“I Am Number Four” Director to Helm “Preacher”

Director D.J. Caruso has signed a deal to direct the upcoming big-screen adaptation of “Preacher” according to the Hollywood Reporter.

Caruso directed the big-screen version of “I Am Number Four.”

Created by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon, “Preacher”, which ran from 1995-2000, told the story of a down-and-out Texas preacher possessed by Genesis, a supernatural entity conceived by the unnatural coupling of an angel and a demon.

Given immense powers, the preacher teamed with an old girlfriend and a hard-drinking Irish vampire and set out on a journey across America to find God — who apparently had abandoned his duties in heaven — and hold him accountable for his negligence.

The directing duties had previously fallen to Sam Mendes. But Mendes left the project a couple of months ago, opening the door for Caruso.