Your prayers have been heard! AMC has announced they are officially adapting Garth Ennis' hit Vertigo comic Preacher, to be produced by Seth Rogen, his writing partner Evan Goldberg, and former Breaking Bad producer Sam Catlin. Finally.
Following the phenomenal success of The Walking Dead, it makes perfect sense that AMC would want to add more shows based on hit, mature comic book series — the only question is why AMC didn't greenlight Preacher sooner. But now that they have, there are so many questions: Will Rogen and Goldberg try to make it too funny, or are they going to be as true to the original as possible? How blasphemous will AMC let the show be? (Because the comic is sooooo blasphemous.) Will Catlin be the showrunner, and if so, could there possibly be someone better for the job than a guy who was responsible for Breaking Bad?
Time will answer these questions, but I do feel pretty confident that Rogen and Goldberg want to do Preacher right. Here's their official statement, courtesy of Hitfix:
"This is amazing!" Rogen and Goldberg said in a statement. "We've tried for seven years to work on Preacher and we're so psyched AMC is finally letting us. It is our favorite comic of all time, and we're going to do everything we can to do it right. Humperdoo!"
If you've read the comic, you'll know what "Humperdoo" means. If not, just be assured they're definitely fans of the comic.
onlinecollegedegreee.blogspot.com The Preacher TV series is officially on its way