Jonah Hex Review Thread (Spoilers)

[GreenScar]

Update July 24

SDCC: In Hex footage, Brolin kicks ass, Fox shows it

Even though Jimmy Heyward's film was sandwiched between presentations for Where the Wild Things Are, The Book of Eli and Nightmare on Elm Street, among others, Jonah Hex roused the crowd with a terrific (if short) screening of footage and an appearance by cast members Michael Fassbender, Josh Brolin and, perhaps most importantly, Megan Fox.

The teaser trailer more resembled a spaghetti western than a modern action film. In the footage, Hex is almost mythological, a gunslinger whose story is bandied about among dusty townsfolk; in one shot, a crow climbs out of his mouth and flies away. As co-star John Malkovich announces, "The war begins here," Hex retorts (via editing), "I figured hell would be something like this," as trains explode and mayhem ensues. Hex's appearance is jokingly addressed ("I cut myself shaving") but never specifically explained: the right side of his face boasts a gaping hole that is sort of contained by stretched piece of flesh, and Brolin looks creepily authentic as the disfigured cowboy.

Then, of course, there's Fox, who spends most of the clip in a corset and pantaloons; she looks terrific, but it appears that her character is by no means eye candy, firing pistols with both hands and taking out would-be aggressors while dropping clever catchphrases. She was also the focal point of many of the questions once fans were availed of the Hall H microphone, but she deftly navigated her way around any of the less appropriate questions to talk about her character, whom she marveled about getting to play.

Fassbender is a relative unknown to most American audiences, but his anonymity should be short-lived after playing one of Malkovich's henchmen in the film, a guy who he says he took inspiration for from a combination of "Clockwork Orange and 1970s Riddler, Frank Gorshin." His appearance even in the clips was memorable, not the least of which because of his physicality (his face is covered with tattoos), but because his character has an anarchic quality that is the kind that audiences love to hate. Ironically, he was most emphatic about his work with the absent Malkovich, whom he described as "so softly spoken and yet so menacing" in the film.

As for the film's potential fantasy quotient, Heyward took a moment to clear up a few rumors. "There's no voodoo, no army of the undead," he said. "It's a western action picture." But Brolin called the film "a phantasmagoria of insanity," revealing his hope that other films will be influenced by their film, which he admits was itself was inspired as much by '60s and '70s spaghetti westerns as it was the comic book series.

Fox's appearance again distracted the crowd from the film itself, especially when an attendee made an inappropriate request for her to participate in a sex tape. (Thankfully his microphone was cut off and he was ejected from the room.) But her pantaloons, corset and bustier notwithstanding, Jonah Hex promises (perhaps unfortunately) to be less about the actress showing her ass and more about kicking those of others alongside Brolin, Malkovich and her male counterparts.

I am pretty excited for this. I like Brolin and love Westerns. I've never understood the Megan Fox allure (over other actresses that are just as hot and can act). Excited for this.

Update July 22:

Update:

Originally Posted by WyldeMan45

Remember the last time I showed you some photos from Megan Fox on the Jonah Hex set and she was wearing a bathrobe and some cool boots? Well, this is what she was wearing under it. That is one serious hourglass figure, she has almost no waist, somebody get her a pizza! Check out the old dude in the mirror of pictures 2,3 and 4 peeping, haha.

I'm really excited for this movie (although I've never read the DC comic it's based on)

Anyone else excited for this?

These photos come from Lainey Gossip, a blog about all things Diane Lane (who would've guessed?). The story in this movie will follow Jonah Hex, as seen above, a disfigured bounty hunter who tracks a voodoo practitioner that wants to raise an army of the undead to liberate the South. Former Pixar animator Jimmy Hayward, who is a big fan of both comics and westerns, is directing. I think this looks great so far, it's easily one of my most anticipated upcoming movies of next year, mainly because I'm excited to see the western and comic book movie genres come together. Plus, Brolin looks like he'll be kicking some ass.

[JTStarkiller]

I certainly am. Palmiotti and Gray are doing a fantastic job with the series right now. I haven't read the origin story yet, but I have no idea if it's the story they're doing in the movie.

While on the subject of DC films, The Losers is also one I'm axiously awaiting.

[iori]

I don't know anything bout Hex but yeah I will see it for Megan.

[JonD7]

I'm disappointed with the way they made Jonah Hex look, he's supposed to look really messed up, you should be able to see his teeth through his cheek and he shouldn't have an eye lid. ah well... I hope it's atleast better then Ghost Rider.

