Live Action Anime

Thanks go to ANN for this bit of news. Scott Charles Stewart, director of the upcoming live-action adaptation of the Korean manhwa Priest, announced on Friday that the film would have a prologue segment done in 2D animation. The segment, which will purportedly be R-rated will feature a look at “the war between man and vampire throughout history, and how that leads us up to the beginning of our movie.”

The film is set for release in the United States on the 20th of August this year, and will star Paul Bettany and Cam Gigandet. It is set in the distant, vampire-ravaged future and follows a priest whose daughter has been kidnapped by a band of vamps. Tokyopop have also announced the publication of the online graphic novel Priest: Purgatory which will bridge the gap between the manhwa and the film.

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