About Five Seconds Of ‘Preacher’ Footage Is Now Online, If That’s Your Thing
Let’s face it, though: you’re probably going to watch this anyway. Take a deep breath, ask the deity of your choice for forgiveness, and watch the firstPreacherfootage after the jump.
Orchestrated bySeth Rogen,Evan Goldberg, andSam Catlin,Preacheris AMC’s attempt to bring one of the most notorious and acclaimed comic book series of the ’90s to life. They’ve achieved where countless other filmmakers, movie studios and TV networks have failed. So as you watch the few precious seconds of footage below, understand that this is the result of countless other creative minds failing. This is the version that got made. Whether that’s a good thing or a bad thing is a question for another day, but unlike most of the major characters inPreacher, we have faith.
The big moment in this trailer is our first clear look atDominic Cooperas Rev. Jesse Custer, the small-town Texas minister who merges with an otherworldly entity called “Genesis,” gifting/cursing him with “the word of God,” i.e., the ability to command others to do whatever he wants. If you go through that quick blast of footage from by frame, you’ll find a few other tantalizing images: a man plummeting from a plane (presumably Jesse’s Irish vampire buddy, Cassidy, played byJoseph Gilgun), an unknown character covered in blood, a church congregation, an exploding helicopter, a few screaming faces, and a bar fight (because Texas). Conspicuously missing:Ruth Neggaas Tulip, Jesse’s sharpshooting former flame.
Like we said: not much, but at least it’s proof that this show actually exists and isn’t some prank Rogen decided to pull to piss off the nerds.
The full trailer forPreacher, which will hopefully contain all kinds of substantial footage, plot points, and character moments, is set to premiere this Sunday,November 1, duringThe Walking Dead. If you don’t watch AMC’s ever-popular zombie extravaganza or have gotten with the times and exist solely on streaming, we’ll have the trailer up (complete with commentary) soon after it airs.
No official release date has been set, butPreacheris expected to premiere sometime in the mid-2016.
