Columbia Pictures has picked up the rights to "
Preacher," the popular 1990s Vertigo series, for an adaptation to be directed by Sam Mendes.
Created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, "
Preacher," which ran from 1995-2000, told the story of a down-and-out Texas preacher possessed by Genesis, a supernatural entity conceived by the unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon.