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Here’s Dominic Cooper As “Preacher” With Arseface!
When AMC announced “The Walking Dead,” it was a pivotal moment in my life. Not only was Robert Kirkman’s comic one of my all-time favs, but to see a horror show following in the footsteps of greg series like “Mad Men” and “Breaking Bad” made my nipples hard. But as much as I loved “The Walking Dead,” my heart belonged to Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s cult 1990s comic “Preacher.”
I could barely breathe when Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg announced the start of production. And now, just two days later, Rogen has shared the first ever look at Dominic Cooper and Ian Colletti in the series as Jesse Custer and Arseface, respectively.
This is a millennial moment for television series as the religious implications are going to be massive. If Rogen and Goldberg stay true to the comics, it’s going to piss a lot of people off. And that’s good. We need to start pushing the boundaries, which bizarrely feels impossible with the amount of people who get “offended” and scream about it on Twitter.
” ‘Preacher’ centers on Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), a conflicted preacher in a small Texas town who merges with a creature that has escaped from heaven and develops the ability to make anyone do anything he says. Along with his ex-girlfriend, Tulip (Ruth Negga), and an Irish vampire named Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun), the three embark on a journey to literally find God (to make him answer for abandoning mankind).”
W. Earl Brown will portray ‘Sheriff Hugo Root’, the mean-hearted father of Eugene Root aka Arseface (Colletti), a flinty-eyed, conspiracy-credulous redneck who is not a fool and has a vulnerability to him.
Jamie Anne Allman will play Betsy Schenck, a meek wife who appears to suffer beatings by the hand of her husband, Donny. When the Preacher checks up on her, though, she tells a different story. Derek Wilson is Donny Schenck, a Civil War re-enactor and abusive thug who gets into altercations with Jesse Custer (the Preacher) but nevertheless shows up to church on Sundays.
I can't believe we are fucking doing this!!!! #Preacher pic.twitter.com/PR0LjZD8wh
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) May 13, 2015
The supernatural world of Korean folk horror movie Exhuma grows larger with the arrival of prequel spinoff webtoon Maengjong this weekend, Variety reports today.
Naver Webtoon debuts Maengjong on May 30.
The series hails from Haemuri (Olgami) and will trace the high school origins of how shaman duo Hwarim and Bonggil, played by Kim Go-eun and Lee Do-hyun in the 2024 film, came together to face occultish threats.
The story is set to begin when “Hwarim, who has been concealing her identity following a childhood encounter with a snake spirit called Jin, crosses paths with Bonggil at their school.”
Variety notes that Exhuma director Jang Jae-hyun participated in the project’s early concept stage.
“We are presenting ‘Maengjong,’ a new series capturing the appeal of the horror-occult genre, ahead of the full summer season,” said Lee Jeong-geun, Naver Webtoon’s Korea webtoon content leader. “With the high school story of Hwarim and Bonggil, who left a strong impression in the film ‘Exhuma,’ enhanced by Haemuri’s characteristic tense direction, we expect it will be a welcome work for genre fans.”
“It is meaningful that the spin-off story of ‘Exhuma,’ loved by many audiences, expands by meeting the new grammar of webtoon,” said Lee Hyeon-jeong, managing director of the film business division at Showbox, which distributed the film. “We hope it will be a fresh experience for both film fans and webtoon readers.”
Exhuma was a breakout hit in 2024, becoming the first Korean occult film to surpass 10 million ticket buyers and the country’s highest-grossing film of the year. I wrote in my review that “the intricately woven Exhuma delivers one of the year’s biggest surprises in horror so far.”
The bond between Hwarim and Bonggil was one of the film’s highlights, making this prequel webtoon a must for fans.
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