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In honor of the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter teaser trailer launch, the studio brought out director Timur Bekmambetov and star Benjamin Walker to Springfield, Illinois, the home of Lincoln’s tomb, his library and museum. While there, the folks over at Collider.com got the chance to chat with the two about the upcoming flick. Check out the goodies revealed below!

Since Collider had a limited time they could talk with the two men, they covered two main things – Lincoln himself and the recently released teaser trailer.

On taking a new look at Lincoln:

Benjamin Walker: “What’s great about it – and the fact that it is this kind of movie – is we can re-examine Abraham Lincoln as a human being. He’s an idol, we put him on a pedestal and see him as a sacred figure, and we kind of distant ourselves from him.”

Timur Bekmambetov: “For me it’s a person who can take responsibility to make a decision because we live in a world where everything’s kind of  gray. There’s no black and white.”

As for the unrevealing teaser (as all teasers are), Timur Bekmambetov did point out that, “It's not a trailer, it’s a teaser. Let’s wait for the trailer.” I can’t wait, Timur! I want to see it now! But alas, I must wait.

On the topic of people having questions after seeing the teaser, Walker said, “I imagine there will be some people who are skeptical, and I would say give us a shot, because the landscape of movies where we have a bunch of reboots and sequels, franchises and toy movies, we’re doing something new.”

Check out the teaser trailer below and let us know what you think about it:

Click here to view the embedded video.

What are your thoughts? I am a bit sad about how very little is shown, but it is a teaser after all.

- Moonlight

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That’s right Truebies, another series of True Blood comics are coming soon! Many fans don’t even know that the folks behind the hit show have created True Blood comics, but they have and that more are on the way! Woo!

Michael McMillian (Steve Newlin on the show) recently revealed that the 4th series of True Blood comics will be coming out soon, and a posting on the HBO store for IDW Publishing’s True Blood comics has confirmed it. The post shared the full creative team behind True Blood Series 4, and I’ve got to say, it’s an excellent collaboration.

The ongoing will be written by Green Arrow writer Ann Nocenti and True Blood actor Michael McMillian with creative collaboration from True Blood producer Alan Ball and art by Michael Gaydos. So far, IDW has only posted the Issue #1 cover image. They have yet to released specific details about the storyline of the upcoming comic or how it will link to the show.

McMillian co-wrote IDW’s second True Blood series, Tainted Love. The writer/actor spoke with CBR News back in 2011 about Tainted Love and his view on comics expanding the True Blood universe and mythology.

“I think the comic can play a role in exploring areas of the ‘True Blood’ world that the show may not be able to get to,” McMillian said. “Marc [Andreyko] came up with the wonderful idea of Tru Blood bottles getting contaminated with an element that causes vampires to go crazy. Since the bottled blood is the link between vampire/human relations, it’s such a great device to mess with. Tainting that symbolic connection seemed like an apt reflection of where vampire/human relations were left off in Season 3. On another level, the theme of contamination is at play with the main cast of characters. Their lives have been drastically affected since Bill walked into Sookie’s life. Are they themselves tainted? A lot of our characters kick off the series with a longing to return to the way things were before… to reclaim a feeling of lost, perhaps even false, innocence.”

If you want to check out the previous comics before the new one is released in May, they are: True Blood: All Together Now, True Blood: Tainted Love and True Blood: The French Quarter.

What do you guys think of the True Blood comics? Have any of you read them, if so, how do you feel about them?

- Moonlight

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The Vampire Diaries has a riveting plot filled to the brim with vampires, werewolves, witches and even ghosts – but it’s not just those wonderful things keeping many fans hooked, it’s the eye candy as well.  You can’t deny that you don’t love watching scenes with Damon and Stefan (particularly shirtless scenes), or scenes with the stunning and unbelievably sexy Elena. The show is packed full of hot, and EW just made it hotter. The magazine recently did a super sexy, and naked (but conveniently covered), shoot with the three stars of the show - Ian Somerhalder (Damon), Paul Wesley (Stefan) and Nina Dobrev (Elena).

Check out the photos from EW’s super sexy shoot (click for bigger photo):

 

These pictures make the love triangle between the two undead brothers and Elena SO much hotter – it really adds all kinds of naughtiness to my imagination. If only we could see all of that in the show. Speaking of the love triangle, executive producers Kevin Williamson and Julie Plec chatted a bit about it with EW. When they finally decided they were ready for Damon and Elena to have an actual kiss, after years of buildup, they knew that they had to do it in a way that would satisfy two avid fan bases – those who wanted Elena and Damon together and those who want Elena and Stefan together.

