Editing Preacher (comics) (section)

==Adaptations==
===Adaptation attempts===
[[Garth Ennis]], feeling ''Preacher'' would translate perfectly as a film, sold the [[film rights]] to [[Electric Entertainment]]. [[Rachel Talalay]] was hired to direct, with Ennis writing the script. Rupert Harvey and [[Tom Astor]] were set as producers. By May 1998, Ennis completed three drafts of the script, based largely on the ''Gone to Texas'' story arc.<ref name=Stax>{{cite news | author = Stax | url = http://movies.ign.com/articles/035/035980p1.html | title = The Stax report: Script Review of ''Preacher'' | work = [[IGN]] | date = 2000-02-10 | access-date = 2008-10-29}}</ref> The filmmakers found it difficult financing ''Preacher'' because investors found the idea religiously controversial. Ennis approached [[Kevin Smith]] and [[Scott Mosier]] to help finance the film under their [[View Askew Productions]] banner. Ennis, Smith and Mosier [[pitch (filmmaking)|pitch]]ed ''Preacher'' to [[Bob Weinstein]] at [[Miramax Films]].<ref name=Smith/>

Weinstein was confused by the characterization of [[Jesse Custer]]. Miramax also did not want to share the box office gross with Electric Entertainment, ultimately dropping the pitch. By May 2000, Smith and Mosier were still attached to produce with Talalay directing, but Smith did not know the status of ''Preacher'', feeling it would languish in [[development hell]].<ref name=Smith>{{cite news | author = Elston Gunn | url = https://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=5942 | title = Elston Gunn interviews Kevin Smith | date = 2000-05-14 | work = [[Ain't It Cool News]] | access-date = 2008-10-29}}</ref> By then, Storm Entertainment, a UK-based production company known for their work on [[independent films]], joined the production with Electric Entertainment.<ref name="Stax" /> In September 2001, the two companies announced ''Preacher'' had been [[greenlight]]ed to commence [[pre-production]], with filming to begin in November and Talalay still directing Ennis' script.<ref>{{cite news | author = Drew McWeeny | url = https://www.aintitcool.com/display.cgi?id=10086 | title = ''Preacher'' Has Got A Greenlight!! Hell Freezes Over!! | work = [[Ain't It Cool News]] | date = 2001-09-06 | access-date = 2008-10-29}}</ref> The production and start dates were pushed back because of financial issues<ref name="James">{{cite news | author = Ethan Aames | title = Interview: James Marsden on ''Heights'' | work = Cinema Confidential | url = http://www.cinecon.com/news.php?id=0506201 | date = 2005-06-20 | access-date = 2008-10-29}}</ref> of the $25 million projected budget.<ref name="Sam" />

[[James Marsden]] was cast in the lead role as Jesse Custer sometime in 2002. He explained, "It was something I never knew anything about, but once I got my hands on the comic books, I was blown away by it."<ref name="James" /> In a March 2004 interview, Marsden said the filmmakers were hoping for filming to start the following August.<ref>{{cite news | author = Stax | title = Marsden on ''Preacher'' | url = http://movies.ign.com/articles/500/500745p1.html | work = [[IGN]] | date = 2004-03-22 | access-date = 2008-10-29}}</ref> With the full-length film adaptation eventually abandoned with budgetary concerns,<ref name=James/> [[HBO]] announced in November 2006 that they commissioned [[Mark Steven Johnson]] and [[Howard Deutch]] to produce a [[television pilot]]. Johnson was to write with Deutch directing.<ref>{{cite news | author = Eric Goldman | url = http://tv.ign.com/articles/748/748151p1.html | title = HBO Prays for ''Preacher'' | work = [[IGN]] | date = 2006-11-29 | access-date = 2008-10-29}}</ref> Impressed with Johnson's pilot script, HBO had him write the [[bible (writing)|series bible]] for the first season.<ref name="if">{{cite news|author=Peter Brown |title=Exclusive Interview: Mark Steven Johnson Finds Religion With ''Preach'' – Part 1 |url=http://ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2148 |work=IF Magazine |date=2007-06-10 |access-date=2008-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080228040805/http://ifmagazine.com/feature.asp?article=2148 |archive-date=February 28, 2008 }}</ref> Johnson first planned "to turn each comic book issue into a single episode" on a [[shot-for-shot]] basis. "I gave [HBO] the comics, and I said, 'Every issue is an hour'. Ennis said 'You don't have to be so beholden to the comic'. And I'm like, 'No, no, no. It's got to be like the comic'."<ref>{{cite news|author=Cindy White |title=Johnson Talks HBO's ''Preacher'' |work=[[Sci Fi Wire]] |date=2006-12-01 |url=http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=39072 |access-date=2008-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081028195714/http://www.scifi.com/scifiwire/index.php?category=0&id=39072 |archive-date=October 28, 2008 }}</ref>

