Seth Rogen Developed A TV Show About His Favorite Comic Book

>> Stephen: HEY, EVERYBODY, WE'RE BACK WITH OUR FRIEND SETH
ROGEN.
( CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ) NOW, SETH, YOU HAVE -- YOU'RE
NOW IN THE SECOND SEASON OF A PROJECT OF LOVE FROM YOUR HEART
CALLED "PREACHER" WHICH YOU COE WRITE, COE DIRECT AND PRODUCED.
BASED ON THE COMIC GRAPHICS OF NOVEL.
WHAT IS IT?
>> A SCI-FI, HORROR, DRAMATIC COMEDY SHOW WHEREIN A PREACHER
IS EMBEAUD WITH THE SPIRIT OF AN ANGEL AND A DEMON WHICH GIVES
HIM, LIKE, THE BABY OF AN ANGEL AND DEMON WHICH GIVES HIM, LIKE,
A POWER, AND HE HAS A BEST FRIEND WHO'S A VAMPIRE, AND HIS
GIRLFRIEND IS AN ASSASSIN, AND THEY FIND OUT GOD IS MISSING
FROM HEAVEN AND IS SOMEWHERE ON EARTH PHYSICALLY AND THEY'RE ON
A ROAD TRIP TO FIND HIM AND BRING HIM TO WHATEVER JUSTICE
THEY CAN, BASICALLY.
>> Stephen: IT'S AN ETERNAL STORY.
>> EXACTLY, IT'S ONE OF THOSE.
THERE IS A LOT OF STUFF ON TV NOW.
YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
THERE IS 20,000 SHOWS.
YOU MIGHT AS WELL GO FOR IT, THAT'S WHAT WE THOUGHT.
>> Stephen: EVERYBODY KNOWS YOU AS A COMEDY GUY BUT YOU HAVE
AN ODD BENT FOR END OF DAYS, SORT OF APOCALYPTIC.
>> YES.
>> Stephen: WITH YOUR BUDDIES, YOU DID "THIS IS THE END."
>> YES.
>> Stephen: ARE YOU A DOOM CRYER?
>> I DO THINK THE WORLD IS GOING TO END, YEAH, FOR SURE.
>> Stephen: WHEN THE SUN EXPANDS AND SWALLOWS US OR NEXT
WEEK?
>> SOME IDIOTS WILL BLOW IT UP.
YOU CAN BLOW UP THE WORLD, SO SOME IDIOT WILL.
( LAUGHTER ) WE'VE BLOWN UP EVERYTHING WE CAN
BLOW UP, SO WHY WOULD WE STOP WITH THE WORLD?
I DON'T KNOW.
I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS A KID, ACTUALLY, I ASKED MY DAD, DO YOU
THINK THE WORLD'S GOING TO END?
AND HE LOOKED AT ME COMPLETELY SERIOUSLY AND SAID, IT ALREADY
DID.
>> Stephen: WHAT DID HE MEAN?
I HAVE NO IDEA.
( LAUGHTER ) IT WAS SO DARK.
I WAS, LIKE, SIX.
>> Stephen: YOU WERE SIX?
I WAS VERY YOUNG.
>> Stephen: DID HE KISS YOU AND SAY, SLEEP TIGHT, HONEY?
>> EXACTLY.
IT WAS A DARK STATEMENT, I THINK ABOUT IT A LOT.
I'M AFRAID TO ASK HIM WHAT HE MEANT, HONESTLY.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: YOU ENJOY COMEDY,
BUT DO YOU ENJOY GORE?
BECAUSE THERE'S ENJOYABLY GROTESQUE STUFF IN THERE.
>> I DO ENJOY.
I GREW UP WATCHING SAM RAIMI AND A LOT OF PETER JACKSON'S MOVIES.
SO WE LIKE GORE AND "PREACHER" HAS A LOT OF GORE.
SOMETIMES IT'S TOO GRUESOME FOR EVEN THE EFFECTS PEOPLE.
THERE IS A SCENE WHERE SOMEBODY CUTS THEIR HEART OUT IN FRONT OF
THEIR MOTHER AND TRIES TO GIVE IT TO HER.
IT'S KIND OF A FUNNY SCENE ( LAUGHTER )
THE MOTHER IS SUPPOSED TO GET BLASTED IN THE FACE WITH FAKE
BLOOD.
WE KEPT QUEUING THE FAKE BLOOD AND IT WASN'T HAPPENING.
I WENT TO THE GUY WITH THE FAKE BLOOD TUBE AND HE SAID, I CAN'T
DO THIS.
I SAID, DO YOU WANT ME TO DO IT?
AND HE SAID, YES, I DO WANT YOU TO TO IT.
SO I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT SAYS ABOUT ME, BUT LITERALLY WITH NO
QUALMS IN ANY SHAPE OR FORM, I BLASTED WHAT MIGHT HAVE BEEN AN
80-YEAR-OLD WOMAN IN THE FACE WITH A HEALTHY SERVING OF FAKE
MOVIE BLOOD.
>> Stephen: AS AN ACTRESS, HOW DID SHELF ABOUT IT?
>> SHE FELT GOOD.
SHE WAS A TROOPER, AND THE SCENE IS FANTASTIC.
SO, YEAH, THAT'S SHOW BUSINESS.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: SEE WHAT YOU'RE
MISSING, DONALD TRUMP, JR.?
>> EXACTLY, YOU COULD HAVE THESE INTERACTIONS WITH ME.
( LAUGHTER ) >> Stephen: PLEASE COME BACK.
I WOULD LOVE TO.
>> Stephen: IT'S SO FUN HAVING YOU.
>> I LOVE BEING HERE SO MUCH.
CONGRATULATIONS ON YOUR SUCCESS.
>> Stephen: OUR FRIEND SETH ROGEN, HIS SHOW "PREACHER"
RETURNS ON A.M.C. SUNDAY.

Seth Rogen Developed A TV Show About His Favorite Comic Book

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