2008's most in-demand actor, Josh Brolin, has snagged another plum role (One I hear Nathan Fillion would've killed for!) - and it ain't one you'd think he'd be taking on at this stage in his career. But power to him - he's not too big for a popcorn flick. Right on JB.
Brolin, next seen as George W. Bush in Oliver Stone's "W", will play DC Comics' "Jonah Hex", according to Variety.
"Crank" writer-directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor wrote the script and will direct.
On Wednesday, both WB and Brolin’s reps denied that a deal was close, but sources said he’s likely to take the job.
Wikipedia says "Jonah Hex is a fictional character, a Western comic book anti-hero created by writer John Albano and artist Tony DeZuniga and published by DC Comics. The right side of his face is horribly distinctly scarred. 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. Hex is surly and cynical, and is in many ways similar to Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name or The Outlaw Josey Wales."
