HBO chickens out; Preacher too much

August 28th, 2008 | Category: HBO

It looks like HBO is just TV after all. After airing such intense fare as The Sopranos and Carnivalé, the new head of production, Sue Naegle (or at least that’s my guess on who pulled the plug based on the quotes) is pulling the plug on the in development HBO adaptation of DC/Vertigo’s Preacher. The Garth Ennis-Steve Dillon comedian book series was controversial for its intense violence and handling of devout subjects, but it was plus a huge sales and critical hit.

There was talk of adapting the series with each episode comprising precisely one comedian issue. Dialogue was lifted nearly precisely from the

book with the comedian art used as the storyboard. Fans were incredibly enthusiastic about it, but “the new head of HBO felt it was just too dark and too violent and too controversial,” according to Mark Steven Johnson (Daredevil, Ghost Rider). Naegle loves In Treatment, Big Love and Tell Me You Love Me, so that tells you where here tastes lie. These aren’t not good shows but they’re plus not going to jump out and seize headlines, and headlines are precisely what HBO needs for its original series.

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Original post by Jason Hughes

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