Priest News

Stephen Moyer of 'True Blood' Gets a 'Priest' Role

August 24, 2009 03:08:07

Stephen Moyer has joined the cast of horror film "Priest", Variety reported. The actor, who is currently playing vampire Bill Compton in HBO series "True Blood", will portray a mortal character in this vampire film. He is going to be the brother of Priest, the major leading character portrayed by Paul Bettany.

Also joining him in the cast ensemble is Lily Collins. The actress, who recently appeared in The CW drama series "90210", has been taped to portray Priest's kidnapped niece. Beside this upcoming project, Collins stars in Sandra Bullock-starring film "The Blind Side" which is going to hit U.S. theaters on November 20.

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Gerard "The Phantom" Butler Is Fighting Vampires

June 26, 2006 02:06:19

Be ready to have the "Priest" make us eerie. It is the new horror movie directed by Andrew Douglas, who also helmed another horror screenplay, "The Amityville Horror".

The movie is attaching Gerard Butler as the leading role. Butler is also known as the Phantom in the adapted version of Andrew Lloyd Webber's "The Phantom of the Opera". He is also attached to Warner Bros.' next movie plan, "300" after currently performed in "Butterfly on a Wheel", together with Pierce Brosnan and Maria Bello.

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Andrew Douglas to Direct the 'Priest'

January 26, 2006 02:01:00

Done with his late project "The Amityville Horror," Andrew Douglas has next been slated to direct the upcoming Screen Gems' horror film "Priest." With Mike De Luca, Sam Raimi, Josh Donen, and Mitchell Peck on board to produce, production of the film is scheduled to start this summer.

"Priest" actually is based on Tokyopop's graphic novel created by Min-Woo Hyung with its script written by Cory Goodman. The story is a vampire Western that concerns a warrior priest who disobeys church law by teaming with a young sheriff and a priestess to track down a band of renegade vampires who have kidnapped his niece.

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