PREACHER: AMC Orders TV Pilot Episode based on Ennis & Dillon Comic

AMC orders Preacher Pilot Episode. The long gestation period of bringing Preacher to some screen, large or small, has finally ended. AMC has purchased a pilot TV show episode of the “Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon‘s comic series.” I would imagine the pilot episode will be an hour long and will air sometime in 2014.

On Preacher (the comic book):

Preacher tells the story of Jesse Custer, a preacher in the small Texas town of Annville. Custer was accidentally possessed by the supernatural creature named Genesis in an incident which killed his entire congregation and flattened his church.

Genesis, the product of the unauthorized, unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon, is an infant with no sense of individual will. However, as it is composed of both pure goodness and pure evil, it might have enough power to rival that of God Himself. In other words, Jesse Custer, bonded to Genesis, may have become the most powerful being in the whole of living existence.

Custer, driven by a strong sense of right and wrong, goes on a journey across the United States attempting to (literally) find God, who abandoned Heaven the moment Genesis was born. He also begins to discover the truth about his new powers. They allow him, when he wills it, to command the obedience of those who hear and comprehend his words. He is joined by his old girlfriend Tulip O’Hare, as well as a hard-drinking Irish vampire named Cassidy.

During the course of their journeys, the three encounter enemies and obstacles both sacred and profane, including: the Saint of Killers, an invincible, quick-drawing, perfect-aiming, come-lately Angel of Death answering only to “He who sits on the throne”; a disfigured suicide attempt survivor turned rock-star named Arseface; a serial-killer called the ‘Reaver-Cleaver’; The Grail, a secret organization controlling the governments of the world and protecting the bloodline of Jesus; Herr Starr, ostensible Allfather of the Grail, a megalomaniac with a penchant for prostitutes, who wishes to use Custer for his own ends; several fallen angels; and Jesse’s own redneck ‘family’ — particularly his nasty Cajun grandmother, her mighty bodyguard Jody, and the ‘animal-loving’ T.C.

Seth Rogen has insinuated that he is involved in the AMC project as well, tweeting:

Looks like about seven of years of hard work are about to pay off. I may get to bring one of my favourite stories ever to life.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) November 16, 2013

Then came:

Arseface. John Wayne, The Saint of Killers.

— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) November 17, 2013

This brings to mind the question of what tone Preacher will take in its TV incarnation. Lets hope its a serious one but with characters named Arseface, its hard to tell e.g. Zipperneck on The Tick animated TV show.

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