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Our spy DE SICA reports in from Milano on the state of PREACHER.
FATHER GEEK here passing along this story from our Italian spy De Sica. Sounds way cooool! I just hope it doesn't bog down in over development Hell... Here's the report as it came to Geek Headquarters in Austin today...
Oi.
I didn't seem to be able to find
anything about the upcoming Preacher movie, so I just wanted to give you my
lowdown on it.
Source: Official leaflet and spec papers from Storm Entertainment, as freely
handed out at the MIFED film market held in Milano last week.
Summary: Hey, there's people working on the pre-production of a Preacher
movie! Yes, the gigacool comics one! It's true! Quite, anyway.
Bits of news (got the papers to back it up in my office)
Director (confirmed) - Rachel Talalay (Tank Girl)
Cast :
Preacher: Johnny Depp
Cass: Robert Carlyle
Saint of killers: Jean Reno
Script: Ennis! Yeah, the original scripter himself! God be blessed!
Story: Focused on the story beginning and apparently open-ended. The
Preacher gets the Word, he's pursued by the redneck sheriff and the Saint of
Killers, escapes them, meets his family from the Bible Belt's buckle and
readies himself to battle Grandma.
Production: Storm Entertainment (the guys of the lesser Nightmare movies.
Sigh)
Status: Way pre. I'd guess they're desperately trying to find the money to
do it. It looked like their focal product at the MIFED anyway.
What exists that I now have: A 4 pages colour leaflet trying to summarize what the hell
the Preacher (comics) is about. A 25 something pages spec paper including a
script summary, several Carlyle/Depp press cuts, a Talalay bio, a series
synopsis for the comics and various bits and pieces of pre-production info.
No, I haven't spoken personally with anybody from Storm. I just bagged the stuff along
with tons of other docs thanks to my press access here in Milano.
Scream if you need more.
Keep up the great work.
De Sica
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TANK GIRL was a dry turd. Truly an unhip movie shot by someone who probably watches her nephews to try to be "cool and current". Tlalay's "contribution" to the nightmare series is the most turgid and unwatchable crap. As for the casting... bullshit. No one of the caliber mention would be associated with a director like that in a project this obscure.
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Strange as it sounds I can see Reno doing this....he could work although he wouldn't be my fist choice. The other thing of interest is how suddenly Depp,Carlyle and Reno are high calibre stars....did I miss some movies...did these guys have some huge hits I didn't notice. Depp has always avoided the traditional leading man roles and Jesse Custer would be his type of anti-hero (Depp is a star despite himself and his lack of huge grossing films mainly due to his talent and presence). Carlyle has one suprise success, a nice support role in Trainspotting and a Bond Villan to his name. Reno has been a bad guy in a few American films and is well known in Europe but is not exactly a household name. These guys are good actors and solid B-list talent (in box-office terms) all of whom have shown a liking for quirky projects which frankly is what Preacher is. Oh, and if anyone thinks I'm a fanboy having a wet dream about a dream cast, I HATE THE COMIC, It bores me but it may actually work better as a film so I'm willing to watch it if it does get made.
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Huh? We all know that Garth Ennis wrote a Preacher script like an age ago (who else could?). So Depp is on the "stars-that-could-make-this-a-real-movie list"? Yeah, award for useless information goes to you. I'd wager Sean Penn would make a better PREACHER. That mean he's close to doing it? Fuck no.
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I know this is totally off the subject but how many people out there actually like Mall Rats? I mean it's usually used as an example of Kevin Smith's worst film and as a bad film generally but I personally found it extremely hilarious. Anyone out there who hates it just needs to get some kind of a humour transplant or something. So I'd like to know but please remember - Excitement? Adventure? A Jedi craves not these things.
