Preacher Picked Up for Full First Season By AMC

The adaptation of acclaimed comic book Preacher has been picked up for a full series by AMC. A pilot for the show--executively produced by Seth Rogen--has already been shot, but now the channel have committed to an entire first season.

Rogen tweeted the news on Wednesday, September 9, and incuded a teaser poster for the show:

AMC subsequently confirmed the story to Deadline, elaborating that the season would have a ten episode run. Rogen initially stated that the show would debut in May 2016, but this date was subsequently removed from his tweet and has not been officially announced by the channel.

Rogen has developed the adaptation alongside his regular writing/directing partner Evan Goldberg, with whom he collaborated on such comedies as This is the End, Superbad, and this year's controversial The Interview. Breaking Bad writer/producer Sam Catlin wrote the script for the first episode, and will act as showrunner throughout.

Preacher was created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, and first published in 1995 by the DC imprint Vertigo to huge acclaim. It tells the story of a smalltown preacher who is possessed by a supernatural creature and controlled by opposing forces of both good and evil. Captain America star Dominic Cooper will take on the title role in the new series.

There have been numerous attempts to bring the story to the screen by different studios and filmmakers over the past 15 years, including Miramax, Columbia Pictures, and director Sam Mendes, but budgetary issues had halted all previous developments.