Johnson also wanted to make sure that [[one-shot (comics)|one-shot]]s were included as well.<ref>{{cite news|author=Daniel Robert Epstein |title=Johnson Talks HBO's ''Preacher'' |work=[[Newsarama]] |url=http://www.newsarama.com/movies/Preacher/MSJPreacher.html |date=2006-12-05 |access-date=2008-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071013191548/http://newsarama.com/movies/Preacher/MSJPreacher.html |archive-date=October 13, 2007 }}</ref> Johnson changed his position, citing new storylines conceived by Ennis. "Well, there would be nothing new to add if we did that, so Garth [Ennis] and I have been creating new stories for the series," he said. "I love the book so much and I was telling Garth that he has to make the stories we are coming up with as comics because I want to see them."<ref name="if" /> By August 2008, new [[studio executive]]s at HBO decided to abandon the idea, finding it too stylistically dark and religiously controversial.<ref>{{cite news | author = Rob Allstetter | title = Mark Steven Johnson: No ''Preacher'' On HBO | url = http://www.comicscontinuum.com/stories/0808/25/index.htm | work = Comics Continuum | date = 2008-08-25 | access-date = 2008-10-29}}</ref> [[Columbia Pictures]] then purchased the film rights in October 2008 with [[Sam Mendes]] planned to direct. [[Neal H. Moritz]] and Jason Netter would have produced the film. The previous scripts written by Ennis would not have been used.<ref name="Sam">{{cite news|author=Borys Kit|author2=Leslie Simmons |title=Columbia signs on for 'Preacher' feature |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ia758ca52fdc0aac4698b23b4c5a8da7c |work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]] |date=2008-10-29 |access-date=2008-10-29 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081030071449/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/film/news/e3ia758ca52fdc0aac4698b23b4c5a8da7c |archive-date=October 30, 2008 }}</ref>

