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Mark Steven Johnson, who has just signed a deal with HBO to adapt the popular Vertigo comic Preacher into an hourlong series, told SCI FI Wire that he plans to turn each issue of the comic into a single episode, which will be as close to the original source material as possible. "I gave [HBO] the comics, and I said, 'Every issue is an hour,'" Johnson said at a preview of his upcoming film Ghost Rider in Hollywood, Calif., on Nov. 30. "And it's exactly the book. ... I had my meeting yesterday, and [Preacher creator] Garth Ennis is on the phone, and we're all in the room, and Garth is like, 'You don't have to be so beholden to the comic.' And I'm like, 'No, no, no. It's got to be like the comic.' So that's what's so brilliant about it. It's just like, HBO, who else would do it but them? Nobody. ... HBO is just like, 'Bring it on.'"

That's right, The Preacher will become an hourlong miniseries on HBO, with each episode being one hour. I don't know how well this will translate, but chances are it should be good.

I just find it odd that even Ennis was like "You don't have to be so accurate" and Johnson was basically like "Fuck that, I HAVE to be, Preacher owns."

Too bad Johnson wrote and directed Ghost Rider and Daredevil. But then again, ultimately it's up to Marvel what goes out considering what happened with a lot of the other films.

Who knows, I'm praying for this, if it goes through... guess who's getting HBO? :O

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I read this sometime ago, and read the article in Wizard about it.

Man, it's great that they're adapting Preacher to TV, but it's being done by the dude who botched up Daredevil (I can't say for Ghost Rider since I haven't seen it yet). But I'm gonna get cable if this turns out to be good.

If it's Preacher, it has to be violent.

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It sounds to me like it might turn some Preacher fans away. They already know how the story goes.

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I think somebody mentioned this in Media Centre a few weeks ago, it sounds familiar. Anyhow, this is pretty cool. Faithful recreation of comic book stories in a serialized television format is exactly how the industry needs to get into television. While they're doing some good stuff with some of the films, I feel those are ultimately being hurt by not being recreations of existing storylines.

It would be ridiculously awesome if HBO or Showtime were to make a TV series out of Daredevil. I feel that comic would be a great fit for television, especially the last 2-3 years of the current volume.

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Originally Posted by Mucknuggle

I think somebody mentioned this in Media Centre a few weeks ago, it sounds familiar. Anyhow, this is pretty cool. Faithful recreation of comic book stories in a serialized television format is exactly how the industry needs to get into television. While they're doing some good stuff with some of the films, I feel those are ultimately being hurt by not being recreations of existing storylines.

It would be ridiculously awesome if HBO or Showtime were to make a TV series out of Daredevil. I feel that comic would be a great fit for television, especially the last 2-3 years of the current volume.

I've been talking about this in chat since November/December when the ball was dropped. I don't know how well this will turn out, but knowing what's his face... it could be bad, although he doesn't want to deviate from the comics AT ALL. I don't know if he really botched Ghost Rider/Daredevil, considering I never read those comics... but to be honest, it's Marvel, and not one of their main cards and trying to adapt a whole series for one single movie while keeping fans happy and people who have never seen it interested? Seems hard to do.

Daredevil.. if it was a show... I'd only watch it when the Punisher appeared or when the Daredevil kicks his ass.

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I read about this myself in Wizard. I had never heard of the comic or anything and decided I'd give this a shot. I love the first volume so very very much right now.

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