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Not Too Bad: New Photos of Paul Bettany in the 'Priest' Movie

by Alex Billington
July 16, 2010
Source: SlashFilm

Another post-apocalyptic Paul Bettany action movie? Yes indeed. But this doesn't look too bad. SlashFilm recently debuted a great batch of new photos from Scott Stewart's Priest, based on the TokyoPop manga, starring Paul Bettany as the titular "warrior" Priest. ScreenGems is obviously going to do a big push for this at Comic-Con next week, and this is a primer for that. But I like the photos, they're kinda cool, they remind me of Road Warrior a bit, so I thought I'd post them. I'm not sure if this will turn out any good because it's from the guy who just made Legion, also with Bettany. I guess he could surprise us the second time around?

Priest is an adaptation of the TokyoPop manga created by Hyung Min-woo. It fuses the western genre with supernatural horror, gun fu, and dark fantasy themes and is notable for its unusual, angular art style. Here's the short logline: "In a world wrecked by centuries of violent warfare between man and vampire, a warrior priest turns against the church in order to save his kidnapped niece from a homicidal gang of vampires." Something about vampires and... you lost me. Although, it may be good because this Priest guy actually kills vampires. ScreenGems is making a big bet and has scheduled this for release on May 13th, 2011 (in 3D).

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Cmurder

That last one just makes me laugh!
Xerxex

awesome, Bettany just looks badass in these pics.
Fearl3ss

Is that a giant dumbell in the 1st pic? Sounds gud, but looks like it lacks something.... mayb a darker theme???
Ryu

what a rip-off from the manga as it is so far from it it's not even funny.
Spider94

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Just_a_Pilgrim
Presley

Looks as dumb as Legion
McWilly

I'll see it.
http://www.undeadhollywood.com Undead Hollywood

I'm looking forward to the combo of Western + supernatural. I'm surprised there aren't more movies and books with these.
http://www.cine-escape.com Sakyo

Looks silly but i want to see it anyway..jaja =)
monal

bettany needs to fire his agent....Legion and then this???
DaftPUNKFAN

give me HELLSING
Jericho

i smell a Uwe Boll virus in this movie......
BaleHail

Legion Part 2
awerffs

I still don't understand... the movie has NOTHING to do with the comic so why try adapting it in the first place? The original has no stupid vampires, post-apocalyptic future bullshit... It's about righting demonic forces and zombies in the wild west. Why the heck are there vampires?
Rooney

It looks pretty good and it kinda reminds me of Trigun which I love so I'm definitely gonna give it a shot.
LINKFX

#8...so you didn't see Jonah Hex I'm guessing?
Craig

Legion was inherently flawed, but I still enjoyed it for what it was- a mindless action movie. Gonna be looking forward to this one.
andrew

what kind of a joke is this ? its not even close to what the original material is !! this is just another cheesy, poorly done flick, i'm a big fan of the original manga and it saddens me to see what hollywood has done to it. if my words mean anything to anyone of you, please i urge you not to watch this , first dragonball , then street fighter and Tekken, now this ? is hollywood running out of ideas ???
f

Looking mighty fine, Paul Bettany. ;]
Mr.Cookie

The first two pics looks like a cross between The Dark Knight and Terminator Salvation, and they`re pretty good. The third pic is kinda laughable with those faces on the two characters.
http://drunkorbored.tumblr.com Jim

They're the wheels and axle from a freight train, looks like. Whatever this turns out to be, they got the costume down.
bigbob

It's not a manga (japanese) but a manhwa (korean)
fumbledore

whatever i'm gonna watch this.
hater

legion wasn't suppose to win a oscar dudes it was just a plain action movie which I enjoy, and these images remind me of that manga movie Vampire Hunter D, so I'll be there when it opens.