Preacher

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Oh my gosh - I heard about this at least 5 years ago! They'd originally wanted James Marsden for the role of the Preacher but that didn't work out. I'm thrilled they're finally going to make it either way though! I've been waiting so, so long for it. I swear, I thought the idea had been scrapped. I can't remember the last time I was this happy to be wrong about a movie :lol:
 
I read about this on Empire Online the other day! In fact...



I'd never heard of this before, but the graphic novel sounds really interesting, so I'd quite like to read it! I'm kinda looking forward to the movie already, just because the current vogue for graphic novels to film adaptations have been amazing.
 
It's a great time to be a comic/graphic novel! Hehe. I don't know anything about this series, but it sounds like it's good. Thanks for the thread. :)
 
From Comics Continuum

Sam Mendes has been tapped to direct a Preacher movie for Columbia Pictures.

The property, based on Garth Ennis' and Steve Dillon's Vertigo comics series, had been in development in the past year as a television series at HBO with Mark Steven Johnson, the writer/director of Ghost Rider and Daredevil. But the project fell through.

Now, it will be developed as a feature film. Original Films' Neal Moritz is producing with Kickstart Prods.' Jason Netter; the pair is also developing Ennis' The Boys at Columbia.

Netter has developed numerous comic-book properties, including last summer's Wanted movie and the upcoming Wolverine and the X-Men animated series on Nicktoons.

"We have wanted to adapt Preacher for a long time," Netter told The Continuum. "We are so excited to be working with Sam Mendes and Neal Moritz on this film. The fans can be assured that Garth and Steve's genius property is in great hands."

Mendes, 43, won an Academy Award for 1999's American Beauty. He also directed the comics-inspired The Road to Perdition.
 
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