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Update on Preacher Movie - Sam Mendes Still Directing?
May 11, 2009
Source: MTV
by Alex Billington
Those of you who are fans of Vertigo's comic book Preacher know that there has been some good progress as of recent on an adaptation. Late last year it was announced that it was being adapted for Sam Mendes to eventually direct. And earlier this year, it was announced that John August was writing the script. When MTV got the chance to catch up with Mendes, they made sure to get an update on it. "[John's] doing pretty well. He's about halfway through [the screenplay]. There's a long way to go yet, but I'm very, very hopeful. I think it could be amazing." So, there's not much of an update yet, per se, but it's something.
"You have to try and get one really good and then, if you're lucky, you can make a second or a third." He's already talking about sequels? "You can create something that's going to run. But I think that there's certainly more than enough for one good movie and plenty left over." The fact that Mendes is even talking about Preacher might mean that that he's still attached. See, after the news hit last year that he was directing, he criticized the trades, said it was a premature announcement, and presumed to say he wasn't attached. Not good news, especially when in January he reiterated that he still wasn't officially on board.
The MTV article doesn't have anything more specifically about Mendes' involvement, so I think it's safe to say he didn't later mention that he's actually not going to direct Preacher at all. Mendes is a great director, so I'd be more than happy to have someone of his caliber on board directing a comic book adaptation like this, that could become a great movie. Here's to hoping it comes together with both August and Mendes.
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Reader Feedback - 10 Comments »
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The Preacher is one of the comic books that i would love to see as a live action movie,there have been alot of buzz around the comic book as well as the movie, hope it's out into something solid and hope it's out soon.
Fisherr on May 11, 2009
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Wow! Loved the Preacher series… and Mendes is a well respected director. Can't wait to see this take form!!!!!!!!!!!!! At least with this combo, I'm sure/hope that we won't see anything corny like Ghost Rider.
Sho' Nuff on May 11, 2009
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here is a video interview he did on ign talks about it briefly he is just waiting for John August to Finish the script
http://movies.ign.com/dor/objects/33987/preacher/videos/mendes_prchr_051109.html
nelson on May 11, 2009
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Alex, I'm curious, have you read the "Preacher" comics? I'm curious as to what you thought I them. They are very different then a lot of other comic books.
Personally I think they could make a great series of films, they deal with some terrific ideas about religion and American culture, but I think they need to tone some of it down so the important ideas don't get drowned in an endless sea of violence and, just about every perversion imaginable. The comic book went too far sometimes and a lot of the readers I don't think "got" what they were supposed to. I love how it never pulled punches, and I don't think the movie should either, but just make sure it's balanced. Sam Mendes is probably a very good choice of a director who won't just turn it into a mindless, perverted, bloodbath. Hopefully he can turn it into a very smart, perverted, bloodbath.
Also the comics were very heavily inspired by westerns, I think it'd be great if the film was shot similar to a western, rather than filmed like every other comic book movie that gets released….. but not SO over the top spaghetti western, like Kill Bill Vol 2, more like a John Wayne western (which is very fitting to this comic)
Matt S on May 11, 2009
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Who would they choose to play the parts?
Luis M on May 11, 2009
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Man I've been wanting a Preacher movie for ages. It's too big a story for one film and I'm glad to hear they're looking at more than one.
Smiffy1 on May 12, 2009
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Although I'm a huge fan of the 'Preacher'-series and think that it could be made into a really great movie - or series - I'm now definitely sure that it's - and even with Sam Mendes directing! - not possible for a US-based company to produce a …well … call it 'faithful' adaption of the comics. Just look at the disastrous changes made to … well … dumbdown Phillip Pullmans 'His Dark Materials', and try to imagine how the studios involved will try to change the overall tone of the comicbooks into something less strange, dark, violent and especially less religious (or morally?) provocative. And that's the real crux - you cant' just adapt the 'friendly' parts of Jesse Custer's (the main protagonist, by the way) story, and leave the most important - and surely disturbing - parts out. It would be just another of those soulless comic-to-movie junkheaps we all know too well. Or does anybody really believe that the average american moviegoer - by definition the target of such a movie, and not your typical comic geek or fanboy - will understand or tolerate the ideas, visions, etc. presented by a 'faithful' adaption of 'Preacher'?! I doubt that very much… so ask yourself: do you really want to see this?
thorsten d on May 12, 2009
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Oh please, don't let it star Keanu Reeves! What he did to John Constantine…
nisl on May 13, 2009
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I love love LOVE this series. I'm greatly concerned they will FUCK IT UP though. A lot of the very EXPLICIT material will be left out I'm sure and they would pick and choose from all the stories to tell a NEW story. I'm sure it will still be about Jesse Custer and Genesis inside of him. But what else would they choose to tell? His back story in Texas? Cassidy's story? Herr Starr?
I may gain more faith in this if Johnny Depp plays him. I know his name is tossed around A LOT for cult movie characters, but he looks a lot like Jesse and he's from the south. We'll see what happens
Ben on May 17, 2009
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Depp would be bad choice for jessee. think shoukld get that soyer guy from lost to play him.
Wil on Jun 20, 2009