Josh Brolin gets his John Malkovich for JONAH HEX!

Still not convinced that Josh Brolin is in complete charge of the JONAH HEX project at Warner Bros/DC? Well read on... Last November, we heard Brolin had effectively fired screenwriters Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor from HEX, replacing them with his out of left field choice of Jimmy Hayward (HORTON HEARS A WHO) to direct, after he liked the pitch the director sent him via-email. Earlier, we heard in an interview article at MTV that Brolin admitted the Neveldine & Taylor's script for the film was awful but was attraced to the project anyway because of what he thought he could do with it. Brolin said...

...once I started putting people in my mind and saying what if I put Malkovich in this role then what does this movie become?

So unsurprisingly after we knew exactly which actor he wanted, today comes the news from Variety that John Malkovich has been hired to play the main villain in JONAH HEX. Warner Bros. are keeping their star happy once again. Malkovich will play Quentin Turnbull, a key recurring villain in the comics canon who is known by his signature cane which carries an eagle top. You see, Turnbull's son Jeb was Jonah's best friend in the Confederate Army but after Jeb's death by Union Soldiers (which was framed on Hex), Quentin swore vengeance on who he believed to be his son's killer. Brendon Connelly over at /film believes this will make up the core plot of the HEX adaptation and I think he has it spot on. Filming begins in April. We await Brolin's other casting decisions and whether he decides he now wants to direct it also. Warners would be likely to let him too, they seem so delighted he has even agreed to do a comic book Western adaptation that they will do anything to keep him happy.