Been awhile since we had an update on the adaptation of the "Preacher" comic book but "iamRouge" recently had an interview with director D.J. Caruso (The Salton Sea). Caruso reports that while Preacher is still in development, it's definitely on the back burner for now. Caruso is currently working in conjunction with Sony trying to get the action film Invertigo off the ground. (Was that a semi-pun? I'm not sure).
Although comic book adaptations are all the rage and have been now for almost a decade and a half, "Preacher" is out there even by comic book standards:
Preacher tells the story of Jesse Custer, a preacher in the small Texas town of Annville. Custer was accidentally possessed by the supernatural creature named Genesis in an incident which killed his entire congregation and flattened his church.
Genesis, the product of the unauthorized, unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon, is an infant with no sense of individual will. However, as it is composed of both pure goodness and pure evil, it might have enough power to rival that of God Himself. In other words, Jesse Custer, bonded to Genesis, may have become the most powerful being in the whole of living existence.
Custer, driven by a strong sense of right and wrong, goes on a journey across the United States attempting to (literally) find God, who abandoned Heaven the moment Genesis was born. He also begins to discover the truth about his new powers. They allow him, when he wills it, to command the obedience of those who hear and comprehend his words. He is joined by his old girlfriend Tulip O'Hare, as well as a hard-drinking Irish vampire named Cassidy.
During the course of their journeys, the three encounter enemies and obstacles both sacred and profane, including: the Saint of Killers, an invincible, quick-drawing, perfect-aiming, come-lately Angel of Death answering only to "He who sits on the throne"; a disfigured suicide attempt survivor turned rock-star named Arseface; a serial-killer called the 'Reaver-Cleaver'; The Grail, a secret organization controlling the governments of the world and protecting the bloodline of Jesus; Herr Starr, ostensible Allfather of the Grail, a megalomaniac with a penchant for prostitutes, who wishes to use Custer for his own ends; several fallen angels; and Jesse's own redneck 'family' — particularly his nasty Cajun grandmother, her mighty bodyguard Jody, and the 'animal-loving' T.C.
Now to me this sounds all kinds of awesome. It has a certain amount of kookiness and violence mixed in with the right amount of the supernatural. And the Holy Grail?? Sold. However, I tend to agree with Joblo.com writer Nikki Stephens in that this seems more suited for television--FX or Showtime maybe.
Not sure where this movie is going but I wouldn't look for "Preacher" to hit the big or small screen any time soon.
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