[hardcorefrokid]

Higher quality poster pic here.

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by hardcorefrokid

Higher quality poster pic here.

[GreenScar]

SDCC: In Hex footage, Brolin kicks ass, Fox shows it

Even though Jimmy Heyward's film was sandwiched between presentations for Where the Wild Things Are, The Book of Eli and Nightmare on Elm Street, among others, Jonah Hex roused the crowd with a terrific (if short) screening of footage and an appearance by cast members Michael Fassbender, Josh Brolin and, perhaps most importantly, Megan Fox.

The teaser trailer more resembled a spaghetti western than a modern action film. In the footage, Hex is almost mythological, a gunslinger whose story is bandied about among dusty townsfolk; in one shot, a crow climbs out of his mouth and flies away. As co-star John Malkovich announces, "The war begins here," Hex retorts (via editing), "I figured hell would be something like this," as trains explode and mayhem ensues. Hex's appearance is jokingly addressed ("I cut myself shaving") but never specifically explained: the right side of his face boasts a gaping hole that is sort of contained by stretched piece of flesh, and Brolin looks creepily authentic as the disfigured cowboy.

Then, of course, there's Fox, who spends most of the clip in a corset and pantaloons; she looks terrific, but it appears that her character is by no means eye candy, firing pistols with both hands and taking out would-be aggressors while dropping clever catchphrases. She was also the focal point of many of the questions once fans were availed of the Hall H microphone, but she deftly navigated her way around any of the less appropriate questions to talk about her character, whom she marveled about getting to play.

Fassbender is a relative unknown to most American audiences, but his anonymity should be short-lived after playing one of Malkovich's henchmen in the film, a guy who he says he took inspiration for from a combination of "Clockwork Orange and 1970s Riddler, Frank Gorshin." His appearance even in the clips was memorable, not the least of which because of his physicality (his face is covered with tattoos), but because his character has an anarchic quality that is the kind that audiences love to hate. Ironically, he was most emphatic about his work with the absent Malkovich, whom he described as "so softly spoken and yet so menacing" in the film.

As for the film's potential fantasy quotient, Heyward took a moment to clear up a few rumors. "There's no voodoo, no army of the undead," he said. "It's a western action picture." But Brolin called the film "a phantasmagoria of insanity," revealing his hope that other films will be influenced by their film, which he admits was itself was inspired as much by '60s and '70s spaghetti westerns as it was the comic book series.

Fox's appearance again distracted the crowd from the film itself, especially when an attendee made an inappropriate request for her to participate in a sex tape. (Thankfully his microphone was cut off and he was ejected from the room.) But her pantaloons, corset and bustier notwithstanding, Jonah Hex promises (perhaps unfortunately) to be less about the actress showing her ass and more about kicking those of others alongside Brolin, Malkovich and her male counterparts.

I am pretty excited for this. I like Brolin and love Westerns. I've never understood the Megan Fox allure (over other actresses that are just as hot and can act). Excited for this.

[lobo81865]

I'm old enough to have grown up reading the original comic, and I'm really looking forward to this one. Now if some company would pick up Solomon Kane, and distribute it, I will be very happy.

[johnarnold101]

I think Brolin is really under appreciated, Hex is a good story, and if they do it well it will be a surprise money maker. Just depends on how much of a push they give it.

[Foggy]

I'm really unsure on this movie, sure I'll check it out, but I want to see something of it soon.

[Penitus]

Megan Fox? THUMBS DOWN.

[GreenScar]

Originally Posted by Penitus

Megan Fox? THUMBS DOWN.

You mean THESE thumbs?!?!

[Lord_Stewie]

Hey,

UPDATE

SEP 3rd:

Who is Scoring the movie? Well here you go: MASTADON

Normally when I write about news related to who's scoring what, it's composers we're all familiar with, or the occasional anomally like Daft Punk scoring Tron Legacy. However, this is just plain odd, and I'm not sure I'm down with it? AICN is reporting that the heavy metal band Mastodon (take a listen to their song "Oblivion" on YouTube) has been "quietly scoring" the DC Comics adaptationg of Jonah Hex. A heavy metal band scoring an action western? When asked what it was sounding like, the response was simply: "Needless to say, pretty heavy!" Well, so is anyone that excited to hear a heavy metal score on Jonah Hex?

