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A third trailer for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter was released today by Fox, opting for a more serious tone for its subject matter:

A new one-sheet for the movie has come out. Naturally we had to collect it and add it to our film database.

The first two photos released from the production have now been added to our newly created image gallery for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The second photo is of Bekmambetov and actor Benjamin Walker discussing a scene on the set.

The first released still from the movie arrived in the pages of The New York Times along with an exclusive interview with director Timur Bekmambetov, who sees similarities between the 16th President of the United States and another well-known man from history. "What Lincoln did was like what Jesus did 2,000 years ago: he freed people," states the filmmaker. [Full story]

Fresh from winning an Oscar for Best Original Score for The Social Network, Nine Inch Nails frontman Trent Reznor is supposed to have signed a contract to provide the score for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter -- as well as play the vampire that murders the future President's mother, thus setting young Abe on his lifelong journey to kill the bloodsuckers.

Hold on to your horses: it turns out that Robin McLeavy won't be playing Mary Todd in AL:VH after all. Instead it's Mary Elizabeth Winstead (Scott Pilgrim vs. the World) who finally got the job.

Abraham Lincoln's his love interest in the film has been found. She's 20-year-old brunette Robin McLeavy, an Australian actress who's appeared on two TV series and a few short films. McLeavy will play the part of Mary Todd, the future Mrs. Lincoln.

Even though Benjamin Walker has been appearing in films since 2004 he's relatively unknown. That's about to change as he's just landed his first leading role in this movie.

Walker beat out better known faces like Adrien Brody and Josh Lucas to win the part of Abraham Lincoln, vampire hunter in the film. Shooting is now scheduled to begin in March.

20th Century Fox has announced a June 22, 2012 release date for Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. In a news story about the release date announcement, the movie's budget is mentioned at being $69 million dollars.

The bidding is over and 20th Century Fox has won the rights for the project. According to Deadline, a few of the ways that Fox courted Burton and Bekmambetov was to hire a bugle player to trumpet "Taps" while the pair walked around the Fox offices, as well as to have bloody axes and footprints laying around the offices.

On a side note, if you read the comments in Deadline's story you'll see more than a few people that claim to have read Seth Grahame-Smith's screenplay adaptation of his own novel, and they aren't too thrilled about it.

Timur Bekmambetov gave a status update to Empire about all of his projects simmering on the back burner including the latest on the Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter one. Here's the latest from the man in charge:

"That one I'm prepping to direct myself. It is not a comedy at all – it is a very entertaining, epic history lesson for millions and millions of teenagers. If you remember Nightwatch, it is maybe in the vein of that kind of movie.

"We are keeping the traditional look of Lincoln – the big hat and the beard. He has to be historically correct, but with a few special weapons. There is only one book, but there will be many opportunities to develop and explore this world if we get to do sequels. I hope we will start this winter. We are shooting in America."

9 producers Tim Burton and Timur Bekmambetov are collaborating on a new film project based on writer Seth Grahame-Smith's just published novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. The author will adapt the book into the film's screenplay. Currently the project is not set up at a studio.