Action star Maggie Q ordained for 'Priest'

LOS ANGELES/LOCARNO, Switzerland (Hollywood Reporter) - Maggie Q is joining Paul Bettany and Cam Gigandet in the horror Western "Priest."

Adapted by Cory Goodman from a TokyoPop comic, "Priest" is set in a world ravaged by war between man and vampires and follows a warrior priest (Bettany) who teams with a sheriff (Gigandet) to track down a murderous band of vampires who have kidnapped his niece.

Scott Stewart is directing the Screen Gems project.

The Hawaii-born Q, who became a star of Hong Kong action movies and toplined "Mission: Impossible III" and "Live Free or Die Hard," will play a priestess, a vampire hunter as tough as the priests.

(Editing by SheriLinden at Reuters)