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November 29th, 2006 · No Comments

HBO brings ‘Preacher’ to small screen

The pay cable network is developing a one-hour series based on the popular Vertigo comics series.

"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.

Preacher is awesome. And so is HBO. So I’m thinking, yeah, this could work out.

And then I see this:

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 also wrote "Grumpier Old Men," which Deutch directed.

And suddenly, I’m not so excited anymore.

But I’ll pray for it. And who knows, we might get a miracle.

 

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