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No PREACHER For HBO!!


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Mark Steven Johnson (“Daredevil”), who was developing the comic-book series “Preacher” as a series for HBO, tells Comics Continuum the project is not going forward:

"We were budgeting and everything and it was getting really close to going," Johnson told The Continuum. "But the new head of HBO felt it was just too dark and too violent and too controversial. Which, of course, is kind of the point!”

For those unfamiliar, Preacher is a DC/Vertigo comic book series about a clergyman who becomes possessed by an angel-demon creature with God-like powers. Read the Wikipedia entry here.

Find all of Comics Continuum’s story on the matter here.




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BULLSHIT
by FuckMichaelBay
Aug 29th, 2008
12:20:51 PM
No subscriber for HBO...
by MisterE
Aug 29th, 2008
12:21:10 PM
When is the Ferrell/McKay Show airing?
by FuckMichaelBay
Aug 29th, 2008
12:22:01 PM
Bring on THE WALKING DEAD...
by Karl Childers
Aug 29th, 2008
12:22:59 PM
Too dark? What about TrueBlood?
by DrafthouseSF
Aug 29th, 2008
12:24:52 PM
Thank god
by shitstorm23
Aug 29th, 2008
12:29:44 PM
Look, I'm as late to the party as the next guy...
by Squashua
Aug 29th, 2008
12:30:49 PM
I second THE WALKING DEAD...
by TrumpyEatsPotatoes
Aug 29th, 2008
12:33:08 PM
WAS THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE TOO CONTROVERSIAL ASSHOLE
by Guy Who Got A Headache And Accidentally Saves The World
Aug 29th, 2008
12:33:57 PM
Ring Ring ...hello Showtime?
by Xiphos_2
Aug 29th, 2008
12:36:18 PM
Took you two days to report that
by OBSD
Aug 29th, 2008
12:36:53 PM
Had any of the main players been cast?
by James_O'Nasty
Aug 29th, 2008
12:40:30 PM
Too dark and violent?
by HoboCode
Aug 29th, 2008
12:41:47 PM
No Preacher? Fuck.
by Otter
Aug 29th, 2008
12:43:03 PM
HBO will suffer under its new head of programming.
by wowsah156
Aug 29th, 2008
12:43:24 PM
Instead, Saint of Killers will appear on Entourage.
by C.K. Lamoo
Aug 29th, 2008
12:44:06 PM
Good
by SamBlackChvrch21
Aug 29th, 2008
12:47:36 PM
Well, at least I know
by chiefpapa
Aug 29th, 2008
12:51:06 PM
Very depressing news.
by TomHooligan
Aug 29th, 2008
12:51:32 PM
Whatever happened to "A Song of Ice and Fire?"
by Abin Sur
Aug 29th, 2008
12:54:45 PM
New Head of HBO = Fucking Idiot
by fiester
Aug 29th, 2008
12:57:30 PM
TrueBlood sucks
by fiester
Aug 29th, 2008
01:01:53 PM
I don't get the Coaxial side of the page at all
by OBSD
Aug 29th, 2008
01:07:10 PM
Too bad, but then again...
by BigCZee
Aug 29th, 2008
01:08:33 PM
SOME COMICS SHOULD ONLY BE COMICS!
by Redfive!
Aug 29th, 2008
01:11:18 PM
too dark and controversial?
by DatoMan413
Aug 29th, 2008
01:12:59 PM
AND FUCK NO TO WALKING DEAD.
by Redfive!
Aug 29th, 2008
01:14:52 PM

