Preacher pilot in the works


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I'm sure this has been mentioned somewhere on the boards before, but thought it deserved it's own thread.

Preacher, the darkly funny, violent and foulmouthed comic by Garth Ennis, has been confirmed as getting a pilot episode sometime next year for potential pick up as a series in 2016...

Hollywood Reporter article

I was pretty excited about this, but I originally thought it was a HBO show. Turns out I was getting confused with a potential series in development years ago that they passed on... AMC is picking it up instead. Still, it could be good, but if there's one thing in the article that makes me worry, it's the final paragraph:

"If you read Preacher, it has some obviously graphic violence and language and other things that we will not bring to the commercial television series," AMC president Charlie Collier told THR at the time. "But I love that the fans will know that we'll treat it with respect and that will elevate it and not dumb it down. And that matters. It's an amazing piece of writing and character. Where do you see a character like that on television?"

Not that I expected to see all the stuff in the comic in the series, but if they strip it back too much, I'm worried it's not going to feel like Preacher. It's the kind of story you can't really sanitize without destroying it.


Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are producing it.

So expect it to not get distributed after the Catholic church's hacktivists bring down AMC. :D


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Honestly, try selling TJ as a character in a TV-series. Just try. I dare you.


So I just got some random info out of the blue on this from, of all people, my little brother, who hasn't ever read any of the series. He's just moved to a new town to be with his girlfriend and go back to uni, and they're living in a share house with a few randoms... one of whom is apparently an aspiring actor who auditioned for the role of Jesse Custer, and got a callback already.

So it sounds like casting for the pilot is underway at least.


I can't wait to see how neutered this one will be compared to the comics. Look at what they've done to Constantine (to be fair, it's a pretty good show even so)


"A promise to a guy outside."? No.
"Do it! Do it, you sluts!"? No.
"I could see in her eyes that she really wanted it."? No.
"It would really ruin his day. It would be perfect."? No.
"You can turn around now."? No.
"It smelled like burnt silicone and pork."? No.
"LOOK AT THE FACE OF THE WAR!!!"? No.
"To rest."? No.

So, all in all, why? Preacher has its own language and visuals. A movie or TV series couldn't even get close. And, yes, they are important to the story. Disappointment is the only possible result.


I disagree. I think it could be done well. It won't be the same as the comic, but the point of an adaptation isn't for it to be the same.

Whether it WILL be done well is another matter entirely, but I dispute that disappointment is the only possible result.

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