One of the graphic novel adaptation that I’m looking forward to is PREACHER because a, the premise sounds violently cool, and b, I’d watch anything Sam Mendes directs, that man is a maestro. He previously said that John August had finished the script and he had read it, he thought it was very good and the movie was getting closer to being made but he didn’t disclose any actor he may have in mind for the roles.
One actor wants it, and that’s the star of the upcoming Emmerics’ end of the world flick 2012, John Cusack. In a recent chat with io9, he implied that he’s intrigued by the concept…
“Not one that I particularly know that I would like to do, but whenever I’ve come across one, I’ve really liked them.”
“There was one or two that I heard of that sounded really cool. One of them was about, I think… it’s a vampire and a killer, and they’re on the road, and it’s this really strange story. I thought that sounded pretty cool.”
“I think it might have been Preacher.”
“I’d say either the vampire or the priest. One of those two guys.”
PREACHER is based on the graphic novel by Garth Ennis, the story is about Jesse Custer, a down-and-out preacher in the small Texas town of Annville. Custer was accidentally possessed by the supernatural creature named Genesis in an incident which killed his entire congregation and flattened his church.
Custer, driven by a strong sense of right and wrong, goes on a journey across the United States attempting to (literally) find God, who abandoned Heaven the moment Genesis was born, to hold him accountable for negligence. He also begins to discover the truth about his new powers, which allow him to command the obedience of those who hear his words. He is joined by his old girlfriend Tulip O’Hare, as well as a hard-drinking Irish vampire named Cassidy. They encounter all types of saint killers along the way.
I can’t picture Cusack as Jesse, I can’t visualize him as Cassidy either and I sure as hell don’t wanna see him play Tulip but Cusack would be perfect as any of the saint killers those three encounter on their little road trip
