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Updated at 8:09 am: More news about the PREACHER film....
At 0809 hours (Cool Standard Time) I got this extra bit about PREACHER:
I don't know if you got this already, but I was taking a look at the latest
Variety, and there's a big Storm Entertainment ad with the Preacher movie as
the
first project noted as "in pre-production". Kevin Smith is the executive
producer, Rachel Talalay is listed as director, and it says that the casting
will be announced prior to MIFED 98 - that I believe is at the beggining of
november. So, stay tuned.
Mr Wayne
Hey folks, looks like we got schamore info on that there PREACHER flickaroonie. So read on and enjoy!
According to the Call me the Mad Hatter I've dropped you some info in the past under various pseudonyms, notably as *If you use any of this please edit out my source!* Needless to say when I told her about the Preacher movie casting your spy
Smith has agreed to produce, I repeat, PRODUCE, the upcoming Preacher
movie. This next bit takes issue with the previous post about PREACHER. Claiming it's a buncha hooie. I'm looking into it....
"Flint Locke" right after the San Diego Comic Con. I do some occasional
work in the comic industry, and when I saw your posting on Preacher, I gave
a call to a friend at Warners.
mentioned, she burst out laughing (especially the Sam Jackson thing).
Apparently it's a lot of bullshit and/or wishful thinking, considering the
very real possibility that the movie may never even get made. Ennis has
finished a recent draft of the screenplay and she said it reads okay, though
not as good as the book (some of it's pretty loose -- "movified" she called
it). It still contains enough religious controversy to potentially keep it
from getting off the ground. She seemed to think it would take a serious
amount of interest by an actor and a lot of backing by Warners. Right now
there's not a lot of buzz on it, especially given the onslaught of
religion-based projects upcoming or in the works, and the situation at
Warners (cruddy movies, the Superman debacle). On top of that, the movie is
still only an option -- Ennis could sell off the rights if the interest and
the money was there (true he said he never would do that but I bet say, a
cool million, is a considerable incentive). To bottom line it, there is
currently no budget and no casting, anything you see is merely conjecture.
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Kevin Smith says it's ture, although in a rather indirect way.
Here's the link...
http://www.viewaskew.com/newboard/messages22/176.html
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I've haven't heard anything about this one. What's the general plot?
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In a nutshell:
Ok, an angel and a demon get it on in secret. The resulting offspring is a creature called Genesis, which has power rivaling God's. Genesis is held in containment by the Angel in heaven till it escapes. Genesis, having no will of it's own, joins with a dissillusioned southern minister named Jesse Custer (The Preacher). The process of the joining makes a big BOOM and kills his entire congregation, so he goes off wondering, trying to figure out what happened. It turns out that Genesis has empowered him with the word of God. He tells you to do something, you do it. Period.
Meantime, the Angels discover that Genesis had bonded with Custer, but don't know what to do. Unfortunetly, God has gone on vacation, so they unearth a guy called the Saint of Killers (his name pretty much says it all) to kills Custer and Genesis.
Back on earth, Custer decides he needs to find God in order to tell him to get his ass back to work. He is joined by his ex-girlfriend Tulip, whomeis trying to start a new career as an assasin, and a hard drinking Irish vampire named Cassidy.
There, that help?
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Given the stench coming from the Sandman project let's hope the last report is right and Preacher never gets off the ground, at least as long as Warner is, well, Warner. Of course if Kevin is attached as producer, and he can wrest control away from the usual drooling idiots at WB...
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Why does everyone act like this is set at Warners? Unless I've missed something, there has been no major studio announced, especially since it's in it's current status as only an option. Sure, Preacher is published by DC, but Ennis and Dillon (the artist) own the characters entirely, and since Smith has a first look contract with Mirimax, I don't think it's firmly set at Warners, bastards that they are.
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all right. kevin smith as producer. sounds good. the director of crap piles such as tank girl, ghost in the machine and freddys dead...sounds like id rather pay a full price ticket to go see "apt pupil" again. and warners? how bad are they?!? goddamn, this is getting annoying. there could be so many good movies made, if only they would shop around to studios OTHER than WARNER. really. (and this new registration thing pisses me off)
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