HBO Kills Preacher Television Series
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| Film Junk found this 8/27/2008 on www.slashfilm.com (flag) |
HBO has killed the planned television adaptation of Garth Ennis ‘ popular Vertigo comic series Preacher . Mark Steven Johnson broke the news to ComicsContinuum , claiming that the project got to the budgeting stage before it was axed.
“The new head of HBO felt it was just too dark and too violent and too controversial. Which, of course, is kind of the point,” said ...
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HBO’s Preacher Series Not Moving Forward
Published 8/27/2008 by Sean at Film Junk
... :“We were budgeting and everything and it was getting really close to going, but the new head of HBO felt it was just too dark and too violent and too controversial. Which, of course, is kind of the point!… They offered me the chance to redevelop it but I refused. I’ve learned my lesson on that front and I won’t do it again. So I’m afraid it’s dead at HBO.” This is indeed unfortunate, but as Peter at /Film points out, Mark Steven Johnson is the same guy responsible for Ghost Rider and Daredevil , and maybe not the ideal person to bring such a great story to the small ...
