PREACHER Movie Update from Director DJ Caruso
Back in February, DJ Caruso was attached to direct a big screen adaptation of the comic book Preacher. Since then, there hasn't been much news on the project, but in a recent interview with I Am Rogue, Caruso revealed that he is still attached the project, and gave an update on where the project currently stands,
"I’m still attached to Preacher and we’re wrestling with Sony because I got another movie at Sony called Invertigo, which is a big action film we’re trying to get going this summer. So Preacher got put on the back burner, but we’re still involved with Preacher and hopefully we’ll have some good news on that soon. Todd August wrote a great script. I think it’s one of those features that has to kind of go through the studio system if it’s going to be made for a certain price. So we’re kind of revisiting a way to approach making the movie in the right way."
Preacher was created by writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon and tells the story of Texas reverend Jesse Custer who, after merging with the escaped offspring of a demon and an angel, find himself imbued with the word of God, the power to command anyone to do his bidding. Teamed with his ex girlfriend, Tulip O'Hare, and an Irish vampire named Cassidy, Custer sets out across America to track down the almighty and force him to explain why he abandoned creation.
The director then gave an update on the sequel to I Am Number Four. I didn't really care for that movie, it wasn't Caruso's best work. In fact, I think it's the worst movie he's made, and I'm not really that interested in seeing a sequel. But if you are, then here's what's going on with the it...
"It’s come up before because we did decent numbers here in the states, but we didn’t do great, but really internationally the movie did well and it has this huge following so I get that question a lot. The Power of Six, which is the second book and would feature Number Six a little bit more, we’ve talked about it, but nothing’s really jumpstarted. There’s been some talk in the past couple of months about trying to do something because there is this audience appetite out there and even on my Twitter account it’s crazy. Most of the people on Twitter that contact me from all over the world ask, “Where’s the next movie?” I think DreamWorks is getting those too so it’ll be interesting. I don’t know if I’d be involved, but I know they’re talking about it."
I'm looking forward to seeing how Preacher turns out when they actually get around to making it.