Looking good!

He ain’t ugly ‘nough.

Megan Fox’s purty awesome.

Very early prediction, this movie will make less than $30 million in its 1st 3 days in the theaters, then the numbers will drop dramatically every weekend thereafter.

Jonah Hex?

Is DC/Time Warner serious?

What’s up with Green Lantern: The movie? What’s the hold up?

Jonah Hex?

Please. This movie will do about as well as MARVEL’s last Punisher: War Zone movie…and that’s NO compliment.

Jonah Hex?

I doubt the general public will even think of this as a comic book movie. It will sink or swim on whether they can sell it as a straight Western. For which $30 million would be a pretty good opening, actually.

Looks OK, but no deranged eye on the scarred side? Maybe they’ll CGI it in post?

Hex has been one my favorite characters for years, This first picture looks pretty good. Lets hope the movie is good.

his disfigurement doesn’t look extreme enough to me

John Albano and tony DeZungia’s created Jonah Hex, justin and i write the new series. a lot of the visuals in the film were taken from the new series…you will see actual scenes from some of the series covers we have done come to life.

as far as Jonah going against other films, well…i think it is going to do well on a number of levels…first, its being shot like a real western and not a cgi monster like the new terminator, which still hasnt made its budget back yet.

second , its got academy award winning actors like brolin and malkovich…and last, got a cast and crew that are pretty amazing.

who will see this film: western fans, comic fans, brolin fans, malkovich fans, megan fox fans, action fans, and so on…just wait to see the trailer…i think its gonna surprise a lot of people…

and WAITINGFORTHEGREENLANTERNMOVIE: dude: what does transformers 3, spiderman 4 and ironman 2 have in common? they are all blockbuster sequels…nice to shoot down a film before its even made. your reasoning about money and box office are not reality based…all hex has to do is find an audience and make budget…which is 1/6th of all those movies mentioned. really, all I want is a great , well told story.

Ii am staying positive as hell and looking forward to this. I think Brolin looks awesome.

Also, what Jimmy said…

Looks great! Stylistically, I’d love to see Brolin packing 1851 Navy cartridge conversions in keeping with his ex-Civil War look (rather than the newer 1873 SAAs), but that’s the Western gun-nerd in me speaking.

Man, I’d love to be an extra in this movie.

“In the same year, Jonah Hex will be going against Iron Man 2, Spiderman 4 and probably the Transformers 3 and all that DC can put out is a movie about…Jonah Hex?”

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My response:

No…Umm, Jonah Hex is coming out in August 2010. Transformers 3 hasn’t even been greenlit yet so it doesn’t have a real release date. Spider-Man 4 is coming out in 2011. Iron Man 2 is coming out in May 2010, and it’s not even competiting agains Hex.

WAITINGFOR THEGREENLANTERNMOVIE, before you talk crap, do some research before you get owned again and again.

Waiting4theGreenLanternMovie: You make a couple of good points, but I think you’re jumping the gun a little bit on your prediction of the movie’s success. First, Megan Fox’s star is on the rise, and after Transformers 2, she may become a legit box office draw. People like movies with hot women. Second, look at the success of 300. It was a weird-looking gladiator movie with a no-name cast, and it made $200 Million domestically. So there is a precedent.

evil work…never!

sorry for spelling your last name wrong tony!!!

This won’t be perceived as a comic book movie by the general public. Now whether or not the production has such expectations because of the studio itself is another question entirely. And remember, even “flops” like SPEED RACER make back their costs or they wouldn’t do ‘em. Just because you’re hoping for a MEN IN BLACK doesn’t mean that you’re gonna get it, or be particularly displeased when it doesn’t happen.

I’d love for this to drive up sales of the comic, but hey, the fact that the comic is still ongoing is pretty impressive in this day and age.

We needs more westerns, dammit.

To Jimmy Palmiotti, Captain Infinity and Corey Henson, I genuinely appreciate the intelligent, articulate and (let me emphasize) MATURE manner, in which you all expressed your opinions, without having to resort to using childish rants and quotes, as certain fanboys did, because I may have hurt someone’s feelings by speaking less-than-highly of their hero. All of your points, Gentlemen are very valid and makes excellent sense.

OK, so Jonah Hex won’t be going up against Spiderman 4 and (as I said “probably”) Transformers 3, but it will be released in the same year as Iron Man 2 and even though they may not go against each another directly, ultimately their box office earnings will be compared to one another for the sheer fact that they both originate from comic book properties. That being said, at-the-end-of-the-day, making movies is primarily (if not entirely) about making money and I don’t think countering MARVEL’s box office dominance by releasing a Jonah Hex movie is the right direction, at this time. With the unprecedented success of Dark Knight (and once again, in my opinion) I don’t think they [DC] should follow up that progress and momentum, by releasing a movie featuring a C-list character like Jonah Hex (and let’s be honest, he IS a C-list character). It just seems like a backwards move to me, but that’s my perspective. There are so many other characters in DC’s library who deserve a cinematic audience, while the superhero movie business is STILL thriving. How about a live action movie of Wonder Woman, SHAZAM, Green Arrow or dare I say it…Green Lantern, which is currently (and has been for quite some time) one of DC’s hottest selling comics.

These superhero/comic book character movies and subsequent franchises are not going to last forever and I just feel that DC should put its best foot forward (while the “getting is still good”) and concentrate on getting their more popular characters onto the big screen.

I think this looks cool. I love westerns, and Josh Brolin has proven he has the cred to pull in a real audience. Lots of potential for real crossover success. I predict that they will dirty-up his face a bit in post, but I kind of like the subtler, more realistic look. It sells the film a bit more.

I think facial hair was a poor choice for this- and maybe it’s because it’s a still, but this shot looks pretty low budget.

by the way, I meant a tonne of the CREW has been hired. check the imdb page for more info.

I don’t feel that Hex has to be the next Dark Knight to be a success. I’m sure it’s going to draw an audience from comic fans, western fans and movie fans. Why is it that so many posts are all in the negative vain, before the movie even been completed. After you see the movie, give your opinion, and stop speculating.

This will be perceived as a comic book movie about as much as A HISTORY OF VIOLENCE or ROAD TO PERDITION were…which is to say not at all.

@Kevin

It depends on what the story is. If it’s the zombie spaghetti western script, not necessarily. If it’s the straight spaghetti western, you could be right.

There is one big reason why this movie may not be as good as many hope: Megan Fox.

Hex is a very character-driven story. He is most successfully presented as a loner who no one ends up liking very much. By putting Fox out there as a distraction from what should be a full-bore introduction to the ugliness that is Jonah Hex, they risk watering down what could be a strong story.

Look at the reviews of Transformers 2. They put in so much useless nonsense about the human characters (including Fox), that they forgot to make the robots the most important thing in the film.

Here’s hoping…