UPDATE:

Seth Rogen tweeted the first photo from AMC's Preacher pilot tonight. It shows Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer and Ian Colletti as Arseface. Check it out:

The original report follows ...Production has begun on the pilot for AMC’s Preacher TV series.Seth Rogen took to Twitter to reveal the news, saying “I can’t believe we are f***ing doing this!!!”Rogen is set to co-direct the pilot alongside partner Evan Goldberg (they are also writing and executive-producing). Bill Pope is serving as director of photography.Preacher, based on the DC/Vertigo comic series, tells the story of Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), a small town preacher at his faith’s end, who becomes imbued with the word of God. Joining Custer is his ex-girlfriend Tulip (Ruth Negga), the rowdy vampire Cassidy (Joseph Gilgun), Jesse’s right-hand Emily (Lucy Griffiths), and the ever-controversial Arseface (Ian Colletti).

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