“It’s one of those things that you want to be able to defend,” Williamson explained to EW. “But even more importantly, you’d rather not defend it. You want it to feel real and right and natural by all the audience.” Satisfying the “shippers” (a term used to identify fans who cheer for fictional characters to have relationships), is a challenge both Williamson and Plec have faced every time they’ve tried to advance the triangle. Asks Plec: “How can we service this moment between our characters that we really want, a Damon and Elena kiss, without getting the Stefan-Elena side of the fandom to give up hope and give up on us? And vice versa, when we want Stefan and Elena to have a moment together, how can we do that and not have our Delena fans outraged?”

That definitely makes things more difficult. Who are you rooting for? Elena and Damon or Elena and Stefan? Also, what do you think of the super hot pictures? Out of those three covers, which is your favorite?

 

Take Our Poll

 

- Moonlight

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After Summit Entertainment, the folks behind the Twilight film franchise, was bought by Lionsgate Films, stories swirled that Twilight may not be coming to an end after all. Summit previously stated that this November's Breaking Dawn Part 2 would be the final installment of the worldwide franchise. Yet when the company was purchased, Lionsgate co-chair Rob Friedman told reporters that it was up to author Stephenie Meyer, "If she wishes to do it, we'll be there to support her."

In interview with LA Times, he said "I'm anticipating Breaking Dawn Part 2 being $700m-plus in worldwide box office." They then asked him if he would like to see the series continue, he said: "It's hard for me to imagine a movie that does $700m-plus doesn't have ongoing value. It's an amazing franchise that they have done a great job of maintaining with absolutely no deterioration. So the simple answer is: 'Boy I hope so.'"

Clearly this man wants more Twilight flicks, but what does the cast think?

According to reports, Robert Pattinson doesn’t feel the same way about making more Twilight movies. During an interview at the Berlin Film Festival Pattinson said that at 25-years old, he is no longer believable as a 17-year-old vampire.

"I'd be curious what Stephenie would write, but I just think I'd probably be too old. I'm already too old."

Since the films have banked an astounding $2.5 billion at the international box office so far, it can only be assumed that the entertainment industry will find a way to prolong the Twilight craze – even without Pattinson.

If Stephenie Meyer were to write another Twilight book, and they made it into a film, how would you feel if Robert didn’t join the cast?

- Moonlight

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It looks like the legendary vampire Lestat just might be returning to the big screen!

Brian Grazer and Ron Howard’s Imagine Entertainment has optioned the rights to Anne Rice’s The Tale of the Body Thief, the fourth book in Rice’s best-selling series The Vampire Chronicles.

The Brat Prince, Lestat, was first portrayed by Tom Cruise in 1994’s Interview With the Vampire, which was made by Warner Bros. and directed by Neil Jordan. The movie also starred Brad Pitt, Christian Slater and Kirsten Dunst. This movie was perfection, it was a brilliant adaptation.

In 2002, Warner released Queen of the Damned, a big-screen adaptation of both the second and the third book in the Rice series that starred R&B singer Aaliyah. As every Rice fan knows, this was a terrible translation of the books! Warner Bros owned the rights to both The Vampire Lestat and Queen of the Damned, but those film rights had a time limit and Warner was about to run out of time, so they very quickly smashed the two together and made one terrible movie. This rushed attempt and the horrible sudden death of Aaliyah resulted in a terrible adaptation.

Anyway, Imagine used its partnership with India's Reliance Big Entertainment to fund the acquisition of Body Thief, and it is using the Imagine Reliance Writers Lab to work on the script. Lee Patterson, who wrote a well-regarded screenplay titled Snatched, is working on Body Thief.

Producing with Imagine are Alex Kurtzman and Roberto Orci, the writer-producers behind TV’s Fringe and the Star Trek and the Transformers movies.

Karen Kehala-Sherwood, the Imagine exec who oversees the lab, and the company’s Erica Huggins are exec producing.

The project is in development and not set up at a studio.

