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HBO has seen the light and is bringing "Preacher" to the small screen.
The pay cable network is developing a one-hour series based on the popular 1990s Vertigo comics series. Mark Steven Johnson, the writer-director behind comic adaptations "Daredevil" and the upcoming "Ghost Rider," is writing the pilot, while Howard Deutch is attached to direct. Johnson and Deutch will executive produce along with Michael De Luca, George Agusto, Chris Bender and JC Spink.
"Preacher," which ran from 1995-2000, told the story of a down-and-out Texas preacher possessed by Genesis, a supernatural entity conceived by the unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon. Given immense powers, the preacher teamed with an old girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire and set out on a journey across America to find God -- who apparently had abandoned his duties in heaven -- and hold him accountable for his negligence.
The series was created by Irish-born writer Garth Ennis and British artist Steve Dillon, who will serve as co-executive producers. Ken F. Levin, who reps the duo, also will serve as co-exec producer.
The series -- which developed a rabid fan base -- was known for tackling religious and political issues, its dark and violent sense of humor and its observations of American culture. It also was one of the series that helped define Vertigo, the adult-oriented line of comics from DC Comics.
There have been several attempts to bring the comic to the screen, whether big or small, but nothing stuck. A movie version, to have been produced by Kevin Smith's View Askew, among others, got to the casting stage, with James Marsden attached for the title role and a reported budget of $25 million.
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He managed to bring both 'Daredevil and 'Ghost Rider' to the big screen when others had failed, and now Mark Steven Johnson is developing what he hopes will be a small-screen serialization of 'Preacher' for HBO. Talking about his dreams for the series, he said " 'Preacher' I have always wanted to do...it's the greatest but it's so difficult. And I love it more than anybody....I want Odin Quincannon having sex with a meat person. If I can do that, I've made my mark on the world.....HBO's got balls, they were like, yeah bring it! Do it!"
Johnson is collaborating with Garth Ennis the original writer of the series, and wants to invite guest directors like Kevin Smith and Robert Rodriguez. "I want it to be a prestige thing, you love 'Preacher'? Come do a show."
'Preacher' follows the story of Jesse Custer, a small-town Texas preacher who, possessed by a supernatural creature "Genesis" (the coupling of a demon and angel), becomes a force to be reckoned with. He sets out to reckon with God him (or her) self — who abandoned Heaven when Genesis was born. Custer's joined on his road trip by his ex girlfriend and a hard-drinking vampire. Johnson estimates he's got at least six years worth of material.
I absolutely loved this series. Garth Ennis is one of my favorite writers and this series was awesome. If you haven't read this comic, pick up the trades. It will be well worth the money. I am glad this is going to HBO. I subscribed to HBO when they had the Spawn Cartoon and this will make me subscribe again. I am totally excited for this series to start.
September 5, 2007 - HBO has been developing Vertigo Comics' Preacher as a series for some time. With it's dark-as-night tone and scathing religous commentary, it seemed like a project no mainstream company would touch. However, now the website Comics2film is reporting that Robert Rodriguez is "circling the project and he's just one of many top-shelf directors interested in the series." The site uses unnamed "sources" from an uncertain part of the process, but also reveals that director Howard Deutch (Grumpier Old Men) is no longer involved. The series is being produced and written by Daredevil and Ghostrider director Mark Steven Johnson.
Eleanora Avellan, who handles operations at Rodriguez's Troublemaker Studios, told IGN that the director is not currently involved in anyway with the project. A source at HBO said that at this point, the project is only a script and nothing has been ordered. They would not, however, outright deny that Rodriguez is being talked to.
While Comics2film says the project is "on the one yard line," Michael Lombardo (President of Programming) recently told reporters that Preacher is "absolutely" possible. "It's on the hot list of one hour dramas for us." Asked whether the network was planning on filming a pilot soon, he said "I don't think we've made that decision, but it's certainly a show that we're waiting to get in and very bullish about and excited about. I'm not a betting guy, but we're certainly talking about it and hoping."
So who is talking to Rodriguez? Is there even a Preacher series for anyone to direct? The higher ups at HBO have stated their interest in the series a number of times, but still nothing has been ordered into production. At the moment, Rodriguez's involvement seems to be rumor and nothing more. But we'll keep you posted if anything develops.
Damn. Someone needs to get off their ass. I want this to come to HBO!!
The upcoming adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher comic for HBO has been canned. Kaput. Squashed. Killed. Dead.
Executive producer Mark Steven Johnson (director, Daredevil, Ghost Rider), who wrote the one-hour TV series pilot, tells Comics Continuum that the new head of the cable network thought the series “was just too dark and too violent and too controversial.”
For HBO?
