Have you read Garth Ennis’ “Preacher” comics?

They’re ahead of their time, and pretty progressive. There’s all sorts of jabs at religion and politics, bizarre characters, and violence that would never have been allowed on television in the 90’s.

To adapt this length series, one film wouldn’t/couldn’t do it justice. And as a television series, are people ready for something that could challenge their belief system?

None of us know how closely Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s adaptation is to the comic, but they are huge fans, and talented filmmakers. It’s in good hands.

So, when the duo explain that they’ve changed quite a bit of content, including the look of Arseface, I’m in no way going into a panic.

“It didn’t seem, at first, that we should do it that way,” Goldberg told Collider. “And then we talked with Garth, and Garth very much encouraged us to make a lot of small changes and to make it a good show first and foremost. Our big thing is we want fans who love the comic to get everything they want but also make some new twists and turns.”

Rogen continued: “There had been something online that existed of some test that someone had done that looked exactly like how it looked in the comic, and as soon as I saw that, I knew we should not try to make it look exactly how it looked in the comic, and we should take some license and try to make it something maybe a little more … palatable, I guess might be the word. And we wanted the character to being sympathetic and ultimately, like, some one you really rooted for”

In the comic, Sheriff Root’s son, in an homage to Kurt Cobain, attempts to kill himself with a shotgun. Only, he survives. This character and his grotesque look become known as Arseface.

Ian Colletti plays the character in the series. There’s a tease in the above photo, but you can’t see his face clearly. Apparently, he’s more palatable.

“I mean, I think the starting place was finding the Ian Colletti, the actor, because, like, you know, first we had to know what his face looked like, what his body structure was and all that,” says Rogen. “And, then, kind of just figure out how to make it look realistic and, you know, have impact but not look cartoony in any way or silly.

“There had been something online that existed of some test that someone had done that looked exactly like how it looked in the comic, and as soon as I saw that, I knew we should not try to make it look exactly how it looked in the comic, and we should take some license and try to make it something maybe a little more … palatable, I guess might be the word. And we wanted the character to being sympathetic and ultimately, like, some one you really rooted for.”

He jokingly adds: “We want the show to be fun for regular people with not sick sensibilities. Put that on a poster.”

Here’s the first teaser. Hopefully we can bring you a review out of the SXSW Film Festival this March.