For a while it seemed like it would take nothing short of a miracle, or else an incredibly bloody divine intervention, to get Preacher adapted to live action. Whilst not quite on the level of crossover, mainstream hits as Watchmen, Garth Ennis and Steve Dillons comic series is a cult classic, a foul-mouthed slice of Southern Gothic read by people who dont usually go near funnybooks. It helped that Preacher was a comic book for adults in all ways. It explored themes of belief, religion, race and family in the contemporary United States. It also had a lot of swearing, gory deaths, disturbing inbred rednecks and occasional sexy bits. Preacher is Ennis and Dillons masterwork, and amongst the best DCs mature readers Vertigo line published. Running from 1995 to 2000, Preacher has been considered for some form of adaptation - on either the big or small screen - almost since it started, with Ennis himself shopping around what he thought was a bankable high concept premise. Despite several promising attempts, however, they all turned out to be false starts. Until now, that is. Early last year a pilot was ordered for a TV adaptation at last, with a full first season confirmed soon after. The show is now, finally, filming, with information slowly coming out about how close it sticks to the source material, whos playing who, and whether Arse-Face will appear. Heres everything we know about Preacher so far...
Tom Baker is the Comics Editor at WhatCulture! He's heard all the Doctor Who jokes, but not many about Randall and Hopkirk. He also blogs at http://communibearsilostate.wordpress.com/
