Sam Mendes has signed on to direct the adaption of Garth Ennis’ Preacher for Sony’s Columbia Pictures.
Variety reports that he’ll take on the film, though there’s no word on a writer or cast yet.
The new announcement comes after Ennis’ work spent years in development limbo and almost made it to the small screen, with Daredevil’s Mark Steven Johnson unsuccessfully pitching it to HBO.
Road To Perdition
Hell, this thing goes back so far, Ben Affleck was once considered the prime choice for the lead.
Ennis and artist Steve Dillon’s sprawling, Bible-chewing graphic novel finds a preacher in a Texas down who discovers he’s the product of a union between a demon and an angel.
With his assassin girlfriend and a (mostly) good vampire in tow, he sets off on a journey across country to destroy the evil that destroyed his hometown.
While it’s not exactly like anything Mendes has tackled before, he does have graphic novel adaptation Road To Perdition on his CV.
Sam, please keep the villain Arseface in the story… That’s all we ask!
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