President by day and vampire hunter by night

MANILA, Philippines - Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter tweaks history onscreen as America’s most iconic and beloved president Abraham Lincoln is portrayed as a vampire slaying powerful political figure of his time. 

Filmmakers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov bring a fresh voice to the bloodthirsty lore of the vampire, imagining Lincoln as history’s greatest hunter of the undead.   

Taking the role of Lincoln is stage actor Benjamin Walker who has also appeared in Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers and in the movie Kinsey.

Before Walker takes center stage as Lincoln, the audience will meet the character as a child.  His journey begins when his mother Nancy is stricken with a disease of unknown origin — but recognizable to young Lincoln as resulting from a vampire’s bite. 

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter opens July 4 in theaters nationwide in 3D and 2D format from 20th Century Fox to be distributed by Warner Bros.