Phoenix Vampire Slayer

After the utter failure of the mockumentary. I'm Still Here actor Joaquin Phoenix needs a comeback boost...He is the front-runner to play Henry Sturgess, the mentor who teaches the 16th President how to kill the creatures of the night in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.reports Deadline.

Phoenix has met on the project and according to the site's sources "it's his if he wants it".

Benjamin Walker will play Lincoln for the Timur Bekmambetov’s big-screen version of the Seth Grahame-Smith written book 
 

In the book Henry is mythic person who turns Lincoln into an axe-throwing expert slayer of vampires.

Tim Burton and Jim Lemley serve as producers on the film.

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