Seth Rogen cofirmed on Twitter today that Dominic Cooper will be officially playing Jesse Custer in the "Preacher" tv pilot:
We have Jesse Custer! @dominiccoop is gonna save our souls. #Preacher
— Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) April 17, 2015
Early this month Deadline reported that Dominic Cooper was in "lengthy negotiations" to play the lead of Jesse Custer. Cooper is best known for his role as Howard Stark in Captain America: The First Avenger and Agent Carter TV series. The pilot was ordered by AMC December of last year, with filming starting set to start next month. Seth Rogen, Evan Goldberg, Sony TV, AMC Studios are producing the pilot with the hope to be picked up for a full season.