Preacher TV series now definite

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This could be good or awful.

http://tinyurl.com/njp76an

Any bets?

Comments

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

I suppose AMC need something else otherwise they're just going to become 'The Walking Dead Channel', but, yeah, not sure Preacher will be it.

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It will not go down well with the Fundies, I suspect.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

They're already gearing up about Lucifer on Fox.

Which, I suspect will last for 4 episodes before being cancelled, because, fox.

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Also because it doesn't look like it'll be very good.

[gonzo21.livejournal.com]

Did you see the pilot that was leaked? I was actually quite impressed, I enjoyed it more than I thought it would.

[pauldormer.livejournal.com]

There's a character in it called "Arseface"!

I remember seeing Ruth Negga as Ophelia in Hamlet at the National Theatre.

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Yes, it's pretty much what the character looks like due to excess stupidity and a shotgun.

[beer-good-foamy.livejournal.com]

Any Preacher adaptation that doesn't cast JK Simmons as Herr Starr is always going to be inferior to what it might have been.

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No argument here, he looks perfect for the role.

[jeriendhal.livejournal.com]

Even AMC is going to have to tone it down compared to the comics. I vote "awful."

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And you may well be right. We'll see...

[chuk-g.livejournal.com]

I saw a still somewhere of Gilgun as Cassidy and other than not being a redhead he quite looked the part. I like him and Ruth Negga -- I really do wonder how they'll do some of the scenes for TV, also I think I read that they were adding some characters which is probably bad...

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More characters? Why???

The general level of swearing, extreme violence, sacrilege, sex, etc. are going to be a BIG problem, I'll be interested to see how they handle it.