NOT ARSEFACE!!!
We can’t have Arseface in the film. It might inspire Arsealikes.
No Sexual Detectives. They might glamorize homosexuality and make our young people want to take it up the chocky starfish.
No inbred messiah.
No 2000 pound Allfather. That would be insulting to the obese and bulimics.
No Billy Lee Wombat. That character probably wouldn’t piss anybody off. But anybody who identifies enough with Billy to be pissed offf about it would have a large amount of explosives and be a very determined individual.
Have to rename Jesus DeSade. Can’t have somebody with that first name buggering armadilloes and pissing on Demi Moore’s breasts.
No peyote ritual. We can’t have teens thinking that drugs are the way to solve their problems.
No Jody or TC. They might be insulting to Southerners. Or inspire people to commit similar acts of sadism. Or have sex with fish. Or cake. With layers. And cream filling.
Wait…who was he?
The guy using dynamite to carve a giant FUCK YOU in the desert to “get back” at NASA for not letting him in the space program.
Hahah, oh, yes, I recall that now. Good stuff. But yeah, I don’t think his presence would be necessary for a cinematic translation.
If you reduced it to just Custer and two supporting characters on their quest for god then it might be workable. Like Daoloth said, much of the series would have to be cut. The long soliloques and wonderfully human exchanges between characters probably wouldn’t make it in. Herr Star (my favorite villian of all time) and his organisation would have to be trimmed (maybe reduced to some type of obstacle used by god?) to fit into two hours. Then you could just have a main story arc of ‘find god, make him explain himself’ with possible side stories involving arseface, grandma, etc. I can imagine a good movie but it would require a good writer to pull it off. I loved the comic so I hope they do make this movie. Of course, I said the same thing about League of Extraordinary Gentlemen 
Of course, they could just cut out god altogether and have a Custer vs Star movie. They can set up a archetypal hero in Custer and a archetypal villian in Star and have them go at it in a big CG-rendered fight to the death. Of course, then it wouldn’t be Preacher, it’ll just be another action movie.
Speaking of arseface, I remember seeing a picture of an arseface mask being developed for a possible movie a while back. I was surprised by just how ugly they were able to make him. They would HAVE to put him in, it just wouldn’t be Preacher without him! 
Can you just imagine listening to him talk in real life? Ivhhhtvffff ahhhhhl uhhhh fawwwlllltfff kkuhhsssthhhr (sound it out).
Am I the only one who read the entirety of the 9 graphic novels in under a week?
I did that, mockingbird. At my college, we have a room just filled with comics. I just sat down and sped through the entire thing in a few days. Then I hit Transmetropolitan. Then I had to take a little mental vacation from that overload of amazing graphic novel goodness.
There are just 9 graphic novels? I’ve read a few single issues of Preacher and absolutely loved them, but I thought the full run was way too huge for me to start reading from the beginning. Now, I just might.
Wow, Old Shellhead, your college had a comic book room? Sounds like I went to the wrong college.
I’ve been looking forward to a Preacher movie for some time, but now that I really think about it, it may be better off keeping the story in the comic books. No single (and probably trilogy either) could really do it justice. Not to mention all of the “non-PC” parts that made the series so great would most likely be cut.
After seeing “The Locusts”, I was kind of hoping that they’d get Vince Vaughn to play Jesse in a movie, but since seeing some of his more recent roles, I may be rethinking that.
I may need to go reread my graphic novels again, just for the heck of it.
Mm-hm. The comic series ended with issue #64. Or was it #66? At any rate, the series ENDED. Story was told.
And I don’t see how they’re going to make a worthwhile movie out of the thing. It’s just WAY too complex. Howthehell’y’gonna address ALL the issues and history in there? You’d have to gut the thing to make it fit.
And even then, the fundies would lose their freakin’ minds… if only because the primary thrust of the story is about a preacher who decides to hold God accountable for his actions…
There were 66 issues in the main run, plus a Saint of Killers four-issue mini and five one-shots telling past stories of Cassidy, Starr, Jesse and Tulip, Jody and TC, and Arseface.
