Jun 20 2008 Thomas Jane as Hex Photo is Sort of Real, Sort of Not Real, Completely Unreal
Thomas Jane has finally come out to address the dubious photograph of him made-up like half-disfigured comic cowboy Jonah Hex, saying, "Yes, that's me dressed as a comic book character, but not in any official capacity. I just thought maybe if I dressed up like Hex, they might cast me as him, and it's only kind of pathetic." From Film School Rejects:
Yeah, the pic is real all right – my pal Akiva Goldsman told me about the project and I fell in love with the idea right away. Being a huge fan of all things Hex – I just couldn’t help myself. I called up my buddy Chris Nelson and we spent a Saturday afternoon working up some make-up for this impromptu shoot and I fired a few pics off to Warners. How do people get a hold of this shit? It’s a little embarrassing seeing my fanboy enthusiasm spilled all over the web, but great scripts don’t come around too often, especially for characters I love.
We can only hope Warner Bros. takes note of Jane's commitment to career-forwarding cosplay and gives him the chance to finally be recognized as a comic book character with guns.
Jun 18 2008 Thomas Jane as Jonah Hex, the Cowboy Two-Face?
Film School Rejects has received what is either an early test shot, concept art, or something for people to comment is a fan photoshop of Thomas Jane as DC comics Western anti-hero Jonah Hex. No names are yet attached to the project in any official capacity, but DC and Warner reportedly hope to get to work on this by mid-2009, just in time to ride the fading wake of The Dark Knight's half-disgusting-face popularity.
Nov 6 2007 'The Mist' Internet-Only Trailer - Even Mistier!
This internet-only trailer for The Mist really takes the mist quotient beyond anywhere you thought it could reach. So much so that it simply cannot be shown in theaters--too much mist. And this isn't some regular, refreshing mist. This is a rotten, awful mist full of just what you'd expect Stephen King to think of.
If you think you and your computer can handle it, be my guest and watch it under the cut, but you've been warned up front. Don't come back here crying when you have your mind blown with mist.
Thanks for the tip, Joe.
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Oct 22 2007 'The Mist' Trailer is Mistier Than the Cigarettes
Somewhere between the horrifying undead spirits lurking in The Fog and the pleasant hairdressing monsters of The Gentle Spritz lie the creatures of The Mist, which unfortunately fall on the horrifying side of the spectrum. Naturally, when this mist overcomes a supermarket, trapping the shoppers inside, it leads to the death of the guy from Homicide and leaves The Punisher defending his child from those who would sacrifice the boy for their own salvation.
Who are the real monsters, the creatures in the mist or the people inside? And what about Sesame Street--are those monsters, too? Why are we allowing these freaks to co-exist with us as we learn numbers and phonics?
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Jul 23 2007 Pulow to Play Punisher, Punisher Greenlighters Go Unpunished
A listful Stevenson had hoped to one day be famous enough for this to be considered career suicide
The internets are now reporting that Thomas Jane's replacement in Punisher 2 will be Ray Stevenson, better known as Titus Pulow from Rome. I have to admit, this is probably the best casting since Forrest Whitaker as Idi Amin or Morgan Freeman as Mandela. Titus Pulow was the only character on Rome arguably more gangsta than Marc Antony.
Still, Punisher 2? Really? Couldn't we just have a Rome movie instead? They've already made two horrible Punisher movies, they shouldn't get another chance. Even Taco Bell fires you after you make your second or third Puberrito (and no, Mrs. Lindeleaf, I'm not sorry. Now who's 'acting inappropriate'? Bitch.).
May 16 2007 Thomas Jane Drops Out of Punisher 2, Touch With Reality
I just love my new triceps. Thanks, meth!
Thomas Jane is pulling out of Punisher 2. In a barely coherent strongly worded letter to AICN, he writes,
"I’m writing to tell you that I regretfully and painfully had to pull out of P2. I can’t tell you how completely broken up I am about it. After busting my ass at the gym four days a week for almost two years, watching every character driven action pic that any fan would ask me to watch while I was standing in line buying egg whites and Tuna fish (Leon the Professional, Oldboy, The Seven-Ups (GREAT flick), Point Blank, Escape from NY, The Driver, Magnum Force, The Mechanic, The Great Silence, Sexy Beast, Nighthawks, Cry Vengeance (check it out), Road Warrior, Man on Fire, Outlaw Josey Wales, Rocky (think about it), Serpico, etc etc etc.) after countless Saturday nights making notes and drinking soda water and munching on seaweed sticks while my daughter slept on my lap to the sound of automatic gunfire, (now she can’t sleep without it. I had to make a tape of automatic gunfire to play in her room at night) after hauling myself to any ‘Guns! Knifes! Ammo!’ show in any small town that I found myself in shooting Killshot or The Mist or Mutant Chronicles, after torn ligaments, screwed up rotator cuffs, thousands of $$$ on ridiculously huge vitamins, overly long conversations with frighteningly tall men about The Fastest Way To Kill Someone With Your Bare Hands, and after a dude refused to sell me a Fatburger at 2am on Santa Monica Blvd, I am, sadly – no, make that heartbrokenly – f*** it - just rip out the heart and stomp it into the pavement a couple of times – pulling out. Punisher fans are already fighting an uphill battle as it is. And I’ve always felt a responsibility to fight that fight for them and with them so that Frank Castle gets the treatment he deserves."
To me, the two most shocking things about this story are: A. They were making a Punisher sequel? Why why why? and B. Wow, Thomas Jane must do a lot of cocaine.
Seriously, buddy, after a ramble like that I think it's clear you need to switch to Adderall.
On the bright side, perhaps they can get Dolph Lundgren back! I heard he's not doing anything. From his grandma. With whom he now lives.
