Preacher Creators to Make Several ‘Small Changes’ from the Comic

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If you’ve been following our TV news over the past few days, you know the 2016 Television Critics Association press tour is under way in Pasadena, California; and on Friday the creators of AMC’s “Preacher” participated in a panel.  Of most interest to us was how much they might deviate from the much-beloved source material…

Per Variety, the development team of Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, and Sam Catlin said their main priority is to strike a perfect balance between keeping the comic book fans excited while also creating great TV for viewers who have never heard of “Preacher.”

“We’re fans of the comic. We love the comic. And we’re going to make a show that we like, so we hope that translates to people that love the comics, as well,” Rogen said. “But first and foremost, our goal is to make a great television show.”

Rogen’s co-director Goldberg concurred: “We want fans who love the comic to get everything they want, but also get some new twists and turns.”

He also addressed any concerns that Garth Ennis, who originally conceived the comic for Vertigo, might have about differences in the adaptation: “Garth very much encouraged us to make a lot of small changes.”

Rogen added, “I don’t know if you could translate the comics directly to television — everyone involved thought we should not do that directly, including Garth — but we love the comic. There’s tons of stuff from the comic that we hope to include.”

What might some of those “tons” include? Caitlin promised, “For people who know the comics, there are all sorts of Easter eggs… that don’t obviously confuse people that are just coming to the show for the first time.”

As we told you previously, AMC’s “Preacher” will premiere at the 2016 SXSW in advance of its mid-2016 broadcast debut.  The show stars Dominic Cooper, Ruth Negga, Joseph Gilgun, Ian Colletti, W. Earl Brown, and Lucy Griffith.

“Preacher” is a supernatural, twisted, and darkly comedic drama that follows a West Texas preacher named Jesse Custer, who – along with his ex-girlfriend Tulip and an Irish vagabond named Cassidy – is thrust into a crazy world, much bigger than he is.

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