A film trailer for Seth Grahame-Smith's noel "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" was launched displaying the bearded former chief executive carrying an ax and cutting down vampires.
The book for which the film is based off of follows 45 years of Lincoln's life, starting around the 1820s and conclusion with his killing by John Wilkes Booth. The publication uses actual record as a back drop to its fantastic tale that all of the president's activities were pushed by his campaign to generate vampires into annihilation.
Grahame-Smith is known for flipping traditional materials into sci-fi with his 2009 publication "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."
The film is to be instructed by "Wanted" film maker Timur Bekmanbetov; film maker Tim Burton provides as one of the film's manufacturers. "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter" reveals June 22.
