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Still early, but The Hollywood Reporter indicates that a script is being developed for Preacher, possibly for AMC.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amc-adapting-preacher-seth-rogen-656840
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are named as being attached to the script with the possibility of Breaking Bad's Sam Catlin as Showrunner. They also suggest that this is something that would be being pitched for AMC.
I'm intrigued. I wasn't a huge fan of Preacher as I thought that it was well beyond over the top - I think that I gave up two or three trades in. Big thing for me is figuring out how it stays Preacher and gets toned down enough for a network other than the premium channels like HBO or Showtime (or a Netflix Original series). It's not the violence (Walking Dead and Breaking Bad have pretty much taken that out of the equation), but the other extremely graphic content like the meat-lovin' or the seatless bicycles / nude servants being used as bicycle stands. Yes, it could be toned down, but is it still Preacher if those outrageous things aren't included?
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amc-adapting-preacher-seth-rogen-656840
Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are named as being attached to the script with the possibility of Breaking Bad's Sam Catlin as Showrunner. They also suggest that this is something that would be being pitched for AMC.
I'm intrigued. I wasn't a huge fan of Preacher as I thought that it was well beyond over the top - I think that I gave up two or three trades in. Big thing for me is figuring out how it stays Preacher and gets toned down enough for a network other than the premium channels like HBO or Showtime (or a Netflix Original series). It's not the violence (Walking Dead and Breaking Bad have pretty much taken that out of the equation), but the other extremely graphic content like the meat-lovin' or the seatless bicycles / nude servants being used as bicycle stands. Yes, it could be toned down, but is it still Preacher if those outrageous things aren't included?
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For as long as some things stay in development, it will be cool if the people who stuck with this finally have found a home for it.
I also think it bodes well that there are comedy writers behind it. I think a Preacher show- especially in live action- has to succeed at being funny as well as dark. The comics were that. And you can't have someone setting out to do this as if it were Stephen King or the Da Vinci Code or something like that. I feel like the love story in Preacher has to be played for real, but much of the rest of it needs people who can handle black humor and shocks well.
Or, maybe that's just a function of my having started the thread.
I'm personally, not much of a fan of the book. I found it to be excessive in almost every way but I know that many readers hold it in high esteem and so posted the news.
(See what I did there?!)
I think this show could have tremendous potential, especially with Rogen at the helm. I can't see him toning down the series just to make the networks happy. You'd lose a lot of what made this comic unique. Plus, who has two thumbs and can't wait to see Jesse have one of his heart-to-hearts with the Duke when he's down on his luck. This guy! :-bd
http://variety.com/2015/tv/news/dominic-cooper-preacher-seth-rogen-pilot-1201474784/
This is on Amazon Prime in the UK, so I watched it this morning. The pilot felt a little longer than it needed to be, but I enjoyed it. It's different from the comic in certain ways, but elements of the comic haven't aged well 20 years on, so that's fine.
For all those changes, and I would say they are minor at this point, it's recognisably Preacher.
In the comic, you don't really see too much about Jesse in his time in Annville. Tulip is a reluctant hitman who becomes badass later. And everyone doesn't live in Annville, which feels like the case here.
I'll probably give it another episode or two, but I feel like they didn't capture the feel of the comic, which is what I usually hope for when it comes to an adaptation.
I'm thrilled and shocked they've yet to use the show as a proverbial dartboard for which to hurl daggers at its more "conservative" aspects. At least not thoroughly, blatantly or ignorantly as I confess I've fully expected. Refreshing.