The official Jonah Hex thread.

[Superman]

I saw that shot in entertainment weekly this week and all I could think was "What? They couldn't find him a white contact? God forbid they mess up those pretty brown eyes."

 

[Superman]

D.p.

 

[theMan-Bat]

I saw that shot in entertainment weekly this week and all I could think was "What? They couldn't find him a white contact? God forbid they mess up those pretty brown eyes."

Josh Brolin said "The eye thing,… Jonah Hex is a comic book. It’s drawn. In reality, if Jonah Hex had had an eye like that it’d be a little raisin in the back of his brain. We didn’t want to do CGI, didn’t have the money. It’s all right here, it’s about that expression. I tried it, I pulled this eye down. Within an hour, my eye started to get infected. I realized I’m not that committed of an actor. I fought for it. I fought for it for a little while."
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_17129.html

 

[Keyser Soze]

It's disappointing to hear about all the problems with this film, and how it could end up being a total disaster. I fear this could end up as a textbook example of how a great script does not always translate into a great film. Because that first draft I read was money, pure and simple. But it was very much a hard-R script from the guys who brought us Crank. So when we lose Neveldine and Taylor, and when the script was probably reworked to allow for a PG-13 film, I suppose too much was lost in translation.

I still hope for the best. But at this stage I'm starting to fear the worst.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Yea the Neveldine and Taylor script was brilliant.

It's obviously been butchered beyond recognition now though.

 

[theMan-Bat]

It's still recognizable as Neveldine and Taylor's script. Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich) is still the villain who's son was killed, Leila (Megan Fox) is still a prostitute and Jonah Hex's love-interest, Lieutenant Grass(Will Arnett) is still employing Jonah Hex as a bounty hunter and the target is still Quentin Turnbull. As for all the rumors of John Malkovich as a VooDoo Priest with a zombie army, producer Andrew Lazar dispelled those: “I don’t know where the ‘voodoo practitioner raising armies of the undead’ came from, but that has nothing to do with the film."
http://www.zimbio.com/John+Malkovic...+voodoo+zombies+Jonah+Hex+movie+says+director
It's essentially Neveldine and Taylor's script devoid of the fart/ass/piss/***** jokes, nudity, and gore.
Neveldine: We gave them a very hard-R version of the script, which everybody loved. I mean, the studio loved it, the actors loved it. But at the end of the day, they wanted to go with a, you know, I think a PG-13 movie, which probably is the right way to get a younger audience involved, and that’s just not something that we would do.
Taylor: All I know about Jonah Hex is that Megan Fox is hot.
Neveldine: Oh my god. [Laughs] It’s going to be a cool movie.
How much of what you guys were originally planning for that movie do you think will actually end up in the film?
Neveldine: Well… Enough.
Taylor: It’s our script, with a lot of the naughty bits taken out. But hopefully it will retain the energy of our draft.
Neveldine: And it does have Megan Fox in it.
Taylor: And she’s hot.
http://www.slashfilm.com/2009/09/04...ir-nickelodeon-green-goop-moment-for-america/

 

[Bad Superman]

Looks good.

Josh Brolin said "The eye thing,… Jonah Hex is a comic book. It’s drawn. In reality, if Jonah Hex had had an eye like that it’d be a little raisin in the back of his brain. We didn’t want to do CGI, didn’t have the money. It’s all right here, it’s about that expression. I tried it, I pulled this eye down. Within an hour, my eye started to get infected. I realized I’m not that committed of an actor. I fought for it. I fought for it for a little while."
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_17129.html

They didn't have money for a couple of CGI shots for ONE EYE??

 

[theMan-Bat]

Looks good.



They didn't have money for a couple of CGI shots for ONE EYE??

They didn't really want CGI because covering his eye limits his expressions, and half his face is already covered in prosthetics.
Brolin said "We didn't have the money to do CGI and all that kind of stuff, and we really didn't want to, because it's all about right here [the eyes]. You go back to the Clint Eastwood Spaghetti Westerns, any Spaghetti Western, the Japanese, whatever. It's about right here. It's all about that expression."
http://www.moviesonline.ca/movienews_17338.html

 

[Webhead2006]

yea i dont really see the issue to much with the whole one eye deal. sure it would have looked nice but at the end of the day its just a minor detail to the look of the film. As for the film once its out i will most likely check it out and hope it turns out to be a decent film.

 

[Webhead2006]

yea i dont really see the issue to much with the whole one eye deal. sure it would have looked nice but at the end of the day its just a minor detail to the look of the film. As for the film once its out i will most likely check it out and hope it turns out to be a decent film.

