Josh Brolin to Play Jonah Hex

I have never read an issue of DC Comic's western Jonah Hex. But after the news that Warner Bros. will be making this into a full fledged picture, maybe I should give it a look. Today Variety is reporting that Josh Brolin is rumored to play the lead character Hex. Nothing is official yet because both parties are mum on the project but a deal is said to be made very soon. The comic is going to be adapted by filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor.

"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 good news is that the filmmakers do not plan on making this a straightforward western instead they are going to keep some of the supernatural elements. In doing this they plan on creating a possible franchise.