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Hex for Josh Brolin? (That’s Jonah Hex)
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See? Josh Brolin seems ready to be a gunslinger.
Earlier today, Hollywood Elsewhere posted news that Josh Brolin was in talks to play Jonah Hex in an adaptation of the DC Comic. Tonight, Variety reports that it’s close to a done deal.
Jonah Hex is a gunslinger and “part-time bounty hunter.” He’s notable for his disfigured face and partiality for Confederate uniforms. Hex first appeared in the 1970s in the All-Star Westerns series before winning a solo gig. The character has been through several relaunches, most recently in 2005. Crank writers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor ...
Josh Brolin As JONAH HEX??
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[image] [image] I am – Hercules!! DC Comics' Harvey Dent-ish Old West bounty hunter Jonah Hex may be played by aging Goonie Josh Brolin in a big-screen adaptation written and directed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor ("Crank"). A veteran of the Confederate army, the surly, whiskey-swilling Hex made his funnybook debut in a 1972 issue of All-Star Western. He lost a good hunk of his face to a hot Apache tomahawk. Find all of Variety’s story on the matter here .
Josh Brolin To Potray Jonah Hex
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Josh Brolin looks to have closed a deal to play Jonah Hex, according to Variety. Created by John Albano and Tony DeZuniga, the DC Comics anti-hero is an American Civil War veteran with scars covering the right side of his face. He was an officer for the Confederacy during the American Civil War, fought at Gettysburg and is normally shown wearing a tattered Confederate States Army jacket. Crank duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor wrote and will direct Jonah Hex for Warner Bros.
Rudin Exits Reader. Trade Roughage 10/10/08
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Scott Rudin is taking his name off Stephen Daldry’s The Reader after losing his heavyweight battle with Harvey Weinstein regarding the film’s release schedule. Now that Rudin has left the project, though, can we expect the producer to push his Revolutionary Road even harder for the Oscar? And will Kate Winslet be treated like a poor child of divorce who’s made to pick one parent over the other?
Confirming little more than what the movie blogs have been rumoring all week, Variety reports that super hot right now Josh Brolin is in talks to play the DC Comics ...
Why Brolin Doesn’t Matter as Hex
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Variety brings the word that Josh “W.” Brolin may take the lead in the film adaptation of Jonah Hex. Script and screen duties are being helmed by Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank) and there is, of course, inevitable backing from Warner Brothers.
But Brolin won’t confirm and to be honest, why bother? If you’re unfamiliar with Hex, he’s DC Comics’ scarred Western anti-hero that focused more on pulp than on costume and tights. Sold into Apache slavery by his father, Hex eventually wins over the chief and becomes an honorary member of the tribe. Spurned by ...
