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The actor will join Benjamin Walker in the film, based on Seth Grahame-Smith's bestselling novel, and has admitted that he can't wait to start work.
"The great thing about it, and what I loved about the movie, is the idea that it's the actual storyline," Mackie told Shock Til You Drop. "They took Abraham Lincoln's biography, moment by moment, and put this sub-storyline of vampires in it, and I think that's kind of interesting.
"It kind of entices the next generation to look at history in a way that's new and creative," he added.
Mackie also revealed that Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter is scheduled to begin production this March in his hometown of New Orleans.
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