Jonah Hex is saddling up. Is Josh Brolin taking the reins?

Filmstalker mentioned this and yes it is another comic book movie. However, this time it's a Western one.

Josh Brolin is being linked to the adaptation of the western anti-hero comic book character Jonah Hex, a former Confederate soldier who travels across the pretty much lawless old West of the U.S. (that's in the past I'll have you know) working as a vigilante and bounty hunter. With a badly scarred face and a struggle with alcoholism, he's a dark and complex character. The character received his signature scar at the hands of Indians who placed a hot tomahawk to his face. His mother was a prostitute and his dad sold him into slavery.It's to be directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank, Game) and to be funded and released by Warner Bros.

Neveldine/Taylor have said that they don’t plan on “making a straight-ahead Western but plan to develop the character with some of the supernatural overtones in the hopes of creating a franchise.”

According to Hollywood Elsewhere the deal is done and he's the man (although his reps are currently denying it), and the story from Cinema Blend tells us that the film version will have plenty of CGI and science fiction elements.

What do you make of the news? Excited? Jonah Hex is a pretty cool character and Westerns seem to be having a little bit of a come back these days. I think Josh Brolin is perfect fit for the part.

HOME / FORUM.