Lionsgate has released a new trailer for the futuristic vampire thriller "Daybreakers," which opens in theaters Jan. 8.

Film synopsis: The year is 2019. A mysterious plague has swept over the earth, transforming the majority of the world's population into vampires. Humans are now an endangered, second-class species -- forced into hiding as they are hunted and farmed for vampire consumption to the brink of extinction.

Its all up to Edward Dalton, a vampire researcher who refuses to feed on human blood, to perfect a blood substitute that might sustain vampires and spare the few remaining humans. But time and hope are running out -- until Ed meets Audrey, a human survivor who leads him to a startling medical breakthrough. Armed with knowledge that both humans and vampires will kill for, Ed must battle his own kind in a deadly struggle that will decide the fate of the human race.

"Daybreakers" stars Ethan Hawke ("Training Day," "Before Sunset"), Willem Dafoe ("Spiderman") and Sam Neill ("Jurassic Park"). It's written and directed by the Spierig Brothers ("Undead").