According to The Hollywood Reporter, HBO is developing Vertigo’s Preacher as a one-hour series — welcome news to fans who’ve seen previous attempts to adapt the comic go nowhere.
Mark Steven Johnson (Ghost Rider, Daredevil) will write the pilot, while Howard Deutch (Grumpier Old Men, Pretty in Pink) is set to direct. They’ll serve as executive producers, along with George Agusto, Chris Bender, Michael De Luca and JC Spink.
Preacher creators Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, and their representative Ken Levin, will be co-executive producers.
The article doesn’t mention a timeline for the series.
As The Hollywood Reporter notes, Preacher, which ran for 66 issues from 1995 to 2000, helped to define DC’s Vertigo imprint.
November 29th, 2006 at 9:41 am
YESSSSSSSSSSS!
November 29th, 2006 at 10:51 am
I might be forced to sign up for HBO now
November 29th, 2006 at 1:32 pm
Hmmm… Why is this in the “Movies” section? :p
November 29th, 2006 at 7:31 pm
I was pretty happy until Mark Steven Johnson’s name showed up. The director of “Grumpier Old Men” and “The Whole Ten Yards” doesn’t really thrill me, either.
But as long as Ennis and Dillon get tall dollars for a while, that’s really all that matters, I guess.
November 30th, 2006 at 4:19 am
“I was pretty happy until Mark Steven Johnson’s name showed up. The director of “Grumpier Old Men” and “The Whole Ten Yards” doesn’t really thrill me, either.”
I concur.