===AMC television series===
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On November 16, 2013, it was announced that [[AMC (TV channel)|AMC]] would be shooting a pilot for ''Preacher''.<ref name="AMCPreacher">{{cite news | author = Devin Faraci | title = AMC Is Taking PREACHER To Pilot | url = http://badassdigest.com/2013/11/16/amc-is-taking-preacher-to-pilot/ | work = Bad Ass Digest | date = 2013-11-16 | access-date = 2013-11-16 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20150329091735/http://badassdigest.com/2013/11/16/amc-is-taking-preacher-to-pilot/ | archive-date = 2015-03-29 | url-status = dead }}</ref> On November 18, 2013, ''[[Bleeding Cool]]'' confirmed that [[Seth Rogen]] and [[Evan Goldberg]] had developed the series pilot with [[Sam Catlin]], and that it would be distributed by [[Sony Pictures Television]].<ref name="SonyPicturesPreacher">{{cite news | author =  Rich Johnston | title = SCOOP: Sony Pictures Television Gives TV Pilot Development Commitment To Preacher | url = http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/11/18/sony-pictures-television-gives-tv-pilot-development-commitment-to-preacher/ | work = [[Bleeding Cool|BleedingCool.com]] | date = 2013-11-18 | access-date = 2013-11-18}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author =  Rich Johnston | title = Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg Adapting 'Preacher' for AMC With 'Breaking Bad's' Sam Catlin | url = https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/amc-adapting-preacher-seth-rogen-656840 | work = The Hollywood Reporter | date = 2014-02-06 | access-date = 2014-02-06}}</ref> On February 7, 2014, it was made public that AMC was officially developing the series to television based on the pilot written by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg. Rogen had no plans to co-star in the series. On May 9, 2014, AMC announced that ''Preacher'' was picked up to series.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.beyondhollywood.com/amc-is-officially-developing-seth-rogens-preacher-tv-show/|title=AMC is Officially Developing Seth Rogen's Preacher TV Show|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141208041746/http://www.beyondhollywood.com/amc-is-officially-developing-seth-rogens-preacher-tv-show/|archive-date=2014-12-08}}</ref> ''Preacher'' was slated to premiere mid to late 2015, as announced by Seth Rogen, with the script for the series complete and the pilot ordered by the studio.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/evandgoldberg/status/508532942797172737|title=Evan Goldberg on Twitter|work=Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/Sethrogen/status/508630008026656768|title=Seth Rogen on Twitter|work=Twitter}}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author =  Nellie Andreeva | title = 'Preacher' Drama From Seth Rogen & Evan Goldberg Gets AMC Pilot Order | url =https://deadline.com/2014/12/preacher-tv-show-comic-book-pilot-seth-rogen-evan-goldberg-amc-1201307680/ | work = Deadline | date = 2014-12-04 | access-date = 2014-12-04}}</ref> Comic creators [[Steve Dillon]] and [[Garth Ennis]] were to work on this project as co-executive producer.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/89665/preacher-script-finished-astonishingly-good/|title=Preacher Script Finished; Is Astonishingly Good?|work=Dread Central|date=12 February 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news | author =  Nellie Andreeva | title = Preacher – Seth Rogen Draws Inspiration | url =https://www.dreadcentral.com/news/85975/preacher-seth-rogen-draws-inspiration/ | work = Deadline | date = 2014-12-04 | access-date = 2014-12-04}}</ref> On April 17, 2015, Seth Rogen tweeted that [[Dominic Cooper]] was cast in the role of [[Jesse Custer]], [[Joe Gilgun|Joseph Gilgun]] as [[Proinsias Cassidy|Cassidy]], [[Ruth Negga]] as [[Tulip O'Hare]], [[Ian Colletti]] as [[Arseface]], and [[W. Earl Brown]] as Sheriff Hugo Root. On September 9, 2015, Seth Rogen announced via Twitter that the series ordered to a ten-episode [[Preacher (season 1)|first season]] and was due to premiere in mid-2016.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tracking-board.com/tb-exclusive-dominic-cooper-emerges-as-the-frontrunner-for-amcs-preacher-series-from-rogengoldberg/|title={TB EXCLUSIVE} DOMINIC COOPER EMERGES AS THE FRONTRUNNER FOR AMC'S "PREACHER" SERIES FROM ROGEN/GOLDBERG|publisher=The Tracking Board|last=Allen|first=Clark|date=March 12, 2015}}</ref> The series premiered on AMC on Sunday, May 22, 2016, and concluded July 31. A [[Preacher (season 2)|second season]], with thirteen episodes, aired from June 25 to September 11, 2017. From June 24 to August 26, 2018, a ten-episode third season aired. In November 2018, the series was renewed for a fourth and final ten-episode season, with production relocating to Australia, and the season airing from August 4 to September 29, 2019.

===GraphicAudio audiobook series===
In May 2020, all 98 issues of [[Garth Ennis]]' [[The Boys (comics)|''The Boys'' comic book series]] and the 8-issue [[epilogue]] series ''Dear Becky'' were adapted into seven full cast [[audiobook]]s produced by [[GraphicAudio]], with all volumes numbering a combined 31 hours in length.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.graphicaudiointernational.net/the-boys-volume-1.html|title=The Boys Volume 1 |date=May 1, 2020}}</ref> In the second audiobook, the ''Preacher'' [[epilogue]] from "[[We Gotta Go Now]]" is adapted, with Michael John Casey voicing [[Proinsias Cassidy]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.graphicaudiointernational.net/the-boys-volume-2.html|title=The Boys Volume 2 |date=September 28, 2020}}</ref>