Columbia Pictures has picked up the rights to "Preacher," the popular 1990s Vertigo series, for an adaptation to be directed by Sam Mendes.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Neal Moritz and his Original Films banner are producing with Kickstart Prods.' Jason Netter.
Created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, the story told of a down-and-out Texas preacher possessed by Genesis, a supernatural entity conceived by the unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon. Given immense powers, the preacher teams with an old girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire and set to find God who has abandoned heaven.
The comic was initially thought of as a series for HBO, but the execs said it was too much for them to handle (which is new news to me if you've ever paid attention to their programming track record.) Columbia is currently searching for the right writer, or writers, to pen an adaptation.
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
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