 

[goh78]

I think the lack of a trailer with less than two months before this movie's release is a bigger blow than the lack of one CG eye.

It's simply doomed to fail at this point. No marketing, no word of mouth, bad press, and it's going up against Toy Story 3 for Christ's sake. Some movies can make a name for themselves and do well, but it seems more difficult when it's a Summer movie and bam - a new 'Blockbuster is out the next weekend. But with 7 weeks to go and without so much as a teaser or anything else beyond the one poster that's been released, it's going down without even a whimper it seems. If you saw that poster you might think it was a Phantom of the Opera remake or something. The only thing they have going for it at this point is people blindly seeing "The New Meghan Fox Movie."

 

[Hunter Rider]

http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=65360

 

[Raiden]

It's disappointing to hear about all the problems with this film, and how it could end up being a total disaster. I fear this could end up as a textbook example of how a great script does not always translate into a great film. Because that first draft I read was money, pure and simple. But it was very much a hard-R script from the guys who brought us Crank. So when we lose Neveldine and Taylor, and when the script was probably reworked to allow for a PG-13 film, I suppose too much was lost in translation.

I still hope for the best. But at this stage I'm starting to fear the worst.

I hate it when Hollywood tries to water-down a script so the film can become a PG-13 movie. It almost never works well in the end. Why hasn't WB realized that R-rated movies like 300 and The Hangover can make alot of money also?

 

[AVEITWITHJAMON]

^God knows whats going on with WB at this point, they are starting to go the way of Fox if rumours about this, The Losers and Clash Of The Titans is anything to go by, shame, they used to be an excellent studio as well.

 

[theMan-Bat]

I'm fine with this film being rated PG-13. Jonah Hex doesn't really need fart/ass/piss/***** jokes, lots of cussing, nudity, and gore. And it's really not too late for the movie to get promoted before the release date. A trailer will be released on April 29th on TV and in theaters with the Nightmare on Elm Street remake on April 30th. With the film releasing on June 18th, that gives them a month and a half to promote the movie with trailers and TV appearances of Josh Brolin, Megan Fox and John Malkovich on the Tonight Show, Late Night, the Late Show, the Late Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Lopez Tonight, the Daily Show, etc. Jonah Hex will be on the cover of Wizard:

And Jonah Hex merchandise is coming to stores starting in May.
NECA is releasing 7" action figures of Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin):

Leila (Megan Fox):

Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich):

DC Direct is releasing a deluxe Jonah Hex doll with cloth clothes:

DC Direct is releasing a Jonah Hex bust:

And a Leila bust:

NECA is releasing a 16" Jonah Hex tomahawk axe made of metal and wood:

NECA is releasing a 3 foot long Quentin Turnbull cane made of metal and wood:

Awesome. Nice to see Jonah Hex merchandise. Merchandise can be another great promotional tool.

 

[Webhead2006]

Yea it sucks about the whole no big huge marketing plan for the film and all that. though since its a smaller type of film and a less risk type of character i guess wb doesnt expect it to be a huge itinal BO draw, but it should hopefully be a modest sucess so other characters like hex who are these less risk type of characters could probably have a shot in happening. As for the whole pg 13 vs R deal. i dont really see much of an issue there. Really if a director pushs they could go for a hard pg 13 rating which is pretty dam close to R rating stuff. Plus even if a film is ultimately just pg 13 the dvd release could have an alternate cut for R or something. Plus really is hex that much of a blood and guts character needing to be R?

 

[Darkness Falls]

wouldn't mind picking up the leila figure not fussed on the other two though

 

[zeptron]

I'm with just about everyone else on this. It was a dumb move pushing the date on the same day as TOY STORY 3. One of the most anticipated movies of the year. Everyone and their mother is gonna go rush to see that.

I'm sure the excuse is "it's aiming for a totally different audience"... I don't buy that.

Besides people who've read the comics, nobody even knows who Jonah Hex is. Hell the GA has no idea this movie is even coming out yet because of no marketing, and it comes out in less than two months. The only people who are gonna rush to see this are fans of the comics and horny fanboys who wanna look at Megan Fox.

 

[theMan-Bat]

Yea it sucks about the whole no big huge marketing plan for the film and all that.

I never expected to see a huge marketing plan for Jonah Hex like they do for the Batman franchise. I'm happy to see that there is Jonah Hex merchandise coming out.

I'm with just about everyone else on this. It was a dumb move pushing the date on the same day as TOY STORY 3.

