I want to be the first one to say that “vampire horror” is going to be the next string of horror films we will be seeing for a while. (Good-bye “torture porn.”) The next vampire project underway is from ‘Blade’ writer (and director of Blade 3) David Goyer. He will be directing the film adaptation to the graphic novel (penned by Mike Mignola and Christopher Golden), ‘Baltimore.’ (Also known as ‘The Steadfast Tin Soldier and the Vampire.’)
Comingsoon.net gives us this:
Just-published by Bantam, the graphic novel tells the story of the awakening of supreme evil on Earth. Lord Henry Baltimore is bitten by a demonic vampire bat on a WWI battlefield. The plague destroys his family, and Baltimore creates a team to hunt and fight the Red King, the embodiment of all evil.
David Goyer is one busy man these days. He’s signed to director “X-Men” spinoff, Magneto, and worked on Doug Liman’s ‘Jumper.’ This sounds like a promising project, (especially since it’s based off something Mike Mignola has done) and although I have some doubts about Goyer’s ability to direct a decent vampire movie, (didn’t care for ‘Blade 3) I think he’s hopefully going to learn from past mistakes and do well with this project.
