Director Timur Bekmambetov on creating 'Vampire Hunter' Abe

Director Timur Bekmambetov, Benjamin Walker on the set. (Stephen Vaughan) Credit: Director Timur Bekmambetov, Benjamin Walker on the set. (Stephen Vaughan)

By ROBERT LEVINJune 18, 2012

Abraham Lincoln repaired the Union, facilitated the end of slavery and wrote the Gettysburg Address, but none of those remarkable feats count as the 16th President's greatest feat, according to "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."

The cinematic adaptation of Seth Grahame-Smith's mashup novel frames Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) as, above all, a prolific slayer of the undead. Concurrent with his political rise and stewardship of the fractured nation during the Civil War, the president fought a shadow war against vampire villain Adam (Rufus Sewell).

amNY spoke with director Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") about the movie, which hits theaters Friday.

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