by lovecraftian
Aug 29th, 2008
01:20:09 PM
WTF?
by lovecraftian
Aug 29th, 2008
01:21:40 PM
CARNIVALE & EPITAFIOS
by karmakitten13
Aug 29th, 2008
01:30:48 PM
Could never be as good as the comic
by TOASTERslayer
Aug 29th, 2008
01:31:13 PM
HBO + Preacher = POTENTIALLY GOOD
by Mosquito March
Aug 29th, 2008
01:31:40 PM
Too Good To Be True
by Johnny Storm
Aug 29th, 2008
01:38:27 PM
New Head of HBO = Moron
by ls420
Aug 29th, 2008
01:41:38 PM
"Song of Ice and Fire"
by WerePlatypus
Aug 29th, 2008
01:47:02 PM
Dodged a bullet if you ask me
by drewlicious
Aug 29th, 2008
01:50:05 PM
Too Controversial?
by candafilm
Aug 29th, 2008
01:50:14 PM
More room for GRR Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire
by Subversive01057
Aug 29th, 2008
01:55:30 PM
OBSD
by Katie Geek
Aug 29th, 2008
01:56:56 PM
Fuckin' Preachers
by Al Swearengen
Aug 29th, 2008
02:01:26 PM
No surprise here. Sub to Showtime if you want good programing
by GreatCzarsGhost
Aug 29th, 2008
02:05:42 PM
After the ass fucking that LOTR got
by johnnyangel
Aug 29th, 2008
02:12:52 PM
Vampires Are The New Gays?
by TroutMaskReplicant
Aug 29th, 2008
02:16:04 PM
Truman Capote wouldn't hang out at AICN
by johnnyangel
Aug 29th, 2008
02:21:40 PM
Fables...
by maxtrix
Aug 29th, 2008
02:34:46 PM
I'll tell you what's fuckin' gay...
by Al Swearengen
Aug 29th, 2008
02:37:47 PM
Al Swearengen
by johnnyangel
Aug 29th, 2008
02:38:49 PM
Fuckin' johnnyangel
by Al Swearengen
Aug 29th, 2008
02:44:11 PM
Sorry Al
by johnnyangel
Aug 29th, 2008
02:48:15 PM
Too dark for HBO?
by aversiontherapy2
Aug 29th, 2008
02:49:19 PM
Wasn't the animated Spawn on HBO?
by Kevin Holsinger
Aug 29th, 2008
02:51:19 PM
Captain Justice
by Paul Bucciarelli
Aug 29th, 2008
02:51:35 PM
Fuckin' johnnyangel
by Al Swearengen
Aug 29th, 2008
02:56:30 PM
Hey Al
by toshiro-solo
Aug 29th, 2008
03:21:31 PM
Fuck
by IForgotAbout19
Aug 29th, 2008
03:28:05 PM
Ahem
by IForgotAbout19
Aug 29th, 2008
03:29:02 PM
Fuckin' toshiro-solo
by Al Swearengen
Aug 29th, 2008
03:40:38 PM
"My Cock Is In The Bitches Mouth ...
by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLo rd
Aug 29th, 2008
03:43:28 PM
That should read "bitch's"
by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLo rd
Aug 29th, 2008
03:44:46 PM
HBO is dead.
by Luscious.868
Aug 29th, 2008
03:50:51 PM
Not enough gun
by Justafan_uk
Aug 29th, 2008
03:51:03 PM
Look elsewhere.
by mrfan
Aug 29th, 2008
03:54:07 PM
RE: Not enough gun
by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLo rd
Aug 29th, 2008
03:56:16 PM
And To Continue
by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLo rd
Aug 29th, 2008
03:59:05 PM
Or Misspell.
by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLo rd
Aug 29th, 2008
04:02:26 PM
"I would vomit."
by FatherMcGruderKicksAssForTheLo rd
Aug 29th, 2008
04:05:27 PM
HBO blows cock
by palewook
Aug 29th, 2008
04:27:58 PM
HBO is probably gonna start to suck now
by crazybubba
Aug 29th, 2008
05:13:20 PM
What might be my favorite single page of a comic book ever
by toshiro-solo
Aug 29th, 2008
05:16:28 PM
You don't win by playing safe.
by Damien Chowder
Aug 29th, 2008
05:21:54 PM
What do people think about Jeremiah?
by crazybubba
Aug 29th, 2008
05:29:15 PM
Mark Steven Johnson sucks
