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Kevin Smith’s Preacher Movie That Never Was

Posted on February 16, 2011 by Brett

Kevin Smith went to Twitter to correct some reporting by SlashFilm over his involvement in the creation of a film based on the comic book series Preacher. Here’s the Tweets that set the record straight.

PRESS CORRECTION: @slashfilm – Preacher was never "set up" at View Askew with a $25mil budget. http://t.co/CY2WSx5 At one point, Garth &

— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) February 15, 2011

Steve grabbed a beer & burger with me & @SMosier at the Tribeca Grill, where we said "Use our names for whatever our names are worth." Our

— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) February 15, 2011

names were worth bupkis. @SMosier & I pitched it to BobWeinstein, who said "I don't get it. This is a comic book? The Crow I get. This? No."

— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) February 15, 2011

And that was the extent of our involvement with Preacher: a beer & burger & a no from Bob. It was Rachel Talalay's flick; me & @SMosier were

— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) February 15, 2011

just fans of the book & the creative team of Garth & Steve. James Marsden was never involved during this period (which wasn't even a period,

— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) February 15, 2011

so much as a three day stretch). So strange to watch a fiction become fact. Happy to have Twitter as a means to correct misinformation.

— KevinSmith (@ThatKevinSmith) February 15, 2011

And yes Kevin, we’re glad you have this avenue to correct misreported “facts” too.