Directed by Timur Bekmambetov (Wanted, Night Watch, Day Watch), the film will begin shooting in 3D in March with Tim Burton and Jim Lemley serving as executive producers. Seth Grahame-Smith, who wrote the novel, will also handle screenwriting duties. In the novel, President Lincoln's mother is killed by a supernatural creature, fueling his passion to crush vampires and their slave-owning helpers, a cause that becomes a hidden motivation for the Civil War.
Fox is hoping to bring Honest Abe Helsing's adventures to theaters for a June 22, 2012 release.