The first trailer for the much anticipated TV adaptation of the cult comic book Preacher has been released. It premiered during this week's The Walking Dead--check it out below:

　　The show stars Captain America's Dominic West as a smalltown preacher who is possessed by a supernatural creature and controlled by opposing forces of both good and evil. The comic book was created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, and first published in 1995 by the DC imprint Vertigo to huge acclaim. It ran for a total of 75 issues, including several one-off specials and a limited series, and finished in 2000.

　　Preacher has been developed for AMC by Seth Rogen and his regular filmmaking partner Evan Goldberg. In an interview with Crave Online last month, Rogen spoke about the direction that the series would take, and how it would differ from the comics. "We are changing the specifics of how the narrative is unfolding," he said. "A lot of the building blocks we are not changing, a lot of characters we're keeping, but we want to make a show that if you're a fan of the comic, you don't know what to expect.

　　"There's some things that even Garth is quick to admit that we probably should not attempt to put on television. But to us the tangential element is one of our favorite things. The fact that it does go off into these other worlds and explore these other characters, I mean that's something that we wholeheartedly intend on indulging in."

　　Preacher does not yet have a set date for broadcast on AMC, but it is expected mid-2016.