Quick Hits: 'Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter' Cast Fills out

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If negotioations pan out, Anthony Mackie will star alongside Benjamin Walker in the Timur Bekmambetov-directed ‘Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter,’ while Dominic Cooper will play Lincoln’s vamp-slaying mentor.

  • 	DreamWorks has snapped up a fascinating sounding screenplay from **J. Michael Straczynski** titled **'Voices From the Dead,'** which is about [Harry Houdini and Arthur Conan Doyle](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/blogs/heat-vision/dreamworks-buys-j-michael-straczynskis-97732) (who were friends in real life) teaming together to solve a series of murders in 1920s New York.
    
  • 	The **Coen Brothers** have a few different movies they could make next, one of which Ethan Coen describes as "a full-on horror movie."](http://www.empireonline.com/news/story.asp?NID=30115)
    
  • 	After 'The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo,' **Rooney Mara** will star in **'Emanuel and the Truth About Fishes,'** a film about a young woman who is obsessed with a neighbor who [looks exactly like her dead mother](http://blogs.indiewire.com/theplaylist/archives/exclusive_rooney_mara_to_star_in_emanuel_and_the_truth_about_fishes/).
    
  • 	Accroding to [Deadline](http://www.deadline.com/2011/02/jason-statham-circling-%E2%80%98echelon%E2%80%99-thriller/), **Jason Statham** would like to star in **'Echelon,'** the **Simon Crane**-directed adaptation of **Andy McNabs'** novel about a British soldier caught in the middle of a bout of international espionage.
    
  • 	It's in Italian, but here's a new trailer for the **Brandon Routh**-starring genre mash-up, 'Dylan Dog' [via [Shock](http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=18024)]:
    

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