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Paul Bettany to Slay as 'Priest'

by Giaco Furino, Tue., Mar. 31, 2009 9:40 AM PDT
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Actor Paul Bettany (who played that freaky bleach blonde self-flagellating monk in The Da Vinci Code) will make good on all those years as alter boy when he plays the lead in the upcoming horror-western Priest. According to The Hollywood Reporter. Screen Gems is producing the film, which is an adaptation of a TokyoPop comic book of the same name.  It follows a warrior priest (the best kind of priest) who rejects the church to find his kidnapped niece in a world devastated by centuries of war with vampires. This is how vampire movies should be done!  All out, no holds barred, vampire war...with priests!

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