Vampire hunters are nothing new to entertainment -- cue "Buffy" and "Blade" -- but the monster slayers get a historical makeover in the new trailer for "Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter."

"However history remembers me, before I was president, I shall always think of myself as a hunter," Honest Abe proclaims in the opening line.

The gruesome and graphic trailer features an ax-wielding Abe (Benjamin Walker) on a mission to avenge his mother's death and save the U.S. from being overtaken by the undead bloodsuckers.

The historical fiction-action flick is an adaptation of the novel by author Seth Grahame-Smith, who revamped Jane Austen with "Pride and Prejudice and Zombies."

"Wanted" director Timur Bekmambetov helms the film, which is produced by Tim Burton, whose own campy vampire film "...

Things are looking pretty bleak for Batman in the latest poster for "The Dark Knight Rises." 

The caped crusader is lowering his cowl as fiery debris rains down from Gotham City's skyscrapers. 

The promotional image for Christopher Nolan's superhero finale calls to mind the posters for the director's "The Dark Knight" and "Inception." Both placed their heroes against menacing-looking architectural backdrops. 

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Paul Thomas Anderson has finally given audiences a look at his next picture "The Master," a sure-to-be-controversial look at the origins of a religion that sounds a whole lot like Scientology. 

The sneak peek features a zonked-out Joaquin Phoenix being grilled by a naval officer about his misbehavior while off-kilter music plays on the soundtrack. The whole thing is mighty unsettling. 

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Plenty of "Saturday Night Live" cast members have adopted the persona of a U.S. president. Not many of them have done so in seriousness, however.

"SNL" alum Bill Murray plays former president Franklin Delano Roosevelt in the upcoming historical drama "Hyde Park on Hudson." The film chronicles an affair between FDR and his distant cousin Margaret Suckley, in the context of a weekend in 1939 when the King and Queen of England visited upstate New York.

Laura Linney plays Suckley, while Olivia Williams plays FDR's wife, Eleanor Roosevelt.

Dare we hope for a day when Adam Sandler will play LBJ on the big screen, or Horatio Sanz tackles the role of Grover Cleveland?

"Hyde Park on Hudson" opens on -- yes, really -- Dec. 7. Check out the trailer and decide for yourself if it's a day that will live in infamy....