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Holly Brix talked to MTV about her script that adapts Magdalena for the big screen....

She promises that it will be a fusion of straight up action with a dash of religious overtone--ala The Da Vinci Code.

"It's definitely a supernatural action movie, so I think 'DaVinci Code' is a good reference as far as all the Catholicism in it. But in addition to that story, it's also a really straightforward action movie…There's not a lot of secret codes to unlock and that sort of thing".

The comics follow young Patience ("Step Up" star Jenna Dewan) a descendant of Mary Magdalene who fights demons and criminals and atheists using supernatural powers.

Luke Goss is playing Patience's mentor, Kristof,

"The movie's never really been a female action movie, because of Kristof. It's more of a two-hander. He's a huge character in it. He's definitely her mentor and fights right alongside her and teaches her everything she knows….They go the whole movie together. He doesn't drop out somewhere along the way... We're definitely trying to set it apart from some of the other movies where they haven't had that compelling male lead, too" says Brix.

Ryûhei Kitamura, who made his US debut with The Midnight Meat Train) helms the film that is still very much in the planning stages--"we're working out a deal so that I can start writing. We're not at the beginning of the process, but we're just going to script."

She expects things to move fast once the deals are official - "We'll probably have a draft done within six weeks, and then hopefully we'll get financing pretty quickly and can start setting a date for when we can shoot this."

The film will deal with the transfer of power to Patience after her mother's reign as the Magdalena ends.

This one has me intrigued folks....