Last week, Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton began shopping their revisionist historical action film "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" around Hollywood and 20th Century Fox wanted it. They really, really wanted it.From parking signs in the Fox lot reading "Parking for Vampire Hunters Only, Park at your own risk" to bloody footprints lining the path all the way to the meeting room with Fox execs, some poor interns were busy at work making sure director Timur Bekmambetov and producer Tim Burton knew how badly their bosses wanted the film. Posters with images and lines from the book were put up on walls, and silver bullets were placed in a bowl at reception. And that's not all. Bloody axes were placed around the offices and a bugle player in a Confederate uniform played "Taps."
And yes, after all that, Fox's efforts were rewarded and they did land the film. Based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith ("Pride And Prejudice And Zombies"), the story spins the familiar history of Abraham Lincoln, but casts him as a ruthless vampire killer.The film will be in 3D, has been okayed with a $69 million budget and will hit theaters in 2012.
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