He's Presidential Material - Benjamin Walker to Star in ABRAHAM LINCOLN: VAMPIRE HUNTER

According to a report by Variety, BLOODY BLOODY ANDREW JACKSON star Benjamin Walker is going to do some president-hopping in the near future, as he is officially set to star as the title character in 20th Century Fox's Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. 

Walker was the front-runner in a group of five other actors who were being considered for the role of America's 16th president, including: Adrien Brody, Josh Lucas, James D'Arcy and Oliver Jackson-Cohen.

Seth Grahame-Smith will write the screeplay for the movie, and Timur Bekmambetov is set to direct. Aiming for a release in June of 2012, the film is about 'the president's quest to rid the world of vampires, presented as part of the conflict behind the Civil War.'

In February 2007, Walker portrayed Bertram Cates in the Broadway revival of Inherit the Wind opposite two-time Tony Award winners Christopher Plummer and Brian Dennehy, and Tony Award winner Denis O'Hare, under the direction of Doug Hughes. In April 2008, Walker appeared as the Chevalier Danceny in the Roundabout Theatre Company's production of Les Liaisons Dangereuses directed by Rufus Norris. Walker's other theater credits include The Arrangements at the Atlantic Theatre Company (NYC - 2005), the Lincoln Center Theatre workshop of Spring Awakening (NYC - 2005), Lady Windermere's Fan (Williamstown Theatre Festival - 2005), and Romeo and Juliet (Williamstown Theatre Festival - 2006).

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