The Wrap is reporting that Dominic Cooper is closing in on a deal to star in AMC’s adaptation of the comic Preacher. Cooper would play the lead role Jesse Custer, a small town Texas priest who begins to question his faith and finds himself merged with a supernatural entity, Genesis, birthed from both an angel and a demon.
The news comes just moments after The Hollywood Reporter’s report that Lucy Griffiths (True Blood) has joined the cast as Emily Woodrow, a new character created just for the show. The character is described as a no-nonsense single mother of three. Emily’s a waitress, the church organist, a bookkeeper and Jesse’s loyal right hand. Stoic and strong, wise beyond her years, she can’t help but have a little thing for Preacher Jesse
These two join a cast which includes Joseph Gilgun as the vampire Cassidy, Ruth Negga as Tulip, and Ian Colletti as Arseface.
The show will be produced by Evan Goldberg and Seth Rogen along with Neal Moritz’s Original Film. The pilot was written by Sam Catlin and has Rogen and Goldberg attached to direct.
Preacher is set to shoot this year and premiere on the network in 2016.
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