“It was a very faithful adaptation of the first few books, nearly word for word,” says Johnson. “They offered me the chance to redevelop it but I refused. I’ve learned my lesson on that front and I won’t do it again. So I’m afraid it’s dead at HBO.”
Plans for the series were announced in November 2006 and delighted fans who were bummed when a previous attempt to adapt Preacher as a feature film was abandoned.
But the film idea is not totally dead. “I’ve heard someone is in the process of getting the rights to turn it into a feature film [again],” Johnson noted. “I hope that happens. But I hope it happens as a series of movies as one movie couldn’t do it justice.”
Just as fans were slowly accepting the fact that “Preacher” — Garth Ennis and Steve Dillion’s highly-controversial comic series that took on everything from organized religion to shady government agencies — was DOA at HBO, along comes news that the option has once again been picked up, this time by Columbia Pictures, who intends to make the property into a full-length feature film. A “Preacher Feature,” if you will (ba-dum-dum!).
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Columbia has picked up the option and pegged Sam Mendes to direct. Neal Moritz’s Original Films banner will produce alongside Kickstart Prods.’ Jason Netter.
“Preacher,” a longtime member of the “Impossible to Film” club (along with former member, “Watchmen”) has had a storied history of big studios picking up the option and quickly discovering that, for various reasons, the property was either too epic or too violent for film. Mark Steven Johnson, who’d been rumored to be onboard as director of the HBO series, claimed HBO execs were concerned about the over-the-top brutality of the original comic series and asked it to be toned down, to which Johnson disagreed. Kevin Smith’s View Askew got as far as the casting stage (with James Marsden rumored to play the lead role of Rev. Jesse Custer) until the deal inevitably fell through.
Currently, there are no screenwriters attached to the project, but according to THR, Mendes — who already has some geek-cred under his belt with his work on 2002’s “Road to Perdition” — will be on the prowl for potential writers as he wraps up post-production on “Revolutionary Road,” starring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet.
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According to The Hollywood Reporter, a movie version of the Vertigo comic PREACHER will at long last reach the big screen, courtesy of Columbia Pictures. Sam Mendes, who’s got experience with graphic-novel adaptation from ROAD TO PERDITION, is set to direct for producers Neal Moritz of Original Films and Jason Netter of Kickstart Productions.
PREACHER, created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, followed Jesse Custer, a man of the cloth who has been granted supernatural powers by a being called Genesis—the spawn of an angel and a demon. In an attempt to confront God about His dereliction of heavenly duties, Jesse travels across America accompanied by a former girlfriend and an Irish vampire. Previously, HBO had a series adaptation in the works, with Howard Deutch directing a pilot script by Mark Steven (GHOST RIDER) Johnson, and before that, Kevin Smith’s View Askew company developed a feature with James (X-MEN) Marsden set to star. Director Rachel (FREDDY’S DEAD) Talalay and actor Dougray Scott were also said to be attached to PREACHER films at various points earlier this decade. At this point, no writers have been signed for the Columbia flick, but Mendes and the producers will begin seeking scribes later this year.
Preacher is sick plain and simple and I'm overly excited now. To many rumors about whether it was going to be made into a movie or a show was alittle aggravating but then again no one really has control except the higher ups.
A Sandman (not spidey version) movie would be a nice thing if done right, but that might be to much for some.
So far I just heard that a movie was being made for Death: The High Cost of Living which could do well.
So the internet was all abuzz this week with news that director Sam Mendes ('Road to Perdition') would finally rescue 'Preacher' from development hell, where it has writhed through the slow process of development for film and/or TV for years now. Good news, right?
Not so fast, says Mendes. There's still a long and perilous road ahead before 'Preacher' becomes a movie.
"This is a typical Variety announcement," Mendes told EmpireOnline in a healthy exercise in realistic expectations. "'Mendes to direct Preacher' – I wish! Basically they should have written, 'Mendes in development with Preacher'. What I’m doing is, I’ve gotta find a script. I’ve just got to get it written."
Which isn't to say Mendes isn't excited about pushing the project forward.
"It's brilliant, it's an incredible twisted vision," he said of original graphic novel. "There's so much of it you couldn't possibly fit it all into one movie. It's just about what you keep and what you leave out, and how you structure the story. But just to have that toy set again, being able to paint on a big canvas and to say ‘I am gonna do crazy crane shots and massive action sequences again because I want to,’ it's exciting."
Last year, Oscar-winning director Sam Mendes became attacked to the 'Preacher' movie, based on the acclaimed comics by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. MTV caught up with him on the red carpet of the Golden Globes to check on the status of the project.
Mendes is clearly enthused by the film, but says he's waiting on an oh-so-critical element before he commits.
