Honest.
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