Seth Rogen Talk Preacher

One of the more unusual comic book adaptations coming to TV is the upcoming Preacher on AMC. Seth Rogen chatted about how he and his team were adapting the very violent and sometimes offsetting comic for AMC, and how to ensure fans don’t lose faith in what they’re making.

“We are changing the specifics of how the narrative is unfolding. A lot of the building blocks we are not changing, a lot of characters we’re keeping, but we want to make a show that if you’re a fan of the comic, you don’t know what to expect. And we have no interest honestly in just doing a literal page-to-page adaptation. It just seems like the most boring creative endeavor one could go on!”

He also noted that certain character may be merged to help better fit the story they wish to tell:

“I mean there’s some things that even Garth will argue, is quick to admit that we probably should not even attempt to put on television. There’s some characters, we’re talking about maybe we combine these two into one person. But to us the tangential element is one of our favorite things. The fact that it does go off into these other worlds and explore these other characters, I mean that’s something that we wholeheartedly intend on indulging in because it’s one of the best parts about the comic. Just the massive tapestry of f***ing weirdos. [Laughs.]”