Tons of us geeks just love the comic called THE PREACHER, and it looks like the script and the film is getting off the ground. This would be fairly friggin awesome if it were to get moving. As for the two allegedly up for the main dude... Hmmmmm, I'll have to sleep on it. I bet y'all have some suggestions. Well read away. Warning though, there are some SPOILERS below, so read at your own risk....
Harry I just wanted to tell you about a script I just covered, very cool, it sounds like your cup of tea. It's called PREACHER, and it is to be directed by Rachel Tallalay (TANK GIRL) and it is some seriously violent, fucked-up, crazy, otherworldly type shit.
It is about a guy named Jesse (the Preacher) who is stuck being the preacher in a bum-fuck crappy mid-Texas shithole town. (No offense Harry of course!) Meanwhile, up in Heaven, or in the "next world" or whatever, a Demon and an Angel get together and have sex (usually they fight, and don't fuck) and their child is called "Genesis". Anyway, Genesis decides to go to Earth and possess the body of a mortal man, and that combination will create a super-powerful being. I realize this probably sounds totally crazy, but bear with me please.
Anyway, some Angels up in heaven decide that they have to eliminate Genesis, so they reincarnate the spirit of the most brutal, violent killer the Old West has ever known (He's called 'THE SAINT OF KILLERS') and send him after the Preacher. Meanwhile, after Preacher gets possessed, he is able to speak "The Word Of God"--meaning he can tell anyone to do whatever he wants. I.e., if he tells someone "Pull down your pants and moon the traffic for 20 minutes", that person would have no choice but to do it.
Then Preacher gets teamed up with his old girlfriend named TULIP, who has just been rescued from a random gunfight by a friendly Irish guy named CASSIDY, who incidentally turns out to be a bloodsucking vampire. Also, Preacher is running away from his two evil stepbrothers who have been programmed by their psychotic grandmother to ensure the fate of Preacher.
Yes this totally sounds crazy--but I'll qualify it: The movie has a budget of $35 million, and the lead role of Preacher will be either Ben Affleck or Johnny Depp, The "Saint of Killers" role is supposed to be for Samuel Jackson, and the "Cassidy" friendly vampire role is already attached to Robert Carlysle, who as you know was awesome in FULL MONTY and TRAINSPOTTING.
This is a totally violent, nasty, fun-filled script, like FROM DUSK TILL DAWN but with much more of a gritty, well-written, and funny edge. Not just good guys against vampires, this is good guys against evil ghosts, angels, demons, vampires, and screwy inbred Texans. Anyway, it is cool and I'm sure you'll hear much about it in the future.
-hermster