BTW - why does everyone present have the idea that they’re going to make a movie of the whole thing at once? Preacher contains many natural breakpoints where a section of the story ends and the gang take to the road in a different direction for the inevitable sequel. Snip the moderately pointless Arseface and Enfants du Sang arcs, condense a bit, and you’re left with:
Preacher: Intro, Naked City (optional), Angelville
Preacher 2: The Grail - Crusaders, War in the Sun
Preacher 3: Salvation - Salvation, Sally’s story, Alamo
Word of advice: IMDb is not a reliable source of information about films in production. The database is almost entirely driven by user submissions; IMDb staff does some vetting, but it’s inconsistent at best. At any given time, you can find dozens of movies in the database that were rumored to be in the pipeline, but never got greenlighted. Since they launched the IMDbPro service, and it’s become the de facto library of record for the film industry, they’ve been getting better, but you should still take what you find there with a massive grain of salt.
(How do I know this is true? Because I’ve contributed a fair amount of data to the database myself. For example, a few years ago, after I saw the most recent of Michael Apted’s Up movies, I went to IMDb to look for more information. I was shocked to discover an almost total absence of data: no names, no dates, no nothing, just the director. I went back to the videotape and did some additional research, put together a massive submission, and sent it off. A week later, boom, it’s all there. That’s how the database works.)
Preacher in particular has had a long and troubled pre-production history. It’s come close to shooting at least twice before this, only to have the rug pulled out. The financial types are understandably antsy about the whacko fundies Mockingbird mentioned. Until they’ve actually had the actors standing in front of loaded cameras for a few weeks, I’m going to call this one a long shot at best.
There’s a picture here of the movie version of Arseface. I would assume he’s been written into the script just by the quality of the makeup. I don’t know where the pic came from so I have no idea who would be playing him.
I am just hoping the movie doesn’t suck too horribly. Maybe if my expectations are low I will be pleasantly surprised. 
You know, I didn’t really like Preacher. I read the first two volumes. I thought the first one was good, disturbing and interesting. I thought the second one was just kind of stupid. Not my kind of humour at all. I didn’t bother continuing the series.
But I’d be interested in a Preacher movie. If film audiences have gotten it into their heads that films based on comics are going to be light, enjoyable pieces of fluff like Spiderman and the X-Men films, it would be fun to watch Preacher shake up a few preconceptions.
As for the problem of length, I’d think you’d either simply film the first book, and continue the storyline in sequels, or else simply take the basic concept, world and characters of Preacher and write a new, more film-friendly story with them, using some plot-elements from the books.
Anybody heard news of a Saint Of Killers movie?
Ennis said in one of his editorials that he might be interested.
It would be a lot easier than making a Preacher film.
The Saint’s story can be told in 4 issues. You can easily get in under 2 hours without cutting anything.
His story can be told without involving Jesus having kids, inbred messiahs, or God being a wanker.
Hell and the Devil lend themselves to CGI, animatronics, and the rest of the stuff producers like to stick in to films to make them more ‘marketable’.
There are a few actors who Preacher fans agreed would be good in the role (OTOMH top 3 were-Clint Eastwood, Jack Palance, and Samuel Jackson). The target demographic might not remember Jack. But, the other 2 are known and identifed with the kind of character and movie this would be.But Preacher had a big scary Satan. He was losing at poker to the Angel of Death before getting shot by the Saint of Killers. Not sure about giant spiders, but it did have a nuclear bomb go off in the desert, that should cover the volcano-lovers, right?
Big, yes. Scary, no. He was a comedic figure. He drinks, smokes cigars and isn’t crafty enough to win at cards.
But there were plenty of explosions-spoilers follow-
The church.
Masada.
Monument Valley
Quincannon's buildings
Not to mention the Nam interlude