Vampires and U.S. history were merged together this year in Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter; it appears the next genre blend featuring the ravenous undead is going to be Will Smith’s The Redemption of Cain.
Redemption of Cain is a re-imagining of the Biblical brother tale of Cain and Abel – with “a vampiric twist.” Smith began circling the project two years ago, with plans to both produce and headline the film (then titled Legend of Cain). Reports leaked out earlier this summer, revealing that Smith had also begun making plans to tackle directorial duties; it’s not altogether clear whether that remains the case now.
The vampire movie and TV show craze has been ongoing for years now (Twilight, True Blood, Vampire Diaries); we’re also currently on the verge of a Biblical epic resurgence from Hollywood. For instance: Darren Aronofsky is currently filming his big-budget treatment of the Noah story – not to mention, Ridley Scott and Steven Spielberg have been linked to gestating Moses projects this year. Meanwhile, Scott Derrickson’s Biblical action-adventure Goliath may still be alive (in some form).
Sony Pictures isn’t wasting any time getting in on that “next big thing,” as The Wrap is confirming the studio has given Redemption of Cain a greenlight to begin production in July 2013. Whether or not Smith will be responsible for putting the film together, remains to be seen – though he is set to produce through Overbrook Entertainment (which backed Smith’s previous “vampire” film, I Am Legend).
Noah is courting controversy as a result of Aronofsky’s personal interpretation of the film’s namesake as “the first environmentalist.” It’s a safe bet that Smith will encounter resistance to Redemption of Cain – regardless of how, exactly, vampirism fits into the picture. Caleeb Pinkett (Smith’s brother-in-law) penned the original script; however, he bears no feature credits to his name, so it remains a question as to how he has re-envisioned the famous religious tale.
More informative, perhaps, are reports that Redemption of Cain script revisions were handled by Andrea Berloff (World Trade Center) and Dan Knauf. The latter threaded Biblical elements together with 20th-century American history to produce a dense new mythology in the cult HBO show Carnivàle; he went on to serve in creative capacity on such series as My Own Worst Enemy and Spartacus.
Things are still taking shape with regards to The Redemption of Cain. Hopefully, there will be more information arriving in the foreseeable future (as always, we will keep you posted).
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Source: The Wrap
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meh
The film itself doesn’t sound like something I’d necessarily be into, but Smith possibly directing is certainly an interesting development.
I’m curious to see where this might go…
This does not sound interesting of enticing on any level.
Sounds like the game “SoulReaver” to me !
Anybody remember Vampire:The Masquerade… Caine was the first Vampire, cursed after he killed his brother… he created a few others who created others until you get to the present day…
This story has been done before, by Mark Rein-Hagen
Yeah that was part of the games lore, I don’t know if the creators owned it outright. If White Wolf do own the intellectual property to this idea it could get interesting, granted Smith probably has enough cash to buy them off.
I was going to mention this, sure hope they look into it before setting off on this venture.
It’s definitely like the game Vampire: masquerade. There was also a short tv run named “kindred”.-
There’s also a book of short stories called “Dark Destiny” set in the mythology of the game that is pretty cool.
OK Smittty is going to hell for this one…
Why?
It’s spelled ‘Abel’ not ‘Able’.
My apologies, it’s been corrected.
Cain has been reguarded as the first male vampire in vamp lore Like the book of nod. Also Carmilla was said to be the first female vamp. This is not a new retelling really but could be interesting if done right.
wasn´t that a vampire game series, – legacy of caine- and another part(don´t know the title)of it.
Sometimes, I’ve gotta question Smith’s choice of films. With his enormous success, he could direct just about anything, and yet he has chosen to give us “The Fresh Prince of Transylvania.”
With a title like “Redemption of Cain”, this sounds to me like Cain is going to do something to redeem him from the first murder. Could it be that Lilith is the vampire and Cain takes her out? One thing I thought, and I hope I’m wrong, is they will try to make Abel to be the first vampire after Cain murders him and then Cain saves Abel’s soul. I sure hope they don’t go that last route because many people will boycott the film just by the premise. Is it possible that the film will have Seth (3rd son of Adam and Eve) being the reincarnation of Abel after Cain saves his soul? Hope not because that to would be taboo to many.
Washed up actor.
I wonder will this be on the level of Interview with a Vampire?
I will pass on this. Horrible idea.
Ok, anyone read Sylvia Day’s Marked series (eve of darkness, eve of destruction, eve of chaos)? All about the brothers & their battle against demonic sorts (as well as each other). While a bit…adult read in nature, the subject has still been used. These books are also connected (in a way) to the Renegade Angels series by the same author.