After years stuck in cinematic and miniseries limbo, Preacher is finding its path on US cable network AMC to be a lot smoother. It has quickly progressed from development to pilot and now, as announced by executive producer Seth Rogen, has a series order.
Preacher is coming to AMC! [@evandgoldberg](https://twitter.com/evandgoldberg) [@SamCatlin123](https://twitter.com/SamCatlin123)! The beginning is nigh!!! [pic.twitter.com/xVgqYrkEK9](http://t.co/xVgqYrkEK9) > > — Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) [September 9, 2015](https://twitter.com/Sethrogen/status/641693712796545024)
Rogen, who has been shepherding the series alongside regular writing/producing partner Evan Goldberg and Breaking Bad veteran Sam Catlin, made the announcement via a tweet that originally suggested a May 2016 launch for the show, but has since been edited to simply say that it’s on the way.
For those who don’t know, the original comic-book series Preacher, as created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, revolves around troubled smalltown Texan man of God Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), who merges with the spawn of a demon and an angel named Genesis. After developing the power to force anyone to do what he says, he heads out with assassin ex-girlfriend Tulip O’Hare (Ruth Negga) and chatty vampire Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun) on a journey to find the negligent deity and discover why he is abandoning mankind.
The show will have a lot to live up to given how beloved (and violent/weird) the source material is, but at least we’ll now have a chance to see how the TV iteration turned out.