Very interesting news on a few fronts:
As I've stated before, I was never totally keen on John August writing the script for the Depp/DS film because, with the exception of his script for
The Nines, his style doesn't seem suited for DS. Well, unless they planned to make the film more comedic than dramatic - and there have been hints of that - but I'm still hoping that in the end that won't be case.
On that front, I can't say the fact that Seth Grahame-Smith wrote
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is all that encouraging. But my initial problem with that book was taking a renowned public figure and putting him in an outlandish setting. I've never read the book, so I have no idea if the situations in the book are treated dramatically or comedically. If it's the former and not necessarily the latter, it could be encouraging to have him on board. I'll have to go back and read some of the reviews. (I do seem to recall, though, that Entertainment Weekly said the book presented Lincoln 'through a cockeyed and ultimately foolish lens." Not exactly the way I would care to see Barnabas presented...)
On a totally different front, it's interesting that Variety mentions that DS is part of WB's plan to release 20 films in the IMAX format - but there's no mention of 3D...
And never worry about double posting whenever new info is being added to a topic. In fact, we should be thanking you for double posting.
So, thank you.
Now it's going to be very interesting to see what sort of news comes out at the Fest...