Recently, Sam Mendes (The Road to Perdition, Away We Go) said the script for Preacher — an adaptation of the DC/Vertigo comic book series — is about halfway finished. Now it appears that John Cusack, who’s starring in the upcoming 2012, may want in on it.

In an interview with io9, Cusack described a comic book movie circulating around Hollywood that he’s trying to get himself attached to. "It's a vampire and a killer, and they're on the road, and it's this really strange story," he said.

When asked if he was talking about Preacher, which revolves around a former faith-spreader, his trigger-happy girlfriend, and a vampire who hit the road to teach God a lesson, Cusack replied, "I think it might have been Preacher," adding that he would be interested in playing “either the vampire or the priest."

"One of those two guys," he said.

If Preacher sounds like an odd fit for Cusack, who made his name playing romantic leads and charming goofballs, let’s remember that ten years ago, he also took a chance on a bizarre-sounding script by an unknown writer named Charlie Kaufman: Being John Malkovich. Maybe Preacher would be right up his alley.
 
John August is attached to the Preacher script, based on the series by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon. It ran for 75 issues between 1995 and 2000, and was a frequent lightning rod for controversy regarding its handling of religious issues, as well as its dark sense of humor and violence.