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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 29, 2016

AMC RENEWS PREACHER

AMC has announced that it has renewed its comics-inspired series Preacher for an expanded 13-episode second season, slated for 2017.

The Sony Pictures Television-AMC Studios co-production is the No. 2 new series on cable this year among adults 18-49 and adults 25-54 and is currently averaging 3.3 million viewers per episode, including 1.9 million adults 25-54, in Nielsen live+3 ratings.

"Preacher is a special television program and we're eager to share with fans the rest of this wild first season and, now, an expanded second season," said Charlie Collier, president of AMC, SundanceTV and AMC Studios. "What Sam, Seth, Evan and the entire creative team have achieved in bringing Garth Ennis' graphic novel to the screen is extraordinary. We look forward to more time with these unforgettable characters be it in Heaven, Hell, Texas or beyond."

Preacher was developed for television by Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg and showrunner Sam Catlin.

The series stars Dominic Cooper as Jesse Custer, Joseph Gilgun as Cassidy, Ruth Negga as Tulip, Lucy Griffiths as Emily, W. Earl Brown as Sheriff Root, Anatol Yusef as DeBlanc, Tom Brooke as Fiore, Derek Wilson as Donnie Schenck and Ian Colletti as Eugene/Arseface.

This Thursday night, AMC will air a Preacher catch-up/DVR marathon of the first five episodes of the current season, starting at 9 p.m. and running through 2:35 a.m. Friday morning. The sixth episode appears on AMC this Sunday in the show's regular timeslot at 9:00 p.m.



DARK HORSE COMICS FIRST LOOKS

For covers and two- to six-page previews of Dark Horse Comics titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, July 6, click on the cover thumbnails or the links below for the individual titles.

* BALTIMORE: EMPTY GRAVES #4.

* BOUNTY #1.



ZENESCOPE ENTERTAINMENT FIRST LOOKS

For covers and six-page previews of Zenescope Entertainment titles arriving in stores on Wednesday, July 6 click on the cover thumbnails or the links below for the individual titles.

* GRIMM FAIRY TALES #124.

* ROBYN HOOD: I LOVE NY #1.



BRIEFLY

MARVEL TEASER: Marvel Comics has released two teaser images, a "We Quit!" image for All-New, All-Different Avengers and an eighth and ninth teaser images for Marvel NOW! this fall.

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TITAN FIRST LOOKS: For covers and three-page preview of Doctor Who: Supremacy of the Cybermen #1, arriving in stores on July 6 from Titan Comics, CLICK HERE.

'CASTING NEWS: According to Deadline, Tyne Daly has joined the cast of Spider-Man: Homecoming. ... Vinnie Jones has joined the cast of Kingsmen: The Golden Circle. ... Carly Pope has been cast in The CW's Arrow as Coast City reporter Susan Williams.

'BUSTERS MARATHON: Sundance TV is staging a Ghostbusters marathon on Saturday,, July 16. Ghostbusters will show at 11 a.m. (ET), 4 p.m. and 9 p.m., with Ghostbusters II airing at 1:30 p.m., 6:30 p.m. and 11:30 p.m.



SEPTEMBER 2016 SOLICITATIONS

Below are solicitations posted so far for September. Click on the publisher's name for the full listings.

* AfterShock Comics.

* Archie Comics.

* Aspen Comics.

* Bongo Comics.

* Dark Horse Comics.

* DC Comics.

* Dynamite Entertainment.

* IDW Publishing.

* Image Comics.

* Marvel Comics.

* Oni Press.

* Titan Comics.

* Z2 Comics.

* Valiant Entertainment.







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