Burton, Bekmambetov team for 'Vampire Hunter' (SCR, DH)
By Nancy Tartaglione
Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov are teaming up for an adaptation of "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter," the latest literary mash-up from "Pride And Prejudice And Zombies" author Seth Grahame-Smith. The book, published on Tuesday, pits the 16th US President as an axe wielding vampire assassin with a personal grudge to bear.
Grahame-Smith will adapt the screenplay while producers - including Jim Lemley - are out to directors, according to reports.
Burton, Bekmambetov and Lemley most recently collaborated on the animated feature "9."
Grahame-Smith's "Pride And Prejudice And Zombies" has been on the New York Times Best Seller list for 46 weeks. It is being developed at Lionsgate with Natalie Portman and David O Russell.
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