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Now IGGY POP! There is a FIVE STAR choice for the Saint of Killers! Still, I hope that this report isn't bogus. Jesse Custer is one of the hardest characters to cast that i can think of. There are numerous quality choices for Cassiddy or Tulip, but Jesse himself...well, I think Depp comes as close as anyone. I like the Sean Penn thought but he's just a bit too aged. I trust Ennis to put out a quality script. I don't know mucha bout the director, but I wish people would stop harping on Tank Girl. It is just ONE (horrendously bad) MOVIE. Any time a studio is involved and the director has NO CLOUT their influence is going to be mitigated. I mean,c an you imagine trying to explain things to studio execs about TANK GIRL? Who knows what here intentions were. She is not hereby doomed to suckdom forevermore. And as far as Ghost in the Machine, directors, just like actors, sometimes take projects just to pay the bills. Is Christopher Walken a BAD actor? How many shit films does he do a year? Lou Gosset Jr? An Oscar winner! What is he on, Iron Eagle Seven by now? My point is, cut the director some slack, and give the lady some room to work. She might suprise even we fanboys. Oh, and for the above poster who mused that we might see the end on film before we see it in the comic. Well ... besides the fact that the article makes clear that the film will only tell the beginning of the story, the comic will be ending in the next several months, and Ennis will be moving on the Marvel's Punisher (though he will be on both books concurrently for a few months). So, seems unlikely we'll get to see Jesse and God go at it on the big screen before we see it in the comic. Dang, sorry this got so long. I'm outie.
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That's the status on this one. The only rumour I've heard about this movie that was possibly even more fanboy was the one a couple months ago that had Bruce Campbell playing the lead as Preacher. Actually, that was even more likely than the aformentioned one. I'll believe it when it's in the theaters. Besides, I think most movie companies are going to hold off on comic adaptations for awhile now until they see how X-Men does. If that sucker bombs, don't expect to see very many more. Of course, that might not be a bad thing. http://www.almostcool.org
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I'm with the skeptics on this one, I'm afraid. Particularly since Ennis himself said, a few months back, I believe, that he wasn't actually interested in seeing Preacher done as a movie, because he didn't think they'd get it right. (Can't recall his exact words, but that was the gist of it.) Oh, and for those who are wondering, I believe the comic is slated to end in the next year or so. (I forget precisely when, but the last storyline, called 'Alamo', is apparently just around the corner.)
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It was not a movie! Who agrees that a live-action Preacher would be way cooler as, say, an HBO series? The series would not be restrained by a two-hour time limit and if it was a hit, we would be able to see the whole thing played out to the end. Like that would ever happen with a movie, because let's face it, as much as I, and so many others love Preacher, a movie would probably tank. And it would have nothing to do with casting. Quite frankly, I wouldn't really care about a live-action Preacher anyway until Herr Starr was in it.
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CSN reports that carlyle is no longer interested. i've heard rumors for quite a while that tulip's going to be either lauren holly or cameron diaz. preacher is ending with issue #66, by the way. Also, am I the only one here who thinks Jack Palance would make a perfect saint of killers?
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Where can I find Preacher Comics....any one?
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Hey, just had to comment on the Preacher movie. The cast sounds interesting, but any ideas on who's playing Tulip? Maybe Joey Adams from Chasing Amy? But it definitely sounds like it has lots of potential. Too bad Kevin Smith won't be doing it.
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Wesley, you need to go and re-watch "Chasing Amy" with your Closed Captions *on*. Chow Yun Fat wasn't the actor suggested to play Madman, Charlie Unfat(msp?) was.
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In Warren Ellis' Delphi forum (I do not have the link handy, but I know www.warrenellis.com has a pointer to it), he said that as of last week, when he last talked to Garth, there was no cast.
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Revelare, I'm pretty sure it WAS Chow Yun Fat whose name was dropped in Chasing Amy. Closed captioning isn't always terribly accurate. It seems more likely to me that someone screwed up than that Kevin Smith would reference
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Fucking Hell. Please, Jesus, never let this happen. It'll be a fucking travesty of the first Biblical order and forever tarnish the image of the best goddamn comic ever made.
