D.J. Caruso tweeted that he has inked a deal to direct Columbia Pictures' PREACHER, based on the Vertigo Comics series. Original Films' Neal Moritz and Kickstart Productions' Jason Netter are producing.

Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon created the comic, which follows a Texas preacher who is possessed by the offspring of an angel and demon. He teams with an old girlfriend and a drunken vampire to hunt down God who has fled heaven.