Anthony Mackie stars as an ex-Black Panther who moves home to Philadelphia where some of his former associates still suspect he played a part in another Panther's death. Kerry Washington co-stars as the inevitable love interest.
The title role of our 16th president was awarded two weeks ago to Benjamin Walker, most recently seen playing our seventh president in the Broadway musical "Bloody Bloody Andrew Jackson."
In the book, Sturges saves young Lincoln from a vampire attack, nurses him back to health and teaches him how to combat the evil scourge of bloodsuckers terrorizing America.
The film, which is being directed by Timur Bekmambetov ("Wanted") and produced by Tim Burton, is based on Seth Grahame-Smith's novel, which he'll be adapting himself.
Cooper, so good in both "History Boys" and "An Education," can next be seen in "The Devil's Double," about the man forced to be Uday Hussein's stand-in, though the film is still awaiting a release date. Mackie's "The Adjustment Bureau," with Matt Damon and Emily Blunt, comes out March 4.
