It’s all happening, all because Jesse Custer TOLD THEM TO DO IT.
With “The Walking Dead” breaking records and its spinoff, “Cobal,” going to pilot, AMC is moving forward with their next comic adaptation.
Variety reports that AMC has given a pilot order to “Preacher,” which has been adapted from the comic book series by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg.
Rogen and Goldberg wrote the adaptation for Neal Moritz’s Original Film. That trio is exec producing through their Point Grey banner, along with showrunner Sam Catlin.
Based on Ennis and Steve Dillon’s ’90s comic book series, “Preacher” is “about Jesse Custer, a preacher in a 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 and an Irish vampire, the three embark on a journey to find God…and make him answer for his sins.”
The pilot will be produced in the summer of 2015 for series consideration in 2016.
Now, before you get overly excited (too late, I’m exploding), we warned that if AMC passes we may never even see the pilot. Such the case with FOX’s defunct “Locke & Key,” which was allegedly “too scary.” I’d love to see someone else take that on.
“Preacher” is best suited for a series – as opposed to a feature film – as it’s a lengthy arc that needs a few seasons to conclude. There are plenty of great characters – from Cassidy to Arseface to the Saint of Killers – that could easily be their own season arc. The biggest question I have is as to whether or not AMC is afraid to touch religion. “Preacher” is going to piss a lot of people off. Good.
