Dominic Cooper to Star in AMC’s Preacher TV Series?
John Squires
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The script for AMC’s “Preacher” pilot has been completed, and production is inching closer, which means that the search for a cast is well under way. And it looks like a star has perhaps been found. Read on for the latest!
As reported by The Tracking Board, Dominic Cooper (“Agent Carter”) is the frontrunner to lead AMC’s latest comic adaptation. Cooper is expected to star as Jesse Custer, a reverend ripe with inner turmoil in a small Texas town, who becomes merged with a supernatural entity.
“Preacher,” a Sony Pictures Television and AMC Studios co-production, was developed for TV by Sam Catlin (“Breaking Bad”) and Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (This Is the End, Superbad, Neighbors). Rogen and Goldberg will produce through their Point Grey banner along with Neal Moritz’s Original Film.
The pilot was written by Sam Catlin. Rogen and Goldberg are attached to direct.
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Based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon’s twisted ‘90s comic book series, “Preacher” is about Jesse Custer, a conflicted Preacher in a small Texas town who merges with a creature that has escaped from heaven and develops the ability to make anyone do anything he says. Along with his ex-girlfriend, Tulip, and an Irish vampire named Cassidy, the three embark on a journey to literally find God.
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