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Check Out Paul Bettany and Cam Gigandet in 'Priest' Gear!
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Scott Stewart's horror-western Priest started shooting in Los Angeles this week (Stewart's Twitter account promises it already earned its R rating), and given the excess of cameras in that city, it's really not surprising that the first photos of Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet, and vampire henchmen have already cropped up on JFX Online and IESB.net. Normally, first photos are kind of boring unless they give glimpses into awesome costumes and make-up, and the Priest ones offer that in spades. Check out the cross on Bettany's forehead! Straight off the manga cover it is.
I really suspected they'd abandon the western part of the horror-western storyline, but these photos reassure me that Stewart really is going to the Wild West with it. The costume of Sheriff Cam Gigandet looks exactly as I hoped it would! How often does that happen? (Isn't he more interesting in cowboy boots than as a sparkly vampire? I think so, but the opinion of Twilighters may differ.)
Unfortunately, the first days of shooting seem to lack the presence of Maggie Q and Karl Urban, who I am dying to see primarily becauseany character named Black Hat has to have an outfit worth seeing. But even more disappointing is the lack of one Stephen Moyer. But with paparazzi following his and Anna Paquin's every move, I'm sure we'll be seeing him in his gunbelt, boots, and spurs by next week.
I really suspected they'd abandon the western part of the horror-western storyline, but these photos reassure me that Stewart really is going to the Wild West with it. The costume of Sheriff Cam Gigandet looks exactly as I hoped it would! How often does that happen? (Isn't he more interesting in cowboy boots than as a sparkly vampire? I think so, but the opinion of Twilighters may differ.)
Unfortunately, the first days of shooting seem to lack the presence of Maggie Q and Karl Urban, who I am dying to see primarily becauseany character named Black Hat has to have an outfit worth seeing. But even more disappointing is the lack of one Stephen Moyer. But with paparazzi following his and Anna Paquin's every move, I'm sure we'll be seeing him in his gunbelt, boots, and spurs by next week.
'Priest' Recruits Karl Urban and Maggie Q
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Having said its prayers and a few Hail Marys, Priest is ready to slay some vampires, ToykoPop style. The film is set to begin shooting in Los Angeles next week, but before it does, it's given Paul Bettany's Ivan Isaacs an ally and a villain.According to The Hollywood Reporter, Karl Urban has joined the cast as the vampire villain Black Hat. Once a priest and a vampire hunter, Black Hat is now a member of the bloodthirsty undead. Worse, he fancies himself a god of the vampires. I don't think he's a character found in the original manga, as I understand most of the villains to be fallen angels and demons, but I'm honestly not that familiar with it. Hopefully, it'll be something Urban can really sink his teeth into (pardon the pun) as he did with Star Trek, and not be another clunker to his credit.
To add a little girl power to the order, last week THR reported that Maggie Q had signed on as a warrior priestess, "a vampire hunter as tough as the priests" just in case we doubted her staking ability. Come on! As pop culture goes, we ladies have been a lot more successful in the war against the bloodsuckers. Buffy, Selene, Anna Valerious, Cassandra Hack, Mina Harker, the list just could go on forever. Isaacs should thank his lucky stars he's got a girl helping him and Sheriff Cam Gigandet out in the vampire infested wilderness. Incidentally, if you're looking for this film to give you a vampy fix between Twilight and True Blood, don't hold your breath. It won't hit theaters until August 13, 2010.
Priest: yet another graphic novel adaptation
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Priest is a manhwa (which, I
understand, is the word for a Korean comic) series by writer Min-Woo Hyung. According to an early online review, the first volume in the series - about a
former priest who, upon his death, is forced to trade his soul to a devil "in return for resurrection and the
power to pursue his revenge against [a] fallen archangel" who he pursues across the American west - is "a
fighting comic" that reads "like...a videogame." If that's true, it sounds right up the alley of pretty
much everyone making movies these days, including Priest production team Joshua
Donen, Michael
De Luca, and the very busy Sam Raimi. Plus, as a bonus, the
violence, western setting, and revenge theme make it sound a little like Django,
but that might be wishful thinking on my part. (Variety offers a slightly different summary of the story -
theirs involves "a band of renegade vampires" and a "young sheriff." I assume this specific event
is from a later volume in the series that was adapted for the movie, but I'd love a firm answer from a Priest
reader.)The film - Cory Goodman's screenwriting debut - is due to be directed by Andrew Douglas, whose directorial experience consist of the rather mismatched pair The Amityville Horror and the Jim White road picture, Searching for the Wrong-Eyed Jesus; production is set to being this summer.
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