Jimmy Palmiotti, writer of the Jonah Hex comic book series, told the Philadelphia Daily News that the reason they pushed up the release date of the film to June 18th is "because the studio saw the rough cut and loved it, so much so they pushed up the date and decided to put more money into the film." He also said "I know for a fact that the shoots on 'Hex' are additional story being added...not reshoots."
http://www.lonely.geek.nz/jonah_hex_film.html

The only people who are gonna rush to see this are fans of the comics and horny fanboys who wanna look at Megan

Western fans and action movie fans in general should also want to see Jonah Hex after the trailer is released.

 

[dark_b]

I'm fine with this film being rated PG-13. Jonah Hex doesn't really need fart/ass/piss/***** jokes, lots of cussing, nudity, and gore. And it's really not too late for the movie to get promoted before the release date. A trailer will be released on April 29th on TV and in theaters with the Nightmare on Elm Street remake on April 30th. With the film releasing on June 18th, that gives them a month and a half to promote the movie with trailers and TV appearances of Josh Brolin, Megan Fox and John Malkovich on the Tonight Show, Late Night, the Late Show, the Late Late Show, Jimmy Kimmel Live, Lopez Tonight, the Daily Show, etc. Jonah Hex will be on the cover of Wizard:

we dont get R movies because of people like you.i guess you dont have and idea what you are talking about right? you think that only extreme movies are R? you think that a movie can only be R if it has fart jokes,100% gore and cursing like a Tarantino movie?

you ever watched an 80's movie or an 90's movie that was R? did they had sex scenes in every shot and head's flying around?


i think disney's aladdin is a movie for you since you can not handle some normal fighting,a little blood and a girl that is a prostitue.

 

[theMan-Bat]

Wrong. Some of my favorite films are R-rated, actually (Blade Runner, Sin City, No Country For Old Men). I mentioned fart/ass/piss/***** jokes, lots of cussing, nudity, and gore because I was referring to what was in Neveldine and Taylor's original Jonah Hex script. It was a very hard-R version of the script. And now it's a PG-13 version, which I don't have a problem with. Jonah Hex doesn't have to be R-rated. And we do get R-rated movies. Watchmen was R-rated, 300 was R-rated, lots of recent movies are R-rated.

 

[Keyser Soze]

I can see both sides of the argument. On one side, I think that you can do a lot more with a PG-13 rating than some would think. I for one will never agree with the fanboys screaming that the next Batman needs to be R-rated. No it doesn't. The Dark Knight had more suspense and unsettling scenes in it than many R-rated movies. You don't need lots of gore, nudity and profanity to make a "grown up" movie.

But on the other hand, there are cases where an R rating is necessary to truly do a film justice. As I mentioned, the script by Neveldine and Taylor was awesome. But what made it so awesome WAS how extreme it was. It was FREAKIN' NUTS! There were literally pages where you would recoil back and exclaim, "Holy f***, how the hell are they going to put THAT on the screen!" Moments of such high concept gore-letting that you can imagine audience members breaking out into spontaneous applause upon seeing it on film.

No, making a movie a PG-13 doesn't necessarily de-ball it and make it totally tame and kiddified. But certain films DO require that R rating. Would Inglourious Basterds have been as compelling if a PG-13 rating had been forced upon it, or Kick-Ass, for a more recent example.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

Yea i don't buy that this doesn't need a rated r. It does. It's a western film. The west was dirty and grimey and violent. Filled with disgusting characters.

I want a real Jonah Hex movie, not a watered down one.

And yes the original hard core script was ****ing brilliant.

 

[theMan-Bat]

Yea i don't buy that this doesn't need a rated r. It does. It's a western film. The west was dirty and grimey and violent. Filled with disgusting characters.

Westerns can feature dirt and grime and be violent with disgusting characters without being R-rated. A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More, The Good the Bad and the Ugly and The Outlaw Josey Wales feature dirt and grim and violence with disgusting characters and are not R-rated. Jonah Hex is in many ways similar to Clint Eastwood's Man with No Name from A Fistful of Dollars, For a Few Dollars More and The Good the Bad and the Ugly and The Outlaw Josey Wales.

I want a real Jonah Hex movie, not a watered down one.

The majority of the real Jonah Hex source material (38 issues of Weird Western Tales from 1972 to 1977 and 94 issues of Jonah Hex from 1977 to 1985 and 54 issues of Jonah Hex from 2006 to 2010) were not R-rated material.

 

[Ace of Knaves]

If the Dollars trilogy got remade today (pray to god it doesn't) you bet your ass it would be rated r.

In fact, if they were released today i think they'd struggled to get pg-13.

**** if Raiders of the Lost Ark was released today it'd struggle to get pg-13.

The rating system is totally different these days, it's much more sensitive.