Karl Urban has been cast as Black Hat, the god of vampires, in Screen Gems’ Priest movie. Adapted by Cory Goodman from a TokyoPop comic, “Priest” is set in a world ravaged by war between man and vampires. Paul Bettany stars as a warrior priest and vampire fighter who teams with a sheriff (Cam Gigandet) and warrior priestess (Maggie Q) to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece. Shooting for the comic book adaptation begins next week, with Scott Stewart directing. via THR

Actress Maggie Q has joined the cast of Priest, the movie adaptation of  TokyoPop’s Priest comicbook. “Priest” is set in a world ravaged by war between man and vampires and follows a warrior priest (Bettany) who teams with a sheriff (Gigandet) to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece. Maggie Q will play a priestest – the female version of the priest vampire hunters. via THR

When faced with the myriad of possibilities for making a character for a D&D game I very rarely choose to play a ‘divine’ character. Even in previous editions clerics and paladins never really did it for me. There’s something about that straight-up Judeo-Christian, lay-on-hands-smite-the-wicked shtick that seems a little overdone.

Cory Goodman’s Priest comicbook is getting the film treatment thanks to Stars Road Entertainment. “Priest” is set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampires and follows a warrior priest (Bettany) who turns against the church to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece. Cam Gigandet has been cast as a vampire sheriff, who teams up with Paul Bettany to save the girl he loves. via THR