AMC's Preacher (comic adaptation)

[F4U57]

Fuck. YES!

This has been in the works for years, and it looks like they've done Garth Ennis' work much justice.

I have no doubt this will kick ass!

 

[@M]

I read several of the Preacher TPBs a few years back, and it was pretty good stuff, so, I imagine it should also make a good show. I'd bet that AMC is trying to replicate their success with The Walking Dead with this.

 

[Rot]

I read these a while back... and along with the Sandman series... they were amongst my favs in recent times...

...I'll give it a good old college try

xROTx

 

[famicommander]

DC/Vertigo is going nuts with comic TV shows.

Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, iZombie, Gotham, Preacher, Lucifer, Legends of Tomorrow... and those are just the ones already ordered to series. In development there is also Titans, Scalped, DMZ, Krypton, Static Shock, #4Hero (Dial H), Amped, Powerless, Red, Y: the Last Man, etc.

And Marvel has Daredevil, Agents of SHIELD, Jessica Jones, Powers, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Agent Carter, and the Defenders already ordered with Most Wanted, Hellfire (X-Men), Damage Control, Empire of the Dead, and Legion (X-Men) in development.

I love it.

 

[Yagyu Jubei]

DC/Vertigo is going nuts with comic TV shows.

Flash, Arrow, Supergirl, iZombie, Gotham, Preacher, Lucifer, Legends of Tomorrow... and those are just the ones already ordered to series. In development there is also Titans, Scalped, DMZ, Krypton, Static Shock, #4Hero (Dial H), Amped, Powerless, Red, Y: the Last Man, etc.

And Marvel has Daredevil, Agents of SHIELD, Jessica Jones, Powers, Luke Cage, Iron Fist, Agent Carter, and the Defenders already ordered with Most Wanted, Hellfire (X-Men), Damage Control, Empire of the Dead, and Legion (X-Men) in development.

I love it.

Too bad I dumped all my comics before the MCU started. Shoulda kept them a bit longer...

 

[evil wasabi]

This is exciting. I like preacher. I also hope that sandman is never made into a tv show.

 

[WupWuh]

I guess I'll be that prick that says he likes the comics and doesn't have much faith that AMC will do the adaptation any justice. Only time will tell.

 

[evil wasabi]

I guess I'll be that prick that says he likes the comics and doesn't have much faith that AMC will do the adaptation any justice. Only time will tell.

They definitely took a bit of liberty on Walking Dead, which was their only baby (madmen was owned by HBO, and Breaking Bad was owned by Sony). So as long as AMC is involved, expect them to start strong and then enter sustainability mode, firing the director and replacing him/her with something cheap and visionless.

 

[roker]

read the first volume and nearly fell asleep

/pass

 

[famicommander]

I guess I'll be that prick that says he likes the comics and doesn't have much faith that AMC will do the adaptation any justice. Only time will tell.

iZombie is an extremely loose adaptation of the Vertigo comic, but it still turned out to be an excellent show that retains much of the original comic's essence if not its exact details. I'm coming into it with an open mind, at least. There's no way it could be worse than Gotham, at least.

 

[SouthtownKid]

There's no way it could be worse than Gotham, at least.

Well, there wasn't until you said that. Thanks a heap.

 

[FinalbossNYC]

This is exciting. I like preacher. I also hope that sandman is never made into a tv show.

I don't think we have to worry Neil Gaiman cares about Sandman. He did a TV Mini series on the BBC in the late nineties called Neverwhere its not hard to find, or wasn't a few years ago.

They definitely took a bit of liberty on Walking Dead, which was their only baby (madmen was owned by HBO, and Breaking Bad was owned by Sony). So as long as AMC is involved, expect them to start strong and then enter sustainability mode, firing the director and replacing him/her with something cheap and visionless.

The liberties i believe were all Kirkmans doing as far as story changes he didnt want the Book readers to be un-surprised, that said I watched the first season and never went back it wasn't bad but I like comics and books more than TV, ill marathon it 2 years after its over. Im lil sad to see he cashed in on a "prequel" series thou.