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Trent Reznor in talks for 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter'
by Jeff Labrecque, March 2011
Trent Reznor of Nine Inch Nails fame, who made the transformation to Oscar-winning composer with the score for last year’s
The Social Network, is in talks to join
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. A spokesperson for 20th Century Fox confirms a report from Badass Digest that the studio is currently negotiating to lure Reznor aboard, not only to supply the film’s music, but to play Jack Barts, the vampire who kills Lincoln’s mother and sets the hero on his path of righteous vengeance.
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Trent Reznor in talks for 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' | Inside Movies | EW.com
And Jowanna Lewis reports...
Others reported to be cast include Benjamin Walker, who is best-known for playing Andrew Jackson in the Broadway musical
Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson, The Hurt Locker’s Anthony Mackie is in talks to join the Tim Burton-produced feature as Will, Lincoln’s best friend, while Dominic Cooper (
Mamma Mia!,
Tamara Drewe) will likely play Honest Abe’s mentor, Henry, who, in the source material, is also the individual that reveals Lincoln’s true, vampire-staking story to the book’s narrator. Mary Elizabeth Winstead (
Scott Pilgrim vs. The World) has been tapped to play Mary Todd Lincoln.
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Trent Reznor in Talks for 'Abraham Lincoln' - ScrewPopCulture | ScrewPopCulture
The film is based on the novel by Seth Grahame-Smith.
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