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"It's very respectful of the book," Kinberg told TOH. "It's a challenge not unlike 'X-Men: First Class': both films have to seem relevant, cool, true to the period, yet contemporary." Like Burton's "Alice in Wonderland," Bekmambetov brings "such visual imagination, incredible visuals," says Kinberg, "in the sense of creating a universe in which the actors can't get in the way of the characters." Juilliard-trained Broadway Walker, who played Andrew Jackson on Broadway, "is the weird reincarnation of Abraham Lincoln."
With such movies as last summer's "Cowboys & Aliens" and the upcoming "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies," studios are still chasing the hybrid genre trend. Results often depend on how seriously the films take themselves. Like "Cowboys & Aliens" and the Austen-Zombie combo, "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" is nothing if not high concept: we'll see how the filmmakers carry that off. The trailer's dark sepia tones and dramatic speeches could fit both historical fiction and fantasy thriller.
While "Vampire Hunter" puts a gothic twist on Lincoln's legacy, for those who want a straight-up Lincoln biopic, wait 'til December, which brings Daniel Day-Lewis as the 16th President in Steven Spielberg's "Lincoln."
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VariantMule | February 15, 2012 2:51 PM
"It's a challenge not unlike 'X-Men: First Class': both films have to seem relevant, cool, true to the period, yet contemporary."
Ugh, maybe someone could try and make a period movie that didn't seem to be hopelessly struggling to seem contemporary? Like, maybe we could avoid tongue-in-cheek references to whatever modern audiences think is funny these days? I realize the whole movie is tongue-in-cheek, but if Lincoln says "Hasta la vista, baby" or some other tired reference, I'm going to have to leave the theatre.