Thanks to a screening at the SXSW Film Festival (click here for Perri's review of the pilot), the release of a character-heavy batch of photos, and the series’ premiere date announcement, fans have been hearing a lot about AMC’s Preacher in the past week. Dynamic duo Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg are getting ready to show the world their passion project on May 22nd, and they’re whetting fans’ palettes with a behind-the-scenes featurette that takes viewers to the set.

Rogen and Goldberg, who also direct the pilot episode, narrate the featurette along with executive producers Sam Catlin and James Weaver, and actor Ricky Mabe. All tease a mixture of different genre elements — from dramatic scenes to quiet moments to comedy — while revealing some sneak peeks at upcoming scenes.


Watch the featurette below.

Based on the Vertigo comic book series from writer Garth Ennis and artist Steve Dillon, Preacher centers on Jesse Custer, who returns to a small hometown in Texas to take over for his father as the local preacher. Dominic Cooper plays the protagonist opposite other leads Joseph Gilgun (The Last Witch Hunter) as Cassidy and Ruth Negga (Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.) as Tulip O’Hare.

The cast is rounded out by Jackie Earle Haley (Watchmen) as Odin Quincannon, Thomas Barbusca (Wet Hot American Summer: First Day of Camp) as Chris Schenck, Lucy Griffiths (Winter’s Tale) as Emily, W. Earl Brown (True Detective) as Sherriff Root, Anatol Yusef (Boardwalk Empire) as DeBlanc, Tom Brooke (Game of Thrones) as Fiore, Derek Wilson (Rectify) as Donnie Schenck, and Ian Colletti (Baby Mama) as Eugene/Arseface.

“Preacher” is a supernatural, twisted and darkly comedic drama that follows a West Texas preacher named Jesse Custer, who is inhabited by a mysterious entity that causes him to develop a highly unusual power. Jesse, his badass ex-girlfriend Tulip and an Irish vagabond named Cassidy come together and when they do, they are thrust into a crazy world populated by a cast of characters from Heaven, Hell and everywhere in between.


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