Jonah Hex

[Space Pirate Roberts]

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Warner Bros. Saddling Up Jonah Hex
Source: The Hollywood Reporter
July 24, 2007


Warner Bros. Pictures is saddling up to bring DC Comics' Western anti-hero comic book Jonah Hex to the big screen, with filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor on board to adapt, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Hex, known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, was a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood.

"Hex" first appeared in the early 1970s in the issues of "All-Star Western" before graduating to his own series in 1977 that ran for about 10 years. A new series was launched in 2005. The character also had a run in the 1990s that combined the Western genre with supernatural elements.

The filmmakers are not making a straight-ahead Western but plan to develop the character with some of the supernatural overtones in the hopes of creating a franchise.

Neveldine and Taylor wrote and directed Crank, which starred Jason Statham.

My sole exposure to this character has been JLU, but I thought there might be some interested parties here.

[Thief Silver]

Never heard of him, or his 2k5 remake.

[Bacon McShig]

This could be cool. Certainly "supernatural western" is not a genre that's been realized much, if at all, in film.

[Dolemite]

Wow, that's some obscure shit.

[Mr-K]

I predict another Constantine.

[YellerDog]

This would have worked out better as a TV show.

[D_N_G]

jonah hex fucking rules, one of my favorites. i hope they do this right

[Shine]

this film has limitless potential. if they go straight western with just a touch of tech and supernatural, it could play out well.

[Korly]

This would have worked out better as a TV show.

Yes.

Also, I predict this movie never comes out.

he's a really cool character though

[Advocate]

Also, I predict this movie never comes out.

wrong ...

Jimmy Hayward, who directed the animated Horton Hears a Who! will make his live-action debut with Jonah Hex, the Warner Bros. western based on the DC Comics character.

Josh Brolin is attached to star in the film, which previously had Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank) on board as directors. The duo, who also wrote the script, bowed out over creative differences in November.

The studio hopes to put the movie into production in March or April.

The character of Hex, known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, was a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood. One incarnation of his comic book series saw the Western genre combined with supernatural elements, and it's this aspect that was featured in Neveldine and Taylor's script.

Andrew Lazar's Mad Chance and Akiva Goldsman's Weed Road are producing.

Josh Brolin starred in the movie W as George W. Bush. For those that are unfamiliar with him here's a pic ...

The first is him in the TNT movie Into the West.



The Second is just a standard pic.