Timur Bekmambetov, the director of Wanted and Night Watch presents an original take on the United States' 16th president, Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

When Abraham Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, it fuels his passion to avenge her death.

Statesmen by day, hunter by night, President Lincoln sets out to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers.

Produced by Tim Burton the movie stars Benjamin Walker, Dominic Cooper, Anthony Mackie and Mary Elizabeth Winstead and adapted by Seth Grahame-Smith based on his novel of the same name.

We don't have an exact date for it yet, just that it could possibly be sometime in August. We'll keep you posted on this very original piece.

In the mean time check out the rather cool teaser poster.