Paul Bettany is Ivan Isaacs in Priest

I’m not sure what I think about a film version of Min-Woo Hyung‘s awesome Manga (Manwha) Priest which will be directed by Scott Stewart (Legion).  This first promotional image released give me a “meh” feeling, but at least they’re staying in the same color tone as the book covers.

All the info on Priest I have so far is that Paul Bettany (the scary albino monk in The Da Vinci Code, the archangel Michael in Legion) is playing Ivan Isaacs.  A priest who sells his soul to the Devil in order to fight evil.

I’m hoping they don’t drop the ball on this, it could be a really great film if the stick to the source material.  But, I’m hearing they’re straying a bit from the Manga.

Priest Manga Synopsis:

In the frontier of the American west, a veil of evil threatens to engulf humanity. Servants of the fallen archangel Temozarela are paving the way for their dark lord’s resurrection.

One man stands in the way of the apocalypse—Ivan Isaacs—a fallen priest who sold his soul to the devil Belial for the power to fight evil. Armed with a wicked blade and silver bullets, Ivan will give the heretics a baptism of blood in his pilgrimage for humanity’s redemption.

[Source: Cinematical]