Preacher

Preacher is a comic book series created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, published by Vertigo (an imprint of DC Comics), with painted covers by Glenn Fabry. Preacher tells the story of Jesse Custer, a down-and-out preacher in a small Texas town who is accidentally possessed by the supernatural creature named Genesis in an incident which killed his entire congregation and flattened his church. Garth Ennis, feeling Preacher would translate perfectly as a film, sold the film rights to Electric Entertainment. Rachel Talalay was hired to direct, with 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. The filmmakers found it difficult financing Preacher because investors found the idea religiously controversial. Ennis approached Kevin Smith and Scott Mosier to help finance the film under their View Askew Productions banner. Ennis, Smith and Mosier pitched Preacher to Bob Weinstein at Miramax Films. Weinstein was confused by the characterization of Jesse Custer. Miramax also did not want to share the box office gross with Electric Entertainment, ultimately dropping the pitch. By May 2000, Smith and Mosier were still attached to produce with Talalay directing, but Smith did not know the status of Preacher, feeling it would languish in development hell. By then, Storm Entertainment, a UK-based production company known for their work on independent films, joined the production with Electric Entertainment. In September 2001, the two companies announced Preacher had been greenlighted to commence pre-production, with filming to begin in November and Talaly still directing Ennis' script. The production and start dates were pushed back because of financial issues of the $25 million projected budget. James Marsden was cast in the lead role sometime in 2002. In a March 2004 interview, Marsden said the filmmakers were hoping for filming to start the following August. With the full-length film adaptation eventually abandoned with budgetary concerns, 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. Impressed with Johnson's pilot script, HBO had him write the series bible for the first season but by August 2008, new studio executives at HBO decided to abandon the idea, finding it too stylistically dark and religiously controversial. Columbia Pictures then purchased the film rights in October 2008 with Sam Mendes directing. Neal H. Moritz and Jason Netter are producing the film. The previous scripts written by Ennis will not be used.

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Preacher

PREACHER: Everyone Dies In The New Promo & Photos For The Series Finale: "End Of The World"

PREACHER: The Apocalypse Is Nearly Upon Us In The New Promo & Photos For Season 4, Episode 9: "Overture"

PREACHER: Jesse Custer Takes God's Place In The New Promo & Photos For Season 4, Episode 7: "Messiahs"

PREACHER: The Apocalypse Is Underway In New Promo & Photos For Season 4, Episode 6: "The Lost Apostle"

PREACHER: The Messiah Robs A Bank In The New Promo & Photos From Season 4, Episode 5: "Bleak City"

PREACHER: Pop Goes The Weasel In The New Promo & Photos From Season 4, Episode 4: "Search and Rescue"

PREACHER: Everyone Dies In The New Promo & Photos For The Series Finale: "End Of The World"

PREACHER: The Apocalypse Is Nearly Upon Us In The New Promo & Photos For Season 4, Episode 9: "Overture"

PREACHER: Jesse Custer Takes God's Place In The New Promo & Photos For Season 4, Episode 7: "Messiahs"

PREACHER: The Apocalypse Is Underway In New Promo & Photos For Season 4, Episode 6: "The Lost Apostle"

PREACHER: The Messiah Robs A Bank In The New Promo & Photos From Season 4, Episode 5: "Bleak City"

PREACHER: Pop Goes The Weasel In The New Promo & Photos From Season 4, Episode 4: "Search and Rescue"

PREACHER: The Saint of Killers Hunts Down Jesse Custer In The New Promo For Season 4, Episode 3: "Deviant"

PREACHER: Everything Goes To Hell In The Fiery Official Comic-Con Trailer For Season Four

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SDCC: Check Out New Banners For PREACHER Season 4, THE WALKING DEAD Season 10 And More

PREACHER: Jesse, Tulip And Cassidy Return In First Official Stills From The Final Season

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