Preacher is an American television pilot developed by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen for AMC.[1] On February 7, 2014, AMC gave the pilot order for Preacher.[2] It is an adaptation of the comic book series created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, and published by DC Comics' Vertigo imprint.
Premise
According to IGN.com the potential series "revolves around Jesse Custer, a conflicted preacher in a small Texas town who merges with a powerful creature that has escaped from heaven. Along with his ex-gal, Tulip, and an Irish vampire named Cassidy, the three embark on a journey to literally find God".[3]
Cast and characters
Main
Recurring
- Ian Colletti as Eugene Root / Arseface: A character disfigured after shooting himself in the face with a shotgun and surviving.[7]
- Lucy Griffiths as Emily Woodrow: A character described as a "no-nonsense" single mother, waitress, church organist, bookkeeper and Custer's loyal right hand.[8]
- Elizabeth Perkins as Vyla Quinncannon: The mother of Jesse and a genteel but formidable businesswoman who owns the local slaughterhouse in Annville.[9]
Production
On November 16, 2013, it was announced that AMC is developing a TV series based on the DC Vertigo comic book series Preacher.[1] On November 18, 2013, BleedingCool confirmed that Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are developing the series pilot with Sam Catlin, and that it will be distributed by Sony Pictures Television.[10][11] On February 7, 2014 it was made public that AMC gave the official pilot order and that Rogen has no plans to co-star in the series. Rogen tweeted that "Son of a Preacher Man" will be the series theme song. Preacher will premiere late 2015, as announced by Seth Rogen, with the script for the series complete and the pilot ordered by the studio.[12][13][14] Comic creators Steve Dillon and Garth Ennis will work on this project as co-executive producer.[15][16] On February 12, 2015, Superhero Hype reports that the character of Tulip O'Hare will be an African American.[17] According to Nerdist, the series will depart on a few things from the comics, additionally the script featured characters like: Cassidy, Sheriff Root and Eugene.[18]
On March 12, 2015, The Tracking Board reports that AMC is looking at Dominic Cooper for the role of Jesse Custer.[19] In March 2015, Ruth Negga was cast as Tulip O'Hare, the ex-girlfriend of Jesse Custer, and Joe Gilgun was cast as Cassidy, an Irish vampire and the best friend of ex-preacher Jesse Custer.[5] In April 9, 2015, Lucy Griffiths was cast as Emily Woodrow, a character described as a no-nonsense single mother of three who is a waitress, the church organist, bookkeeper and Jesseβs loyal right hand."[8] That same day, it was reported that Cooper may have signed the deal to star as Custer in the series.[20] On April 17 it was confirmed that Cooper will play Custer.[4]
Episodes
# |
Title |
Directed by |
Written by |
Original air date |
U.S. viewers |
1 | "Pilot"[21] | TBA | Sam Catlin | 2016[21] | TBD |
Previous adaptation attempts
- The first attempt to adapt Preacher was a movie developed by Electric Entertainment. Rachel Talalay was hired to direct, with Garth Ennis writing the script. Rupert Harvey and Tom Astor were set as producers. By May 1998, Ennis completed three drafts of the script, based largely on the Gone to Texas story arc.[22] Due to financial problems and the religiously controversial source material the development of the movie was halted.
- Miramax Films shortly after Electric Entertainment halted development bought the movie rights, but too halted development on the movie due to budget problems.
- After Miramax films abandoned the project, HBO announced in November 2006 that they commissioned Mark Steven Johnson and Howard Deutch to produce a television pilot. Johnson was to write with Deutch directing.[23] Impressed with Johnson's pilot script, HBO had him write the series bible for the first season.[24] Johnson originally planned "to turn each comic book issue into a single episode" on a shot-for-shot basis. "I gave [HBO] the comics, and I said, 'Every issue is an hour'. Garth Ennis said 'You don't have to be so beholden to the comic'. And I'm like, 'No, no, no. It's got to be like the comic'."[25] By August 2008, new studio executives at HBO decided to abandon the idea, finding it too stylistically dark and religiously controversial.[26]
- Columbia Pictures then purchased the film rights in October 2008 with Sam Mendes planned to direct. Neal H. Moritz and Jason Netter would have produced the film. The previous scripts written by Ennis would not have been used.[27] The project was abandoned shortly after the movie was announced.