There is no possible way to make this into a film. It's too raw, it's too over the top, it's too violent and it's too unique to turn over to any hack ass director, especially the one responsible for dry-fucking my beloved Tank Girl in the ass.
As much as I would love to see PREACHER come to life, as much as I would love to see Arseface spit his way into everyone's idea of disgusting, as much as I would love to see that total fucking badass The Saint of Killers stop a goddamn tank with his foot, THIS CAN NOT EVER HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!!!!
I love this book too much to see it chewed up and shit out by some hack's idea of "Artistic Vision" FUCK HIM! PREACHER is spelled out and as close to film as comics can get. If I were in charge, check this shit out, I'd film the first flick based on the first storyline and then get Robert Rodriguez to edit the son of a bitch. I'd leave nothing out and put nothing in, because as badly as I want get ahead in this business, there are some things you just fuck with and PREACHER is one of them.
As for all your fucked up, half assed suggestions for The Saint of Killers, there's only one actor who can play him and that's Lance Henrickson. Watch "Near Dark" and fucking tell me if I'm lying. Failing that, Kris Kristofferson.
For Jesse? I can't think of an actor alive who would make me happy, there's not an actor working today that could encompass Jesse's complete sensitivity and total ass whuppin', bad ass motherfucker attitude. There was once and John Wayne is dead. Speaking of John Wayne, THE GHOST/HALLUCINATION MUST STAY!!!!!!! Cassidy? Sure Robert Carlyle could do it, I like him. Tulip? That's a toughy. Herr Starr? Easy. Rutger Hauer, shave his head, get him on Slim-Fast and he's tailor made. For All-Father Daronique? HARRY KNOWLES!!!! Just kidding, he'd be CGI or some shit, either that recycle that fat ass vampire geek from BLADE.
Other than that, the story, the sttitude, the setting, the basic idea, HAS GOT TO STAY THE SAME!!!!! Other than that, it's just another fucked up comic flick that bears little or no resemblance to the subject material.
PREACHER rocks harder than just about anything I can think of. Nothing really comes close to what PREACHER has and it's the only comic I even bother to fuck with anymore. Please God, don't let them fuck it up. -
That casting is, at most, very loosely defined -- as in "Yeah, okay, might be cool." Once the picture is financed, negotiations start, which may change the shape of things completely. The only really set names are Talalay, Ennis, and Smith, two of whom have been on from an early stage.
Hell, you can have the picture cast, budgeted, boarded, and ready to start pre- and still have it turn into vapor and waft away. Been there, done that.
Ennis has cast big doubts on the prospects of a Preacher movie in the past few months, and he has good reason. -
Is this for real? I for one think a preacher film COULD be fantastic, its pretty much already a pulp-fiction-ish gritty black comedy action film on paper. But to become a good film it MUST be done correctly. What's the correct way to do it? Listen to Ennis every step of the way. He has to have the final word, or there shouldn't be a film. Last I eard he didn't want to turn it into a film. All this new info has me very excited (except that Tank Girl director, man that was an absolute shocker.) I like all the casting ideas, last time I checked it Ben Affleck was Jesse, Cameron Diaz was tulip, and Sly stallone was the Saint of Killers-wheee doggy that don't sound good. I like Johnny Depp, he's oddball enough to pull it off, Robert Carlile as Cassidey-yes, go Begbie. And Jean Reno as the Saint? Howdy Do, That would be great. I know I'm alone in saying this, but Jean Reno would be a beeeeaaautiful saint. Yes, he'd be very different from the comics, but c'mon, Victor the cleaner. Leon the...(well cleaner) he does the quiet focussed killer better than anyone else. If this is an untrue rumour I will find the author, and make his life a living hell, please oh lord, make this happen.
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I agree with the poster above/below... This would work Soooooo mush better as an HBO ongoing series... And as far as fanboy casting, I'm still holding out for Jason Patric as Jesse, Charlize Theron as Tulip, Tim Roth as Cassidy, Charles Dance as Starr, and Clancy Brown as The Saint... But then again, I post that everytime someone brings up the movie.
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