Llewelyn Moss is out for revenge! Josh Brolin could be JONAH HEX?

By Matt Holmes / June 25, 2011

Jeffrey Wells over at Hollywood Elsewhere is reporting that Josh Brolin, the OWF actor of 2007 and who is just about to be seen playing George W. Bush... is signed on to play the comic book Western anti-hero JONAH HEX. For Brolin it would be his second cowboy role in quick succession after playing opportunist Llewelyn Moss in NO COUNTRY FOR OLD MEN, a modern day western/thriller. He was also star of the Western show Into the West in 2005. Although Warner Bros. are 100% in denial over the deal, Wells is trusting his close friends and sources, sticking to his guns that Brolin will lead the graphic novel adaptation about a scarred and damaged gunslinger in the late 19th century who is a mix between the Clint Eastwood characters Josey Wells & The Man With No Name. If it is true, it's a hell of a coup for CRANK writer/directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor who may have just secured the most in demand leading actor outside of Christian Bale in Hollywood today. And for a pulpy, b-movie style Western which we believe will have sci-fi undertones, it's a risk from Brolin... but he's not one to shy away from controversial roles. Though he won't have come cheap. Warners must be paying big bucks to Brolin and now this positions the movie as being one of the studio's biggest 2010 releases. This is a huge Summer tentpole now... but of course it's risky. Not even Christian Bale, Russell Crowe or Brad Pitt could make the Western big again in 2007. More on this as it developments but as a huge JONAH HEX fan, they really couldn't have made me more excited by their casting!