New Priest poster sits Paul Bettany on a rad motorcycle

By Eric Walkuski

Posted 15 years ago

Last Updated on July 23, 2021

So far the posters we’ve been seeing for PRIEST have been giving off a distinctly Batman/Gotham City vibe (like this one and this one, and the new one-sheet is no different. Frankly, Paul Bettany might as well be riding Batman’s motorcycle here. Would you really expect anything different from a movie marketing department though?

A warrior priest disobeys Church law by teaming with a young sheriff and a priestess. The three band together to track down a band of renegade vampires who have kidnapped the priest’s niece before they turn her into one of them.

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