Hex directors exit | Movie News
The comic book western JONAH HEX was shaping up to be the good kind of crazy. CRANK directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor came on board to write and direct the Warner Bros. project, adapting the long-running DC Comics series about a scar-faced gunslinger.
But Neveldine and Taylor have saddled up and rode on outta town. The duo has left the project due to the obligatory "creative differences", even with Josh Brolin thought to be strapping on sixguns to play the infamous ornery bounty hunter.
The studio intends to keep Brolin involved and get the movie rolling next spring, so they'll be seeking an appropriate replacement pronto. It's unknown if they'll keep Neveldine/Taylor's script, but under the circumstances it seems likely they'll send it to the gallows and start fresh. I reckon.
Source: Variety
Extra Tidbit: Bets on the "creative differences" being PG-13 versus R rating arguments?
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12:15AM on 11/21/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
And why would Sam Mendes ever...
And why would Sam Mendes ever do this movie?
5:54PM on 11/20/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
2:46PM on 11/20/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
Also, Neveldine and Taylor were planning on emphasising the ghosts and zombies aspect, which I didn't really like, since that's really only a small part of what Jonah Hex is all about (IMO it'd be like hyping up the Vampire angle in a Spider-Man movie).
Brechtsky, glad to know I'm not alone on this one.
1:11PM on 11/20/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
This could be done much better, and hopefully they will find a worthy replacement.
But still, I think I'd take sam mendes and his Preacher over this anyday.
edit: vincnet castiglo-- do you even know what the common meaning of mindfuck is? --Because...
This could be done much better, and hopefully they will find a worthy replacement.
But still, I think I'd take sam mendes and his Preacher over this anyday.
edit: vincnet castiglo-- do you even know what the common meaning of mindfuck is? --Because the way you're using it makes no sense, and crank certainly was no mind fuck... see finchers game, fight club, or pretty much any mamet film... now those are mind fucks.
9:45AM on 11/20/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
2:13AM on 11/20/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
I realize a lot of people liked Crank and they were probably really happy to have the same guys involved on this. Personally though, I thought Crank was an okay action movie but not much more, and that's probably exactly what they would've turned Hex...
I realize a lot of people liked Crank and they were probably really happy to have the same guys involved on this. Personally though, I thought Crank was an okay action movie but not much more, and that's probably exactly what they would've turned Hex into... a generic action movie. So I'm actually kind of happy to hear they're moving aside for another director.
Ideas for replacements:
1. Nick Cassavettes
2. John Hillcoat
3. David Slade
12:25AM on 11/20/2008 Add as a friend | MFC profile
These guys seemed great for the flick, and Brolin would have been awesome as Hex
These guys seemed great for the flick, and Brolin would have been awesome as Hex
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Thomas Jane = Yes.
'Nuff said.
Thomas Jane = Yes.
'Nuff said.