“We actually pitched, ‘It’s going to be likeSin City, frame-for-frame, almost.
We’re going to be really true to the comic.'”
“And we totally just threw that out the window,” says Rogen.
Credit: Matthias Clamer/AMC
“Totally fking hurled it,” adds Goldberg.
Ennis and Goldberg’s comic opens at both a frenetic pace and deep into the saga’s plot.
“I don’t know how you tell that story in the narrative television form.
There’s so many big set pieces and crazy, over-the-wall violence, comedy, stuff like that.
How did AMC react to this dramatic change of plan?
Funny story…
“What’s funny is that we never reallytoldAMC,” says Rogen.
We were like, ‘Oh, good.
We thought they just didn’t notice.’
They’ve been outrageously supportive, honestly.”
you might see a trailer forPreacher, below.
The show premieres on May 22 at 10 p.m.
