It’s the best line in old bad movies: it’s from ‘Showgirls’, that old rag by Paul Verhoeven: Zack Carey: Nice dress. Nomi Malone: Thanks. It’s a Ver-sayce. Zack: It’s “Versace”. Nomi: What? Zack: It’s Versace. It’s pronounced “Versace”. Nomi: Oh. Zack: You have great taste and you look beautiful. AS IF! It’s been 13 years since Gianni Versace – arguably the maestro... 

What makes a property hot? If it’s familiar but not too familiar, different but not too different and if the timing is right. So, with all the emphasis on vampires of late, have Russian director Timur Bekmambetov and Tim Burton, this time in the producer’s chair, scored a hit by optioning Seth Grahame-Smith’s weirdo novel Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter? It must be good because, reportedly, they even used their own money… That’s...