"I think it’s absolutely brilliant. It’s a gripping story, fantastic characters, great visual landscape. It mixes supernatural and real worlds brilliantly. It's entirely a CGI creation if you to make it into a movie. It’s funny, and it’s absolutely, completely blasphemous, possibly even sacrilegious I would say. Which might be a dangerous thing to take on.
After his effusive comments Medes then said, "I just think it's fantastic. Whether or not I have the skill to make it into the movie I don't know. I'm not very good at developing projects. I need to read the script. As soon as the script is there I'll know whether I want to do it or not."
Screenwriter John August has come aboard the newly-relaunched 'Preacher' film project to write the screenplay, according to The Hollywood Reporter. The writer, who recently declared "dead" his efforts on the 'Shazam', will join the process of adapting Garth Ennis and Steve Dillion's hit comic for film. Director Sam Mendes is attached to the project.
The 'Preacher' series was originally launched by DC/Vertigo in the 1990s. Neal Moritz is producing through his Original Films banner along with Kickstart Prods.' Jason Netter.
The Reporter also states that Warner Bros. is still actively developing 'Shazam' and is on the hunt for a writer.
Empire Online talked to director Sam Mendes about the planned adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's comic series 'Preacher'.
"It's getting closer," Mendes told the magazine. "I've seen a script and it's very good. We're a little further down the road than when I last spoke to you."
Mendes, who previously adapted the graphic novel 'Road to Perdition' into a feature film, says he loves the medium and adds that, "'Preacher' is absolutely brilliant. I certainly feel it's a movie.
"It's funny, it's violent as hell, it's extremely blasphemous and profane, but it has an amazingly skilful tone," the director continued. "I met Garth Ennis and I'm just a huge fan of it."
Neal Moritz commented to Collider.com on plans to adapt Garth Ennis' comic 'Preacher' to the big screen.
"We now have a terrific script that John August wrote," Moritz said of the 'Preacher' feature which he hopes to begin filming in 2011. "We were originally talking with Sam Mendes about doing the movie. Sam Mendes is going to go off and do the Bond movie, so there’s another director that we’re talking to right now."
If Darren Aronofsky actually directed as many movies as he's recently been rumored to be attached to, he'd be a busy, busy man.
Newsarama reports that the Black Swan helmer is "being targeted" for steering duties on the long-in-development Preacher movie, based on the critically acclaimed comics by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon.
Now, the phrasing of "being targeted" is vague enough so as to be meaningless. Presumably Newsarama's anonymous source is saying that someone somewhere in the production chain likes the idea of an Aronofsky-helmed movie. Is it the one of the suits at Columbia Pictures that want him? One of the many producers on film? And what is the nature of this so-called "targeting"? Is he one of many director names on a list? Are they talking to him? Is anyone talking about an offer?
Previously, director Sam Mendes was firmly attached to the film, which has a script by John August. At some point in the summer, Mendes bowed out, leaving the producers to find a new helmer. Plans have called for the movie to go into production next year, so certainly a director choice is on the minds of Columbia and producers Neal Moritz and Jason Netter.
This is the third comic-based movie that Arononfsky has been rumored to be in orbit around in recent months. Previous talk had Hugh Jackman courting him to take the reins of X-Men Origins: Wolverine 2 and more recent buzz had him chatting with producer Christopher Nolan about helming the Supeman relaunch.
It's unknown if Aronofsky is close to doing any of the three, but we'd say Preacher is probably closest to his out-of-the-mainstream sensibilities, and an Aronofsky-directed take on Ennis and Dillon's nasty comic appeals to us just fine.
After a strong, twisted and creative 75 issue run, Preacher is once again rearing its strange and ugly little head for live action development. The property has seen a number of false starts over the years, from theatrical incarnations to a supposed TV series, but things appear to be moving again according to /Film. Though not a double confirmed rumor, there's talk that DJ Caruso is in talks to take on the directing duties for the feature depending on how his latest feature, I Am Number Four, pans out. Caruso has had an extensive TV career over the years working on shows like VR.5, Smallville, The Shield and more, but he's made is name more for films like Disturbia and Eagle Eye prior to his latest. Preacher currently has a known script done by John August that has the films producer Neil Moretz saying will be the first in a series of films for the character. Sam Mendes was the last one attached to the project, but he's gone off to work on James Bond now. Prior to that, we've seen names like Joe Carnahan and Darren Aronofsky attached to it as well as the TV series incarnation that was going to be run by Mark Steven Johnson.
Story concept: (From the first graphic novel) Here's a book guaranteed to offend a bunch of people, not only because of its profuse profanity and graphic violence, but because it's the epitome of iconoclasm. Like a brutal accident, you can't watch but you can't turn away. The story follows an ex-preacher man, Jesse, who has become disgusted with God's abandoning of His responsibilities. So Jesse starts off into the wilds of Texas with his hitman girlfriend and new best friend (a vampire) to find God so that he can give Him a piece of his mind. Despite its superficial perversity, this book contains what may be the most moral character in mainstream comics. A cult hit in the making. Fans of Quentin Tarantino take note.
