Jul 24 2009 'Jonah Hex' Poster: The Undertaker and His Slim Girlfriend
Yahoo Movies has premiered the first poster for comic book adaptation Jonah Hex, comfirming that, a) Megan Fox is still useful for providing cleavage and pouty, slightly-parted lips, particularly when several of her ribs have been removed, and, b) apparently every single action movie of the next year is going to star a man dressed like he's in a '90s Tom Petty video. Good to know.
Jun 3 2009 First Look at Josh Brolin as Jonah Hex
I'm not at all familiar with the comic character, so I didn't realize his facial scarring would give him an expression that implies he's permanently pulling deliberately at his collar and muttering a strained "yeeeeeesh."
Two more shots--along with juicy Josh Brolin gossip!--here (via AICN).
Apr 27 2009 Here's Megan Fox Without a Front on Her Dress
Coming Soon has some shots of Megan Fox having her guts crushed in the name of idealized womanhood on the set of Jonah Hex. In the comic book adaptation, Fox continues taking roles that used to go by Jessica Biel by playing a prostitute love interest to Josh Brolin's Hex.
Audiences will surely be measuring the success of their Wild West romance against the epitome of the such an affair, the love/hate relationship of Mel Gibson and Jodie Foster in Maverick, so these guys had better nail it.
Apr 1 2009 Will I Be Able to Take Will Arnett Seriously in 'Jonah Hex'?
Ah, some much-needed Will Arnett to tide us over until the Arrested Development movie (I'm still pretending the Arrested Development movie will happen). The Hollywood Reporter has announced the actor, most famous for portraying Gob on the beloved sitcom, and Michael Shannon have joined Jonah Hex:
Will Arnett and Oscar nominee Michael Shannon are boarding "Jonah Hex," Warner Bros. and Legendary's action Western based on the DC Comics character.Jimmy Hayward is directing "Hex," whose cast also includes Josh Brolin, John Malkovich and Megan Fox. It's the story of Hex (Brolin), a scarred bounty hunter tracking a voodoo practitioner (Malkovich) who wants to raise an army of the undead to liberate the South.
Arnett will play a Union soldier who enlists Hex and is blindsided by the dirty fighting style of his enemies. The role is not inherently comic.
I don't want to typecast someone as talented as Will Arnett, but keep trying to imagine him being sincere and I'm getting absolutely nothing. I can only conjure images of Gob in a cowboy hat, his raspy voice muttering "Jonah" in the same suspicious, condescending tone he so often whispered "Michael." But in fairness, prior to Jim Carrey's dramatic breakthroughs, I probably would have only been able to imagine him doing The Truman Show as Fire Marshal Bill, so I'm sure Arnett will be fine.
Mar 4 2009 Good News if You Like Looking at Megan Fox
This news will make a handsome giftset with the Ratner-directing-Youngblood revelation in the category of Awful Comics Being Brought to Life By Hollywood Talent So Blindingly Appropriate that Fans and Haters Alike Cannot Help But Resoundingly Approve. Megan Fox starring as the hot, raven-haired, oft-naked heroine of the comic book Fathom? That is not disagreeable, except for the part about a Fathom movie:
Megan Fox is ditching the robots and taking her career to Western and underwater frontiers.Fox is in final negotiations to star opposite Josh Brolin and John Malkovich in "Jonah Hex," Warner Bros.' action Western based on the DC Comics character. She also is attached to star and develop "Fathom," Fox Atomic's comic book-based underwater adventure.
In "Hex," being directed by Jimmy Hayward, Fox will play Leila, a gun-wielding beauty and love interest of Hex (Brolin), a scarred bounty hunter tracking a voodoo practitioner (Malkovich) who wants to raise an army of undead to liberate the South.
"Fathom," a comic created by recently deceased artist Michael Turner, follows a young woman named Aspen who learns she is a member of a race of aquatic humanoids who possess the ability to control water.
As for the Megan Fox-in-Jonah Hex news... I guess? I still don't know why Jonah Hex is being produced as a film. This is going to be the Pets.com of comic adaptations--the one that finally bursts the already thinly-stretched skin of the bubble. Sell your Comic Book Movie stock (CBM) now.
