Wed, 09 May 2007 12:00:00 ET
Ethan Hawke will star in a blood-sucking vampires movie titled "Daybreakers" which promises a nice special effects.
Ethan Hawke is to star in new vampire film '
Daybreakers'. The actor is to play a researcher in the movie, which is set in the year 2017 after a plague has turned most of the world's humans into blood-sucking monsters.
The story focuses on the plight of the vampires who face starvation as the human race nears extinction. They must try and find every last remaining person for food or find a substitute for their gruesome diet of blood. However, a separate vampire group believe they have found a way to save the human race.
Australian twin brothers Peter and Michael Spierig, who co-directed horror film 'Undead', are taking the helm on the project, while 'Lord of the Rings' filmmaker Peter Jackson's Weta Workshop will provide the special effects. Shooting on the project starts in Australia in July.
Before Hawke starts work on 'Daybreakers' he stars in '
Before the Devil Knows You're Dead', in which he appears with Oscar-winning actor Philip Seymour Hoffman.
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