Preacher - coming to HBO!!!
 

From the Hollywood Reporter -

HBO has seen the light and is bringing "Preacher" to the small screen.

The pay cable network is developing a one-hour series based on the popular 1990s Vertigo comics series. Mark Steven Johnson, the writer-director behind comic adaptations "Daredevil" and the upcoming "Ghost Rider", is writing the pilot, while Howard Deutch is attached to direct. Johnson and Deutch will executive produce along with Michael De Luca, George Agusto, Chris Bender and JC Spink.

"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.

Damn.....I was gonna get rid of HBO after The Sopranos.

I'm so happy that this is finally happening. I was mortified when they said they were going to try to make one movie out of the entire series.

Looks like I may have to finally break down and subscribe to HBO now. There's no way I'm waiting on the DVDs for this one.

Just call and tell them your friend signed up recently and got a deal with free HBO and you want the same offer. They'll do it.

Really? Hmmm... It's worth a try.

I'd heard about a movie potentially coming out.
I'd rather a HBO series on this one than a movie anyday.

Wasn't Yun Fat Chow supposed to be in the movie?

It does seem potentially cool, except for the involvement of Mark Stephen Johnson, the fellow behind the not-very-good Daredevil and Elektra movies, and not-great looking Ghost Rider. I'd be interested to see this, but I'm not keeping my hopes too high.

Sam

Yeah, that keeps me a little on edge about this - but he is talking about doing slavishly faithful adaptations of the comics with guest directors for each episode.

The last I heard was just a few days ago too and was essentially the same thing, but they said that rachel Talalay had attached to direct. ???

Anyways, that's awesome. I've always said they needed to do it this way and from what I heard they are doing it right. 1 issue = 1 episode. That will work perfectly! This has always been my favorite comic series so I'm glad that it's getting done. I hope they get Garth Ennis involved though. It'd be the smart thing to do, kinda like Frank Miller & Sin City.

Well, here's hoping, right? I'm definitely interested to see it, either way. It's just a question of whether I'll stick around past a few episodes.

Sam

Holy crap! When is this going to be on HBO? The preacher is my fav. I'll be happy as long as they don't get anyone of the Baldwins to play the preacher!