References
- β 1.0 1.1 Devin Faraci (2013-11-16). "AMC Is Taking Preacher to Pilot". Retrieved 2015-03-19.
- β NIX (2014-02-07). "AMC is Officially Developing Seth Rogen's Preacher TV Show". Retrieved 2015-03-19.
- β 3.0 3.1 Fowler, Matt (March 19, 2015). "AGENTS OF SHIELD STAR JOINS AMC'S PREACHER PILOT AS TULIP". IGN.
- β 4.0 4.1 Fowler, Matt (April 17, 2015). "PREACHER: DOMINIC COOPER IS JESSE CUSTER". IGN.
- β 5.0 5.1 "Preacher Casts Cassidy β Joseph Gilgun". DC. 24 March 2015. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- β "W. Earl Brown Cast As Hugo Root In AMC Pilot βPreacherβ". http://deadline.com/. 23 April 2015. Retrieved 2015-04-23.
- β Andreeva, Nellie (March 20, 2015). "βPreacherβ AMC Pilot Casts Its Arseface". Deadline.
- β 8.0 8.1 Andreeva, Nellie (April 9, 2015). "Lucy Griffiths Cast In βPreacherβ Pilot". Deadline.
- β Burlingame, Russ (April 18, 2015). "Elizabeth Perkins Cast In Preacher". http://comicbook.com/.
- β Rich Johnston (2013-11-18). "SCOOP: Sony Pictures Television Gives TV Pilot Development Commitment To Preacher". BleedingCool.com. Retrieved 2013-11-18.
- β Rich Johnston (2014-02-06). "Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Adapting 'Preacher' for AMC With 'Breaking Bad's' Sam Catlin". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2014-02-06.
- β "We are Writing the Pilot". twitter. September 7, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
- β "Update: We are Writing the Pilot". twitter. September 7, 2014. Retrieved March 20, 2015.
- β Nellie Andreeva (2014-12-04). "βPreacherβ Drama From Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg Gets AMC Pilot Order". Deadline. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
- β Preacher Script Finished
- β Nellie Andreeva (2014-12-04). "Preacher β Seth Rogen Draws Inspiration". Deadline. Retrieved 2014-12-04.
- β Silas Lensnick (2015-02-12). "Exclusive: AMCβs Preacher Series Targets African-American Tulip". Superhero Hype. Retrieved 2015-02-12.
- β Mekler, Ben (February 13, 2015). "PREACHER ON AMC: WE KNOW EVERYTHING!". Nerdist.
- β Allen, Clark (March 12, 2015). "{TB EXCLUSIVE} DOMINIC COOPER EMERGES AS THE FRONTRUNNER FOR AMCβS "PREACHER" SERIES FROM ROGEN/GOLDBERG". The Tracking Board.
- β Sneider, Jeff (April 9, 2015). "Dominic Cooper To Star In AMC's Preacher". The Wrap.
- β 21.0 21.1 Littleton, Cynthia (December 3, 2014). "AMC Orders Pilot for βPreacherβ Comic Book Adaptation From Seth Rogen". Variety. Retrieved December 3, 2014.
- β Stax (2000-02-10). "The Stax report: Script Review of Preacher". IGN. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- β Eric Goldman (2006-11-29). "HBO Prays for Preacher". IGN. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- β Peter Brown (2007-06-10). "Exclusive Interview: Mark Steven Johnson Finds Religion With Preach - Part 1". IF Magazine. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- β Cindy White (2006-12-01). "Johnson Talks HBO's Preacher". Sci Fi Wire. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- β Rob Allstetter (2008-08-25). "Mark Steven Johnson: No Preacher On HBO". Comics Continuum. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
- β Borys Kit; Leslie Simmons (2008-10-29). "Columbia signs on for 'Preacher' feature". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 2008-10-29.
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