Columbia Pictures has acquired the rights to adapt a big screen version of Preacher from the 1990s DC/Vertigo comic series reports THR. Currently there is no writer on board, however the studio has tapped Sam Mendes (American Beauty, Road to Perdition, Revolutionary Road) to helm the project.
“Created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, Preacher, which ran from 1995-2000, told the story of a down-and-out Texas preacher possessed by Genesis, a supernatural entity conceived by the unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon. Given immense powers, the preacher teamed with an old girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire and set out on a journey across America to find God — who apparently had abandoned his duties in heaven — and hold him accountable for his negligence.”
Several attempts to transition the comic book character onto the screen have been attempted before this. An HBO one-hour series was launched by Howard Deutch and then dropped in past August because HBO claimed it was “too dark,” “too violent,” and “too controversial.” Kevin Smith’s View Askew also attempted a hand at Preacher that only reached the casting stage of development even with its reported $25 million budget. This time around, let’s hope Columbia gets it all the way through—the darker the better.
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