preacher movie John August Penning Preacher MovieToday from Variety comes word that John August the writer behind Big Fish will take a stab at adapting PREACHER for the big screen. Sam Mendes has been tapped to direct the upcoming film. The plot for the comic book goes as so; Here’s a book guaranteed to offend a bunch of people, not only because of its profuse profanity and graphic violence, but because it’s the epitome of iconoclasm. Like a brutal accident, you can’t watch but you can’t turn away.

The story follows an ex-preacher man, Jesse, who has become disgusted with God’s abandoning of His responsibilities. So Jesse starts off into the wilds of Texas with his hitman girlfriend and new best friend (a vampire) to find God so that he can give Him a piece of his mind.

Despite its superficial perversity, this book contains what may be the most moral character in mainstream comics.