by crazybubba
Aug 29th, 2008
05:44:33 PM
Unbelievable
by Macstone
Aug 29th, 2008
06:25:23 PM
I agree with HBO
by Rue The Day
Aug 29th, 2008
08:20:46 PM
P.S.
by Rue The Day
Aug 29th, 2008
08:28:25 PM
MSJ, we see through your ruse
by Bartleby T. Scrivener
Aug 29th, 2008
08:31:21 PM
P.P.S Showtime Rocks
by Rue The Day
Aug 29th, 2008
08:32:14 PM
sounds kind of cool
by palooka_boy
Aug 29th, 2008
08:52:08 PM
HBO you fucking cowards
by ElvisPresLeeHorsleyHarveyOswal dOprahWinFreeJackHorkheimer
Aug 29th, 2008
09:12:32 PM
HBO= Hide Balls Outtasight
by irrelevntelefant
Aug 29th, 2008
09:18:50 PM
Tru Blood is a ripoff of "Bite Club" comic
by irrelevntelefant
Aug 29th, 2008
09:19:32 PM
HBO= XM, Showtime = Sirius
by irrelevntelefant
Aug 29th, 2008
09:22:12 PM
It's not TV... it's risk free TV (HBO)
by irrelevntelefant
Aug 29th, 2008
09:28:15 PM
Hey HBO, Archie and the Gang is available to adapt!
by irrelevntelefant
Aug 29th, 2008
09:30:01 PM
too dark and too violent and too controversial
by Alonzo Mosely
Aug 29th, 2008
10:18:07 PM
We must rise up
by Alientoast
Aug 29th, 2008
10:35:28 PM
Dexter Season 2 was absolute shit....
by TheWaqman
Aug 30th, 2008
01:17:37 AM
Pussies
by loki965
Aug 30th, 2008
02:49:14 AM
I'm sorry...
by Sidius
Aug 30th, 2008
04:11:06 AM
HBO is Right
by Crow3711
Aug 30th, 2008
08:13:06 AM
Watchmen should have been on HBO
by teethgnasher
Aug 30th, 2008
08:38:06 AM
Geez I thought AICN just didnt care about this
by DOGSOUP
Aug 30th, 2008
09:59:24 AM
I just love how people
by Paul Bucciarelli
Aug 30th, 2008
10:04:01 AM
WHOA.... "Too Dark, too violent, too controversial" for HBO????
by scrivener
Aug 30th, 2008
11:41:16 AM
Paul Bucciarelli in the age of google
by palewook
Aug 30th, 2008
11:54:22 AM
palewook
by Paul Bucciarelli
Aug 30th, 2008
12:05:59 PM
This new head of HBO is an idiot then
by fassbinder79
Aug 30th, 2008
12:15:00 PM
This May be all for the best
by ChocolateJesusMan
Aug 30th, 2008
04:27:52 PM
Good news
by FastEddie8139
Aug 30th, 2008
06:51:28 PM
Fuck HBO
by Batou
Aug 30th, 2008
10:32:45 PM
Maybe HBO execs just finally got around to...
by TVguy4566
Aug 30th, 2008
10:42:01 PM
Fuck Yeah!
by Knuckleduster
Aug 31st, 2008
07:16:01 AM
TV Executives are mostly Pussies
by Russman
Aug 31st, 2008
08:12:29 AM
Doesn't surprise me
by Spaceghost116
Aug 31st, 2008
10:39:49 AM
In a few years, we won't be talking about...
by chaplinatemyshoe
Aug 31st, 2008
04:42:04 PM
not necessarily "cast" but...
by grendel824
Aug 31st, 2008
06:27:05 PM
Captain Justice
by Paul Bucciarelli
Aug 31st, 2008
07:34:13 PM
maybe the head of HBO saw "Ghost Rider"
by troutpencil
Aug 31st, 2008
07:50:31 PM
credit to MSJ
by oisin5199
Aug 31st, 2008
09:18:26 PM
Katie Sackhoff as Tulip!!
by oisin5199
Aug 31st, 2008
09:18:54 PM
Great news for Preacher fans
by phool2056
Sep 1st, 2008
12:34:01 AM
Jill Wagner...
by 11dayempire
Sep 1st, 2008
02:53:22 AM
Wagner
by oisin5199
Sep 1st, 2008
12:51:50 PM
Cassidy...
by 11dayempire
Sep 1st, 2008
04:39:28 PM
Preacher sucks... baaaalls...
by Psycho_Kenshin
Sep 1st, 2008
04:40:50 PM
Captain Justice
by Paul Bucciarelli
Sep 1st, 2008
07:09:25 PM
Jeesus.
by Thall_Joben
Sep 2nd, 2008
01:43:26 PM

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