On Mar 12, 6:07 am, Rich Handley <rhand...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Here's an excerpt from an article on the subject:
> Mark Steven Johnson Preaches Preacher
> The Ghost Rider director on his plans for the HBO comic book adaptation.
> by Scott Collurahttp://tv.ign.com/articles/749/749519p1.html
> "Preacher I've always wanted to do, man," says Johnson. "I mean,
Preacher
> is like the greatest, but it's so difficult, and I love it more than
> anybody. And I remember reading a script awhile ago that was going to go
to
> film and I was like, 'Uh, how do you make a two-hour movie out of
> Preacher?' You can't do it. So when I went to HBO I said very simply,
> 'Here's the comic. There's 75 issues plus the four issue Saint of
Killers.'
> I said, 'Every issue is an hour. It's a six-year show.' And HBO, God
bless
> them, went: 'Cool.'"
> Granted, he has the number of issues wrong--it's 75 issues including the
> Saint of Killers miniseries.
66 regular issues, IIRC.
There's no way that 22-25 pages of comics is an hour of television. I
think it's closer to a page a minute, although Joss Whedon has
resently said as much as 4 issues an hour.
Plus, there are differences between comic book and television pacing.
The way I see it there are three television seasons there (HBO, 13
episode season, that is)
The beginning, Jesse's family and such.
The Grail stuff.
The wind-down.
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