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Fox Ends Bidding War for ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter’
Twentieth Century Fox has won a bloody bidding war for the bigscreen adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith’s Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, with Timur Bekmambetov set to direct from an adapted script by Grahame-Smith. Tim Burton is producing the 3D film with Bekmambetov. Pic’s budget is estimated at $69 million. Fox will begin pre-production immediately and is planning a 2012 release, according to insiders. Fox went all out to win rights to the project, giving a detailed pitch for the film’s production, marketing and release. Studio higher-ups didn’t stop there…
When the filmmakers entered the Fox lot, they were greeted by a huge banner, plus parking signs stating: “Parking for Vampire Hunters Only, Park at your own risk,” Variety adds.
Next there were bloody footprints lining the walkway and steps leading from their cars to the meeting with Fox co-chairs Jim Gianopulos and Tom Rothman and prexy of production Emma Watts.
Posters lining the hallway of the executive building showed images from the book and lines from the script, while there were silver bullets in a bowl at the check-in desk.
The showmanship continued. Bloody axes were strewn about and a bugle player with a Confederate uniform played “Taps.”
Following in the wake of Winnie the Pooh and Mickey Mouse getting their own horror movies, Hans Christian Andersen’s The Little Mermaid is the next to get the twisted treatment.
Originally published in 1837, the original tale of The Little Mermaid is now in the public domain, and MSR Media International presents their own horror version of the tale this year.
The Little Mermaid is being distributed by Grindstone Entertainment Group, and the film has officially been rated “R” this week for “Language, some violence and brief nudity.”
In the film from director Leigh Scott, “Dr. Eric Prince, an archaeologist, makes a dramatic discovery on a small Caribbean island—proof of an ancient, advanced prehistoric society. While his dig is in progress, he meets the mysterious and beautiful Aurora Bey and falls in love. Her arrival coincides with several mermaid sightings and strange disappearances.
“When Eric’s friend and mentor, Dr. Ashley, arrives on the island, Ashley uncovers the true identity of Aurora and the dangers of the hidden evil inside Eric’s dig site. Will Eric heed his friend’s advice, or will he be blinded by love and the power of the siren, allowing the world to fall to the forces of evil?”
Lydia Helen, Mike Markoff and Jeff Denton star in The Little Mermaid.
You can watch the trailer now over on MSR Media International’s website.
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