I’m not sure how I feel about this one. As many of you know Crank directors Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor wrote a script for Jonah Hex and were set to direct it. It was a western/supernatural project based on the comic book character. Hex is a bounty hunter with a half disfigured face and wears a confederate uniform.
Anyway, then came word that Neveldine and Taylor left the project, which was really disappointing to hear, over creative differences with Warner Bros. Looks like WB is still going to use their script though. Ok, whatever… projects change directors all the time… no big deal I guess.
But who did they get to replace them? Jimmy Hayward. Director of such films as the animated “Horton Hears A Who” and… well… nothing else at all. He’s worked in the animation department for a few Pixar films, but that pretty much sums up his resume. The folks over at Movieweb give us this:
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Josh Brolin is attached to star in the film, which previously had Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (Crank) on board as directors. The duo, who also wrote the script, bowed out over creative differences in November. The studio, which hopes to put the movie into production in March or April, went on a fast-track search, putting together a short list that included such names as Andy Fickman and McG before narrowing it down to Hayward.
I think my interest in this movie just took a nose dive. Don’t get me wrong… I’m not say Hayward isn’t capable to doing a good job. I have no idea if he is or not. All I’m saying is that for a movie like Jonah Hex, I wasn’t wanting to hear the words “from the director of Horton Hears A Who” connected to it.
Imagine if we heard the next Batman film replaced Christopher Nolan with the director from Bolt? I loved Bolt, but I don’t want Batman to feel like Bolt, and I don’t want Jonah Hex to feel like a Pixar film. That’s all I’m saying here. Your thoughts?