It just won't die!!
God I wish this movie would get made. There would be so many boycotts...
The week following his latest release, I Am Number Four, director D.J. Caruso has confirmed to fans that he's officially on board Columbia Pictures' Preacher, the long-awaited adaptation of the Vertigo comic created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Neal Moritz will produce via his Original Films banner and Jason Netter will produce through his Kickstart Productions.
The helmer made the confirmation via his Twitter page by saying:
"My deal just closed on Preacher. Going back to the dark side and pretty f*cking pumped!"
Plot Concept: "Preacher" told the story of a down-and-out Texas preacher possessed by Genesis, a supernatural entity conceived by the unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon. With immense powers handed to him, the preacher teams with an old girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire and sets out on a journey across America to find God -- who apparently had abandoned his duties in heaven -- and hold him accountable for his negligence.
With the loss of Breaking Bad, and Mad Men winding down, on AMC there is a huge spot to fill in there TV line up. It looks as if AMC will be going to back to the well of great comic book series and tackling Preacher. Yes, Preacher, the iconic series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. Badass Digest broke the news.
"Sources tell me that the network has ordered a pilot based on the classic Vertigo comic by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. In the comic Jesse Custer is a small town preacher who is torn by booze and sin and who finds himself the vessel for a strange entity - the child of a mating between an angel and a demon. Filled with immense power, including The Word of God, which makes anyone do whatever he says, Jesse goes hunting for the Lord Almighty, who has abandoned creation. He aims to make him pay for leaving his children behind. Joining Jesse on his journey is his ex-girlfriend Tulip, who is now a hit woman, and a hundred year old Irish vampire named Cassidy. Along the way they battle secret religious commandoes, the retarded descendent of Christ, a guy who fucks meat and even each other."
Having read the complete series, this news comes as a shock, yet a pleasant one. I would love to see the adventures Jesse Custer on television, but even for AMC this would be pushing it. There has been an adaptation in the works for a while (D.J. Caruso and Kevin Smith both involved at different points), but at this time no one is officially attached to the TV pilot.
Wow. This has taken forever to get any kind of adaptation made. I've always been leary of it being a TV show, but AMC has done good jobs lately. Hopefully they can continue here.
At the very end of last year we reported that AMC was eyeing up Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s now legendary comic Preacher for a TV series. Now AMC and Sony have released news that Preacher is in development.
PRESS RELEASE: “AMC and Sony Pictures Television today announced an agreement to develop Preacher as a dramatic series on AMC. Based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s twisted 90’s comic book series, the project will be executive produced and written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (This is the End). Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad) will serve as executive producer and showrunner.
Preacher follows Reverend Jesse Custer, a tough Texas preacher who has lost his faith, has learned that God has left Heaven and abandoned His responsibilities. He finds himself the only person capable of tracking God down, demanding answers, and making Him answer for His dereliction of duty. Accompanying Jesse on his journey is his former girlfriend and a friendly vampire who seems to prefer a pint in the pub to the blood of the innocent. On his tail is one of the most iconic bad guys in print – an immortal, unstoppable killing machine named the Saint of Killers – a western lone gunman archetype whose sole purpose is to hunt and kill Jesse.
“This is a great piece of material for AMC, and we’re thrilled to begin working with the creative team behind it to make another iconic AMC series,” said Joel Stillerman, AMC’s EVP of original programming, production and digital content.
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg said, “This is amazing! We’ve tried for seven years to work on Preacher and we’re so psyched AMC is finally letting us. It is our favorite comic of all time, and we’re going to do everything we can to do it right. Humperdoo!”
Garth Ennis said, “Steve Dillon and I are very happy to see Preacher being developed for TV, which seems a much more natural home for the story than a 2-hour movie. Between them, Sony TV and AMC have brought viewers two of my favorite shows with Breaking Bad and Mad Men, and it’s exactly that kind of creative commitment and courage that Preacher needs. Obviously it’s taken a while, but Ken Levin along with Neal Moritz and his team refused to give up, long after the point when I myself grew skeptical, and their unrelenting enthusiasm for the project has gotten us where we need to be. I’m particularly impressed that Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and Sam Catlin understand Preacher fully — meaning they get it for what it is, not some vague approximation. All in all, it looks like Preacher can now be brought to TV in a way that I’d previously not have thought possible, and I very much appreciate that Steve and I have been included in the conversation in the way that we have.”
Having gone back re-read the series as a trade paperback, I have to wonder what are they going to cut out, clean u,p or gloss over for television. The creators are behind the development, which is a good thing.