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Merry Christmas TOKYOPOP: Live-Action Deal for Priest

TOKYOPOP's manhwa Priest is slated for a new live-action pic.

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It's about time we had some good news for TOKYOPOP, who've been dealing with layoffs and price-raisings in recent weeks: the Hollywood Reporter tells us that Scott Charles Steward, a senior staffer at the visual effects studio The Orphanage (they worked on titles like Iron Man and Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, has signed on to direct a live-action Hollywood flick based on TOKYOPOP-licensed manhwa Priest.


Hyung Min-Woo's horror western manga revolves around a war between humanity and the twelve angels who fell after the war with Lucifer, due to God's shift of focus onto humans.

Kuroon Dec. 18, 2008 at 9:14 a.m.
Hopefully it'll turn a profit.
DarkShaperon Dec. 18, 2008 at 9:51 a.m.
You know I was just thinking that there where not enough Anime/Mangas turned into live action movies (Scarcasam)
brukaoruon Dec. 20, 2008 at 1:21 p.m.
On my long list of manga I need to catch up on, Priest is definitely one of those mangas. (Okay, technically it's a manhwa) I only have the first two volumes, but I really enjoy them. I just saw this news announcement via an e-mail from TokyoPop. I'm not sure how well the film will turnout, but I'm not really keeping my hopes up for it.
Little_Sparrowon Dec. 20, 2008 at 1:24 p.m.
Prays that Reeves is not getting cast anywhere near another of his fav Mangas.

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