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'Preacher' Ordered to Series at AMC
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The cable network has ordered to series its adaptation of controversial comic book Preacher. EP Seth Rogen broke the news Wednesday on Twitter, announcing that the series would debut in 2016 (though he later clarified it may not be May). The series pickup is for a total of 10 episodes — nine plus the pilot, sources say. (AMC did not respond to multiple requests for comment.)
Based on Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon's 1990s comic series from DC Comics imprint Vertigo, Preacher revolves around Rev. Jesse Custer (Agent Carter's Dominic Cooper), a badass Texas preacher who, after losing his faith, learns that God has left heaven and forsaken his duties. Jesse becomes the only one who is able to track God down and hold him responsible for his abdication. Tulip O'Hare (Ruth Negga), Jesse's beer-guzzling vampire ex-girlfriend, accompanies him on his quest for answers. But the story doesn't end there: The Saint of Killers, an immortal killing machine and Western lone gunman type, is hot on their trail with his sights set on Jesse. The cast includes True Blood's Lucy Griffiths as Emily Woodrow, a church organist and Jesse's loyal right hand; This Is England's Joseph Gilgun as Irish vampire Cassidy; and Ian Colletti as Eugene Root (aka Arseface).
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