Of all the heroes getting movies, I never expected this one.
The above photo, featuring Thomas Jane under heavy makeup, is apparently the first effects test for a future Jonah Hex film.
Jonah Hex, for those not familiar, is a western anti-hero from DC Comics, most popular in the 70’s, who had a brief revival under the mature-themed Vertigo line in the 90’s. He’s best known for his handful of appearances in the animated DC universe, appearing in both Batman: The Animated Series and the Justice League toon.
According to Blog@Newsarama, where I got the image, the flick is to be helmed by the creators of Crank, Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor. They certainly have gone straight to the fanboys, grabbing Thomas Jane, who grabbed the nerd love in The Punisher (which, admittingly, I’ve never seen) and then gained further notoriety in The Mist.
I am left wondering, however, why Hex? I suppose if anything Iron Man has shown that audiences can gravitate to a comic character who is less known in the public eye, so long as there’s a solid story and a draw to the film. But really….Jonah Hex before The Flash? Before Green Lantern? How odd.
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I STILL don’t get why no one’s moved forward on the Sandman movie… would you please check into that for me?
Here’s what I’ve gathered…
WB has been working on a Sandman movie since the mid 90’s, even having a script co-written by Neil Gaiman and Roger Avary (which is how the two ended up working together on Beowulf).
The script got rewritten many times since, with the most recent draft being “flat out horrible”, according to Gaiman, and he was quoted at SDCC last year as saying he’d rather have NO Sandman movie than a bad one.
Don’t fret entirely, however, as Gaiman is directing(!) and writing(!) a movie version of Death: The High Cost of Living. The flick is scheduled to be produced by Guillermo Del Toro, and Gaiman spent a few days on the set of Hellboy 2 to catch some pointers in directing.
Not sure when we’ll see that, as work kind of hit the wall due to the writers strike, but I’d imagine it’d be in the next 2 years or so. Maybe that’ll lead to a proper Sandman film.
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