Empire recently sat down with Sam Mendes for a nice chat, during which we asked the Brit director about the state of play on Mendes next movie, a just-announced adaptation of Garth Ennis and Steve Dillons controversial but brilliant comic book, Preacher.
So, Sam, whats the skinny?
Id love to make Preacher, he smiles. But theres no script.
But
but
the Internet told us that
This is a typical Variety announcement, Mendes added. Mendes to direct Preacher I wish! Basically they should have written, Mendes in development with Preacher. What Im doing is, Ive gotta find a script. Ive just got to get it written.
Nevertheless, Mendes did go into some detail about his attraction to the project, which in pure thumbnail terms, is about a rebellious preacher called Jesse Custer and his quest to find God and make him accountable for crimes against humanity.
It's brilliant, it's an incredible twisted vision, he said of the 66-issue story. There's so much of it you couldn't possibly fit it all into one movie. It's just about what you keep and what you leave out, and how you structure the story. But just to have that toy set again, being able to paint on a big canvas and to say I am gonna do crazy crane shots and massive action sequences again because I want to, it's exciting..
Understandably, given the fledgling status of the project, Mendes isnt too keen to talk about specifics, but we did ask him about one casting issue namely, the frequent appearances of John Wayne, whose ghost acts as a counsel to Jesse throughout.
That's an interesting one, I wonder what the John Wayne estate's gonna say about that, teased Mendes. We'll see, well have to get them on side
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