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08-21-2009, 06:07 AM
Visual effects wizard Scott Charles Stewart, who co-founded the effects house The Orphanage, has signed to direct Priest, a horror Western adapted from a TokyoPop comic book, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Michael De Luca and Stars Road Entertainment's Josh Donen are producing for Screen Gems; Mitchell Peck will also produce.
The story is set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampire and follows a warrior priest who turns against the church to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece. Cory Goodman ("The Brood") wrote the screenplay.
The project almost came together a couple of years ago with Gerard Butler and Steven Strait under the direction of Andrew Douglas, but fell apart.
Stewart is a former ILM staffer who, along with Stu Maschwitz and Jonathan Rothbart, co-founded the special-effects house the Orphanage. The company has worked on Iron Man, Night at the Museum, Sin City and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, among other films.
Michael De Luca and Stars Road Entertainment's Josh Donen are producing for Screen Gems; Mitchell Peck will also produce.
The story is set in a world ravaged by centuries of war between man and vampire and follows a warrior priest who turns against the church to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece. Cory Goodman ("The Brood") wrote the screenplay.
The project almost came together a couple of years ago with Gerard Butler and Steven Strait under the direction of Andrew Douglas, but fell apart.
Stewart is a former ILM staffer who, along with Stu Maschwitz and Jonathan Rothbart, co-founded the special-effects house the Orphanage. The company has worked on Iron Man, Night at the Museum, Sin City and Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End, among other films.