Good gracious! It appears the rowdy team of Mark “the hammer” Neveldine and Brian “meat train” Taylor have decided to up and leave Jonah Hex. We get the heads up from our friends at comingsoon:
Variety is reporting that filmmakers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, who wrote and directed the Jason Statham action flick Crank and its upcoming sequel, have decided to leave Jonah Hex, the DC Comics Western character that was expected to star Josh Brolin in the title role as the disfigured gunslinger and bounty hunter.
Their departure from the project has been attributed to “creative differences” and Warner Bros. is moving quickly to find a new director to keep Brolin on board for a spring start.
This is a downer for Douglas. Not only did I want to see a Jonah Hex film, but I was very excited to see him in the hands of Neveldine/Taylor. The dudes were pumped about the project and shared some of their plans with me while I was in L.A. – and they were bitchin’ This news is certainly surprising to me this morning and my excitement for the project just popped like the only balloon at a birthday party.
Hopefully Campea will be able to get a hold of them and see what the deal is. We will follow this story to see who ends up filling their shoes; but for now, I’m quite disappointed.
