Eric Bana is considering Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter

A ustralian actor Eric Bana is considering joining Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter .

The film, which is based on a novel by Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith, will be directed by Timur Bekmambetov ( Nightwatch , Wanted ).

Bana is due to meet Bekmambetov very soon to discuss taking on the role of the ass-kicking president, which should be a thoroughly different interpretation of the historical figure than Steven Spielberg and Daniel Day-Lewis have planned.

Tom Hardy was originally considered for a major role in Vampire Hunter , but it appears that his commitment to The Dark Knight Rises has kept him away from this one.

Busy Bana has also been lining up another potential project, crime thriller KIN for Stefan Ruzowitzky, director of Oscar-winning foreign film The Counterfeiters .

Olivia Wilde and Charlie Hunnam are also attached to the project, in which Bana and Wilde will play siblings on the run.

Matt Maytum
Editor, Total Film

I'm the Editor at Total Film magazine, overseeing the running of the mag, and generally obsessing over all things Nolan, Kubrick and Pixar. Over the past decade I've worked in various roles for TF online and in print, including at GamesRadar+, and you can often hear me nattering on the Inside Total Film podcast. Bucket-list-ticking career highlights have included reporting from the set of Tenet and Avengers: Infinity War, as well as covering Comic-Con, TIFF and the Sundance Film Festival.