AMC has announced that production has officially begun on PreacherĀ Season 3 in New Orleans and that, as teased in the finale for Season 2, some of Jesse Custerās family will be coming to the series when it returns. Betty Buckley (Supergirl, Split) has joined the series as Granāma, with Colin Cunningham (Blood Drive, Falling Skies) as TC, Jeremy Childs (The Last Castle, Nashville) as Jody, and Liz McGeever (Star, Nashville) as Christina.
AMCās official descriptions for the characters read as follows:
- āGranāmaā ā A spiritist with true powers, who can cast spells and even bring back the dead (for a price). Pay the fee or pay with your soul to feed Granāmaās thirst for eternal youth. She is weathered, tough, and mean, but also intelligent beyond measure. Sheās Jesseās only living family and she loves him.
- āTCā ā A man born of the bayou and the loyal caretaker and soldier for Granāma. Weasely and wiry, heāll gladly tell you about his perversions whether you ask him or not. While he seems like the friendliest guy youāll ever meet, donāt make the mistake of turning your back on him.
- āJodyā ā Massive and intimidating, Jody emanates danger. Heās the enforcer for Granāma and the only man Jesseās never beaten in a fight. Heās nobodyās fool, and not someone to cross
- āChristinaā ā Capable and efficient, Christina has a face that lures customers in for her family business. Christina hides it well, but she hates her job and has dreams and aspirations outside of her current life ā but suffers to protect her child. (Itās worth noting that the only character in the Preacher comics that has the name of āChristinaā in the source material is actually Jesseās mother, which gives this character description a double meaning now).
Based on the popular cult comic book franchise of the same name,Ā PreacherĀ is a supernatural and darkly comedic drama that follows a Texas preacher named Jesse Custer, who is inhabited by a mysterious entity called Genesis that gives him the power to make people do whatever he commands.Ā After Jesse accidentally discovered that God is absent from Heaven, Jesse, his girlfriend Tulip and their vampire associate Cassidy set out on a road trip to find Him, all while being hunted by the Saint of Killers, an unstoppable, mythical killer from Hell. The trioās pursuit led them to New Orleans, where they dodged local gangsters, dangerous agents, and other unimaginable mayhem on their way to uncovering an even bigger secret. Now, with Tulipās life and Cassidyās friendship in the balance, Jesse must rely on a mysterious figure from his past in order to save his friends and continue on with his mission.
PreacherĀ was developed for television by Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg (This is The End,Ā Superbad,Ā Neighbors) and showrunner Sam Catlin (Breaking Bad).Ā The series stars Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy, with Ruth Negga as Tulip, andĀ Graham McTavish as The Cowboy, aka The Saint of Killers.
If you never sawĀ PreacherĀ or just want a refresher on the things that happened in each episode, you can readĀ our episode annotations, comparing and contrasting them to the comic book source material. Are you guys excited forĀ PreacherĀ Season 3? Let us know in the comments.