Jonah Hex Movie Promo

MOVIE PREVIEW

Jonah Hex is an upcoming American superhero Western film based on the DC Comics character of the same name. Under Warner Bros., the film is directed by Jimmy Hayward and stars Josh Brolin as the title character, Jonah Hex, and also stars John Malkovich, Michael Fassbender and Megan Fox. The film is scheduled to be released on June 18, 2010.

Jonah Hex (Josh Brolin) is a scarred drifter and bounty hunter of last resort, a tough and stoic gunslinger who can track down anyone... and anything. Having survived death, Jonah's violent history is steeped in myth and legend, and has left him with one foot in the natural world and one on the "other side." His only human connection is with Leila (Megan Fox), whose life in a brothel has left her with scars of her own. But Jonah's past is about to catch up with him when the U.S. military makes him an offer he can't refuse: in exchange for his freedom from the warrants on his head, he must track down and stop the dangerous terrorist Quentin Turnbull (John Malkovich). But Turnbull, who is gathering an army and preparing to unleash Hell, is also Jonah's oldest enemy and will stop at nothing until Jonah is dead. Early rumors emerged about a zombie army or Quentin trying to rewin the war, but these were dismissed when producers said "Quentin is more of a terrorist upset about the outcome of the war not someone trying to fight and rewin it."

CAST & CREW

• Josh Brolin as Jonah Hex: A disfigured bounty hunter. Prior to Brolin's casting, actor Thomas Jane petitioned the studio for the role, hiring a makeup artist to give him the appearance of Jonah Hex.Brolin initially hated the script, but changed his mind, growing to like its tongue-in-cheek tone.

• John Malkovich as Quentin Turnbull: The film's antagonist.

• Megan Fox as Leila: A gun-wielding prostitute and Jonah Hex's love interest.

• Michael Shannon as Doctor Cross Williams: The ringleader of a gladiator circus. The studio plans to have Williams a recurring character in sequels to the film.

• Michael Fassbender as Burke: A bowler hat-wearing, tattooed, psychopathic right-hand man of Turnbull.

• Will Arnett as lieutenant Grass, an Union soldier who enlists Jonah Hex as a bounty hunter.

Lance Reddick was seen in the trailer as an armourer of sorts who supplies Hex with his new weapons.

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