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| Directed by | Scott Stewart |
| Produced by | Michael DeLuca Sam Raimi Josh Donenwill |
| Written by | Cory Goodman |
| Starring | Paul Bettany Karl Urban Cam Gigandet Maggie Q |
| Music by | Christopher Young[1] |
| Cinematography | Mitchell Peck |
| Studio | Buckaroo Entertainment Michael De Luca Productions Stars Road Entertainment Tokyopop |
| Distributed by | Screen Gems |
| Release date(s) | January 14, 2011[2] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Priest is an upcoming vampire-western film based off the manhwa of the same name. The film is directed by Scott Stewart and stars Paul Bettany, Cam Gigandet and Maggie Q[3].
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The film is about a warrior priest (Paul Bettany) who disobeys church law by teaming with a young sheriff (Cam Gigandet) and a priestess (Maggie Q) to track down a group of renegade vampires who kidnapped his niece.[4]
Andrew Douglas (The Amityville Horror remake) was originally set to direct the movie with Gerard Butler and Steven Strait set to star, but the plans fell through[11].
Director Scott Stewart revealed in a January 2010 interview that the film's non-human, "feral" vampires will be digitally generated. [12]
The film will premiere on 14 January 2011 in 3D.[13]. It was formerly planned with an release on August 20th 2010.[14] Formerly it had been slated for an August 27th 2010 release.[15] The original release date was October 1st 2010.[16]
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