Seth Grahame-Smith

We are very nervous about the new Something Wicked This Way Comes movie

Oh dear, we’re not sure what to make out of this news. Seth Grahame-Smith, the author behind Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter (which I liked OK) and the screenplay for Dark Shadows (which everyone loathed), is getting his directorial debut remaking our beloved Something Wicked This Way Comes. Dammit, why couldn’t they start him with Battleship…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 13

Those who forget history are doomed to have it reenacted by vampires: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

As Americans, we are expected to be optimistic. We look to the future, and the vista of endless progress — but we’re still haunted by the past, including the stuff we brought with us from the Old World. And vampires perfectly represent this great national tension. They’re going to live forever (just like Fame!) but…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Jun 22

Dark Shadows could make all other vampire movies obsolete

Many people will probably say that the problem with Dark Shadows is that it can’t decide if it’s a comedy, or a gothic weirdfest. They are missing the point. It is neither. The “humor” in this movie is an anesthetic. The “weirdness” is a needle. Neither is an end in itself, something you’ll only realize…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders May 11

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter footage features vampire decapitations on an exploding train!

We’ve seen WonderCon’s exclusive Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter footage, and it’s chock full of our sixteenth president taking his trusty axe to evil vampires’s chests. It’s exactly the sort of crazy over-the-top action you’d expect from the director of Wanted! The footage starts with Abraham Lincoln (Benjamin Walker) and his longtime friend and valet Will…

io9 Alasdair Wilkins Mar 17

Warner Bros. Making Beetlejuice 2 with the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author?

Tim Burton’s Beetlejuice is one of the world’s most perfect movies, but does it really need an additional installment? Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author Seth Grahame-Smith apparently thinks so, and he’s developing a new version with his producing partner David Katzenberg (son of Jeff). The new Beetlejuice film, which Deadline describes as Beetlejuice 2,…

Movies Charlie Jane Anders Sep 6

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter author penning Johnny Depp’s Dark Shadows

Seth Grahame-Smith, who’s made a very good career writing the macabre into classic literature and history, is now the Dark Shadows screenwriter. Which will start filming, featuring Johnny Depp as Baranabas Collins, as early as January 2011. [Deadline]

Movies Meredith Woerner Jul 16

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: Surprisingly Fantastic

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter takes gigantic liberties. But if you can allow your imagination to accept the incontrovertible fact that our 16th President also killed vampires on the side, you’ll be entertained right up until John Wilkes Booth’s fanged appearance. After Seth Grahame-Smith’s Pride and Prejudice and Zombies lit/genre mash-up book came and went like…

io9 Meredith Woerner Mar 19

Tim Burton And Timur Bekmambetov To Make Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?

Rumor has it that 9 producers Burton and Bekmambetov are joining together again to film the new Abraham-Lincoln-vs.-vampires novel, making it the second genre-fied classic to become a film. Deadline Hollywood is reporting that: Burton and Bekmambetov are aboard to produce a movie adaptation of Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter, the Seth Grahame-Smith novel that Grand…

Movies Meredith Woerner Mar 2

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Gets Graphic

Seth Grahame-Smith‘s mash-up of Jane Austin‘s novel of manners with a zombie plague is about to get a comics treatment. Del Rey has announced that writer Tony Lee and artist Cliff Richards will adapt Pride and Prejudice and Zombies as a graphic novel, so we’ll finally get to see precisely how one practices the Deadly…

io9 Lauren Davis Jul 30

Did 9/11 Cause Publishing’s Zombie Feeding Frenzy?

Zombies are sweeping the publishing industry, with books like World War Z and Pride And Prejudice And Zombies sweeping the bestseller charts. Up next: “Zombies-plus” books, with zombies-plus-something-else. What’s behind the zombie-mania? Maybe it’s a metaphor for faceless terrorism. Publisher’s Weekly has a great article about the zombie craze, talking to editors at Tor Books…

io9 Charlie Jane Anders Jul 14

Marvel’s Zombies Get Literate With New Return

With zombies shuffling over media boundaries, it was only a matter of time before their creators followed suit… leading to Marvel Comics‘ announcement that three well-known novelists of the undead will be contributing to the new series of Marvel Zombies. The three novelists are blog novel Monster Island writer David Wellington, Patient Zero creator Jonathan…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Jun 23

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies Author Takes The Money And Runs

Turns out Pride And Prejudice And Zombies was only the beginning; author Seth Grahame-Smith has signed a big-bucks deal for two more books that shoehorn monsters in where you’d least expect. Publishers Weekly report that Grahame-Smith has signed a rumored $575,000 deal with Grand Central Press for his next two books following a right auction…

Books & Comics Graeme McMillan Apr 11

Pride And Predator Is Dante’s Peak, Claims Zombies Writer

We’ve Pride and Prejudice and Zombies writer Seth Grahame-Smith has spoken about his feelings about rival project Pride and Predator. Talking to Entertainment Weekly, Grahame-Smith said, After I had turned in the book, I was having a meeting with someone and described Pride and Prejudice and Zombies and he said, “You know, I think there’s…

io9 Graeme McMillan Feb 23

We are very nervous about the new Something Wicked This Way Comes movie

Those who forget history are doomed to have it reenacted by vampires: Abraham Lincoln, Vampire Hunter

Dark Shadows could make all other vampire movies obsolete

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter footage features vampire decapitations on an exploding train!

Warner Bros. Making Beetlejuice 2 with the Pride and Prejudice and Zombies author?

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter author penning Johnny Depp’s Dark Shadows

Abraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter: Surprisingly Fantastic

Tim Burton And Timur Bekmambetov To Make Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter?

Pride and Prejudice and Zombies Gets Graphic

Did 9/11 Cause Publishing’s Zombie Feeding Frenzy?

Marvel’s Zombies Get Literate With New Return

Pride & Prejudice & Zombies Author Takes The Money And Runs

Pride And Predator Is Dante’s Peak, Claims Zombies Writer

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