Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s Preacher is one of those tricky properties to properly adapt. Remain too faithful and you run the risk of creating a laughably absurd, tonally catastrophic mess. Venture too far away from the source material and you may alienate the very fan base you wish to please. Thankfully, producers Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg and showrunner Sam Catlin have hit that rare sweet spot, and though the pilot episode of AMC’s Preacher does recalibrate some of Ennis and Dillon’s basic plotting and setups, the essential spirit and characters of the graphic novel remain delightfully the same.
You didn’t think AMC would let The Walking Dead Season 6 fianle weekend go by without a sneak peek of its next big horror hit, did you? You best go see the Preacher, now that the AMC comic drama has a brand-new teaser trailer filled with new footage.
You might not know it by the solemn first trailer, but AMC’s long-awaited Preacher adaptation will bring plenty of weirdness and colorful characters with outlandish afflictions. Case in point, the first official photo of Eugene “Arseface” Root has arrived, a bit scaled down from the comics, but no less unseemly.
Preacher promotion will be heating up, now that we have an official premiere date and reviews coming out of SXSW, and already AMC has a new sacrificial offering. Go behind the scenes with Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg for a new look at the sinful comic-adapted drama!
VERY IMPORTANT: Waka Flocka Flame is recruiting a personal blunt roller to be by his side at all times.
THE GOOD NEWS: Anyone can enter, and this essential team member will be paid $50,000 a year.
THE BAD NEWS: Seth Rogen, celebrity and noted stoner, has thrown his name into the mix, so he's obviously the frontrunner, because then they could film a documentary about it and make money off this bril
Kim Jong-un's North Korean government has officially denounced Seth Rogen and James Franco's The Interview, calling it an "act of war" and promising "merciless" retaliation against the US if the movie is released.
“The act of making and screening such a movie that portrays an attack on our top leadership… is a most wanton act of terror and act of war, and is absolutely intolera
Seth Rogen and his best bud James Franco team up as a news anchor-producer duo in the new comedy The Interview, which revolves around a plot to assassinate real-life North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un. And now the Supreme Leader himself has condemned the movie...