Tale of the Body Thief, the fourth in the Vampire Chronicles series finds Lestat impulsive and careless in the pursuit of what he wants: a serial killer in Southern Florida. Lestat is surrounded by mortals in this tale, a new worthy counterpoint character to Lestat is introduced, Raglan James. James offers Lestat the opportunity to switch bodies temporarily with a young mortal. Against Louis' advice, Lestat accepts and discovers he hates everything about being human. He also finds that James has disappeared with Lestat's powerful vampire body. Louis refuses to help Lestat become a vampire again, and he turns to another mortal to help him trick James into switching souls, and giving up Lestat's body.

How do you feel about Rice’s The Tale of the Body Thief being made into a movie? I would love to see any Rice book on the big screen, but ONLY if it’s done very well. Body Thief may not be my favorite of The Vampire Chronicles, but if done right, I would love to see it as a movie.

- Moonlight

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A few weeks back I wrote about Spacetime Studios’ upcoming vampire game, Dark Legends. The vampire themed MMORPG allows players to embrace the secret societies of vampires, challenge the hordes of undead, werewolves, demons and humans that hunt them. The game will be released for Android, iOS and Chrome early this 2012. For those of you super geeked about the latest in the Legends franchise, I’ve got a treat for you, the first official teaser trailer for Dark Legends. Check it out:

Click here to view the embedded video.

It’s not a very revealing trailer, but it is a teaser after all (and tease it does). The short clip definitely sets a chilling, yet luring, tone to the upcoming game. It fits well with the darkness found on their website:

“I stand weightless at the mouth of Gallows' Alley. My enemies tremble before me - cornered, clutching their sacred totems, frantic as they load their weapons and stammer their song of hope.

The Thirst rages in my veins... but I remain patient. Eons of training under Sofia and Lord Ulrich keep the bloodlust from consuming me. The Blood is strong. But, in me, the Blood is disciplined. My Blood is a weapon.

The Blood knows when the moment is right. I soar forward, high above the stones. I fly into my enemies' reach. Defiant. Crimson razor shears in my hands bounce streaks of moonlight onto the stone walls. A shimmer flashes across the Hunters' faces. They raise their weapons - slowly, like blood crawling through snow.

They scream.”

More on the game:

“Since the dawn of time, Vampires have woven themselves secretly into the fabric of human society. These dark immortals have commanded their prey from the shadows for centuries, dominating the souls of the living and suppressing any uprising of knowledgeable humans. With the approach of the End of Times, mankind has finally decided to rid themselves of this whispered threat.

The Vampire Nation has bolstered its ranks to ensure that they remain the rightful rulers of the night.”

What do you think of the Dark Legends teaser trailer? Will you give the game a shot once it’s released?

- Moonlight

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Oh yes, Pat Robertson is now attacking Twilight. Oh boy.

For those of you that don’t know Pat, he is the infamous television evangelist who hosts the Christian talk show The 700 Club. He is also the man who…

…said that Hurricane Katrina, which killed 1,836 people, was God's punishment in response to America's abortion policy.

…said that the 2010 Haiti earthquake, which killed tens of thousands of people, occurred because Haiti's founders had sworn a "pact to the Devil" in order to liberate themselves from the French slave owners. That the people of Haiti were cursed and that’s why the earthquake happened.

…said that God spoke to him and revealed to him who the next president will be.

…said that the acceptance of homosexuality could result in hurricanes, earthquakes, tornadoes, terrorist bombings and "possibly a meteor."

...described feminism as a "socialist, anti-family political movement that encourages women to leave their husbands, kill their children, practice witchcraft, destroy capitalism and become lesbians."

…bashed Harry Potter, saying that it glorifies the occult and that it’s dangerous.

I could go on and on and ON, but I’ll get to the point, Pat’s latest ridiculous statement – that the Twilight books and films are "evil."

"There are no vampires, the whole thing is demonic, and it may give you some kind of thrill…but it opens the door to the occult," Robertson said.

The man then relayed his own absurd tale of a friend who exorcised a spirit from a "demon possessed" young girl. He claimed the girl had "opened the door to demonic powers" after watching one of the Twilight films.

That’s right folks, if you watch Twilight you will be possessed by a demon! I guess that explains the crazed fangirls. Har har. Seriously though… actually, I can’t be serious, not about Pat Robertson. He’s a joke, everything he says is nonsense.

I’d LOVE to hear your thoughts on crazy ol’ Pat’s view of Twilight and vampires as a whole. Let me know what you think in a comment below.

- Moonlight

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