Seth Grahame-Smith, author of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies (from Quirk Books), has announced that this next effort will be Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter. As he told The New Zealand Herald, "It's kind of a gimmicky horror history, but this time it's wholly original; a reimagined biography. It's one of those things where I had it all written out and thought, 'Wouldn't it be nice if I got to write that one day.' And now the success of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies has generated interest in it. It will have that same comic spin and it's a very different thing to write a biography and have it read funny — that's my goal, to have it a mix of fiction, humor and factual accuracy." The book is expected in 2010.
BBC America is making the switch to a HD network beginning on July 20th, and among the shows benefitting will be Being Human (the drama about a vampire, werewolf and ghost sharing a house). Other genre shows to be broadcast in HD are Torchwood: Children of Earth, the last four Doctor Who specials and the third season finale of Primeval.
Not surprisingly, Twilight came in a winner at the 2009 MTV Movie Awards, taking home Golden Popcorn trophies for Best Movie, Best Fight, Best Kiss, Breakthrough Male Performance and Female Performance.