I'm actually quite excited for Jonah Hex - its got a great cast headlined by Josh Brolin and Megan Fox, a promising director, and all the right elements to be an awesome comic book movie. The footage I saw at Comic-Con only made me more excited - it looked frickin' fantastic and very unique (e.g. not your typical western). However, I just can't see any of these Mastodon tracks playing in it. Then again, they could be doing something different, which I'd love to hear, or just providing some songs that will be used sparingly (like how Linkin Park ended up in Transformers 2). Either way, this is some interesting news. Thoughts?

What's the outcome of this?

Enjoy.

[tbizzle]

HELL YEAH! I think that's a sweet idea, and Mastodon is a pretty unique sounding band. They're 06' album had a cool story feel to it. This could end up being a pretty badass score

[steve_99101]

big fan of Mastodon. great news!

[Lord_Stewie]

I haven't heard of the band before, right now I am checking out some of their musics on ITunes. They sound awesome.

[tbizzle]

Originally Posted by shadblz

I haven't heard of the band before, right now I am checking out some of their musics on ITunes. They sound awesome.

They're not the most talented band ever, but they have a really unique sound. Check out the song "March of the Fire Ants". The beginning of that song is so epic, I've always imagined it being played in a Freddy vs Jason movie when they are about to have the final showdown, I think that would be sick

[GreenScar]

Latino Review has a script review up

Jonah Hex SPOILERS!
Don't read this if you don't want the movie spoiled!

[Show spoiler]We open on JONAH HEX bringing a few ne’er-do-wells to the town of Stunk Crick to collect on a bounty. But things don’t work out as expected and there’s a large shoot-out. I’ll give you one guess who walks out in one piece. The encounter does not bode well for Jonah and he gets his ugly mug on a wanted poster with a hefty sum attached.

Meanwhile, a group of ruffians led by the baddest madman of the West, QUENTIN TURNBULL, blow up a train full of soldiers, women, and children. They make off with the train’s contents, most of which happen to be munitions for the recently-successful Union army.

Later on, Jonah visits LEILA, a lovely raven-haired lady of the night who happens to have a thing for him. As Jonah’s enjoying himself, a troop of government militia, led by LIEUTENANT GRASS, rides into town searching for the bounty hunter.

Jonah gets word of this and races out of town like a bat out of hell; but after a long chase, he is cornered by the men. Jonah tells them to get on with shooting him, but Grass laughs, saying that they aren’t there to arrest him, they’re there to employ him as a bounty hunter. The target? Quentin Turnbull.

Grass says Jonah is perfect for the job – not just because his reputation as a tracker precedes him, but also because of his history with Turnbull, a history in which Jonah is responsible for death of Turnbull’s son, and, based on Jonah’s reaction, probably much more. In response, Jonah now laughs, saying that Turnbull killed himself after the war. Grass tells him that Turnbull is very much alive and a huge threat to the recently restored Republic. Hex quickly agrees and sets off in search of Turnbull.

En route, Jonah has to drudge up his dark and haunted past to try to locate Turnbull and uncover his plan, but those familiar with Jonah aren’t exactly happy to see him when he comes around. And even though he does have allies in his quest, that price on his head can be pretty tempting, as can the desire for revenge

[WyldeMan45]

Originally Posted by GreenScar

Latino Review has a script review up

Jonah Hex SPOILERS!
Don't read this if you don't want the movie spoiled!

Brolin FTW

[GreenScar]

After months of silence we get some updates on the comic book adaptation Jonah Hex!

Now, if you don't know, the Jonah Hex film is set to hit theatres on June 18th which is only two months away. Except for that teaser poster from Comic-Con we haven't seen anything. There has been a lot of production problems for Jonah Hex: re-shoots, new director, small budget...

But now, New York Magazine reports that the trailer will probably be shown on April 30th in front of A Nightmare On Elm Street.

This is from New York Magazine:

"A studio spokesman insists a trailer will finally make it's debut in front of New Line's A Nightmare on Elm Street, which opens April 30, and that the movie will open as scheduled on June 18.
Director Jimmy Hayward texted Vulture to say: "Trailer and film are looking great!".

The leading singer and guitarist of the band Mastodon, Brent Hinds, says that the film seems unfinished to him and that he had to re-score a significant portion of the movie:

"I totally had to go back and start over again. We’re still working on it. We wrapped a little of it today; we’re doing a little more tomorrow. Tomorrow is enough for me. We had such short notice to work on the thing."