Cam Gigandet (“Twilight”, “The OC”, “Never Back Down”) has been cast to star in the live-action adaptation of the Korean TokyoPop manga “Priest” opposite Paul Bettany. Scott Stewart is directing the horror Western for Screen Gems. Adapted by Cory Goodman, “Priest” is set in a world where humanity and Vampires have warred for centuries. Bettany will play a warrior priest who turns against his church to track down his niece, kidnapped by a roving gang of vampire bandits. Gigandet will play a sheriff of the wasteland world who is part vampire, and partners with Bettany to save the niece, who he is in love with. Originally created in 1998 and…

Paul Bettany, according to a repory from The Hollywood Reporter, is in negotiations to star in “Priest,” a horror Western based on the TokyoPop comic book of the same name about a supernaturally-gifted holy man who battles demons, vampires, and other legions of the undead, led by 12 fallen angels and by the archangel Temozarela. Michael De Luca and Josh Donen of Stars Road Entertainment are producing for Screen Gems alongside Mitchell Peck. Scott Stewart is attached to direct, having just directed Bettany in the supernatural thriller “Legion” for Screen Gems. Cory Goodman (“The Brood”) wrote the screenplay. The story for the adaptation of “Priest” is a tale set in…