Preacher series due from HBO?

Filed by: Darren Turpin on December 1, 2006 at 8:28
Filed under: Comics & GNs

Good ol' boy Joe Gordon over at the FP Blog has big news via the Hollywood Reporter: HBO are developing a one-hour series based on the Preacher [Amazon] comics by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, about the Texan minister, who becomes possessed by a heaven-born creature so awesomely, terrifyingly powerful that even God does a runner from it.

Colourful dialogue from Preacher, 'Gone to Texas', copyright DC ComicsNo word as to potential casting just yet, but the HR tells us: "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."

And apparently both messrs. Ennis and Dillon are attached to the project as executive producers, which means that it might retain at least some semblance of the original spirit of the comics series, which can only be a good thing. And, as Joe G points out, with HBO's track-record there's a good chance that the original spirit of mayhem, violence and seething sexual tension (not to mention the colourfil dialogue) will also be kept intact. Although given Howard Deutch's apparent track record to-date, anything could happen with it...

Still, one to keep an eye on, definitely. And go read the graphic novels in the meantime, you won't regret it.

Filed on: December 1, 2006
Filed under: Comics & GNs
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One Response to 'Preacher series due from HBO?'

  1. shy on November 2nd, 2007 7:57 am

    I can't wait for this to air! I love the Preacher graphic novels! Way to go!

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