Preacher: Watch the trailer for AMC’s next big show starring Dominic Cooper

After gestating for nearly a decade, comic book hero Preacher has finally made it to the small screen, with AMC releasing the first trailer for the titular live-action show.

The premise is pretty bonkers: a small-town preacher named Jesse Custer merges with an otherworldly being and sets out to find God, joined by a hard-drinking Irish vampire and his ex-girlfriend.

He has supernatural powers that allow him to ‘command the obedience of those who hear and comprehend his words’ in the comic books, but these aren’t really touched upon in the trailer.

AMC will be hoping for a Walking Dead-sized success with the show, which has been adapted by Seth Rogen and his writing partner Evan Goldberg.

"It is our favorite comic of all time,” Rogen wrote in a statement, “and we're going to do everything we can to do it right.”

Joe Gilgun and Ruth Negga co-star in the 10-episode first season, which doesn’t yet have a release date but is expected in 2016.