HBO Gets Preacher!

Vertigo's Preacher comic, one of the best series ever published, has moved around Hollywood a bit recently. Kevin Smith's production company was attached to it for a minute, with James Marsden, X-men's Cyclops, cast well in the title role. But it slipped away (like every other comic property that Kevin Smith's gotten his fat fingers on)

Now its found a new home, with HBO snatching up the license. Sounds great right? HBO doing vertigo comics? That's fantastic. Well, yeah, but they're giving it to Daredevil and Ghost Rider writer, Howard Deutch and director Howard Deutch, who did Pretty in Pink, the Melrose Place pilot, an episode of Caroline In The City, and a couple of crappy sequels to crappy movies.

Series creators, Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon will be executive producing, so hopefully they'll be able to maintain the integrity of their story. Either way, lets hope its a hit and HBO (and maybe Sci Fi) will start tapping more comic series like this for the small screen, which seems better suited to the medium than movies.

-Nick