Not only is the trailer pretty darn kickass, but the Vampire-hunting Lincoln is none other than our Vampire Lincoln. Or rather the renown Abraham Lincoln interpreter Michael Krebs.

He is the one on the right

A note about Mr. Krebs: When we were casting for The Transient I emailed out to a big list of Lincoln interpreters in the greater Midwest (we didn’t have the money for airfare so driving distance was our big limitation). Lets just say I didn’t receive the warmest reception from some of them. BUT lo and behold, after a few days of embarrassing myself or unintentionally insulting tall older gentlemen in Central Illinois, an email arrived from Michael Krebs saying something along the lines of “I think I’m your perfect Lincoln, not only am I amiable towards the idea of having fun with the character but I played Dracula on stage in 1980 and still have two $300 sets of specially molded dental fangs.”

Obviously the choice made itself. (image copyright Michael Krebs)

On set he was a fantastic actor to work with and extra amazing for agreeing to come down to Champaign from the suburbs to help with our silly little production. If you, your school, your club, or your municipality is in need of an Abraham Lincoln interpreter for any event, I cannot recommend Mr. Krebs enough.

I believe the author of Abraham Lincoln:Vampire Hunter, Seth Grahame-Smith, will be at the Chicago Comic and Entertainment Expo which is, coincidentally, the host of our Chicago premiere of The Transient. I will let you all know how that goes.

Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (the book) can be found wherever books are sold
Michael Krebs can be reached through his website www.abrahamlincolnperformance.com
And The Transient(the movie) can be ordered right here through our online store