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Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor Leave Jonah Hex Behind!

by Alex Billington
November 20, 2008

Crank duo Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor have decided to drop out as directors of Jonah Hex, the adaptation of the DC comic book series. Josh Brolin, who was first rumored last month, will remain attached to play the lead character. Neveldine and Taylor penned the script but ended up leaving due to "creative differences," which we all know means so much more than will ever be publicly revealed. Warner Brothers is still moving quickly to find a new director and get the project back on track for a spring start next year. While we don't know exactly why they left, this is some very interesting news.

This announcement coincidentally follows some questioning by Brolin at a recent press appearance. He was asking various press off the record what they thought of Neveldine and Taylor. It seems like the producers were the ones who chose Brolin, but didn't like the direction Neveldine and Taylor were taking the project. My speculation is that they wanted it to be darker and much more R-rated (that is what they do), but Warner Brothers wanted something potentially PG-13. I wish I knew more about what happened behind the scenes but I doubt we ever will. Who will they end up getting to replace Neveldine and Taylor?

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megalan

They're adapting EVERYTHING these days. Originality is dead.
Jojo

I heard that Tim Story might get this as he was suppose to do The Losers but then decided to do some other project.
http://www.firstshowing.net Alex Billington

Originality is NOT dead! Here is something very original if you want to see it: http://www.firstshowing.net/2008/06/27/first-full-trailer-for-darren-lynn-bousmans-repo-the-genetic-opera/ But no, everything original people think looks WORSE than anything non-original...
http://www.flickr.com/uneak bret

maybe cuz the Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor glow is gone? Those dudes hyped pathology up to be this amazing movie and it was basically morbid porno. oh well!
Sherrie

It wouldn't be Jonah Hex if it was PG-13, good grief.
The_Phantom

I thought Josh Brolin was undecided on if he wanted to do this movie, I didn't know that he all signed on. I thought Thomas Jane looked pretty badass in those photos and he seemed to want to do the movie pretty badly.
http://www.ragingmouse.com/ Free Games

Jonah Hex is a very good guy much talented as well. But why is it so.And both of them saying that they have decided to drop out as directors of Jonah Hex, the adaptation of the DC comic book series. Josh Brolin, who was first rumored last month, will remain attached to play the lead character.