"Jonah Hex" trailer arrives

And now we know why it took them so long to release a trailer: there obviously isn't a lot of good stuff to work with. Fox seems absolutely wooden, and Brolin looks like he's struggling to emote under that make-up. The only one who looks like he's having fun is Michael Fassbender, complete with wide, crazy grins. I think I'll be skipping this one. Oh, and ENOUGH with the grunge-rock soundtrack in trailers for period action films already!

New "Jonah Hex" poster...

And it has a GATTLING GUN! And MICHAEL FASSBENDER! Why are they waiting until Friday to give us a damn trailer? I honestly don't care if this sucks or not. I want to see Josh Brolin use his (hand held?) gattling gun fight...Wild West Voodoo magic...and JOHN MALKOVICH! And as for Megan Fox...eh...

"...and introducing Josh Brolin as Harvey Dent"

Josh Brolin wonders if Diane Lane finds scars sexy...

RopeofSilicon has a new image of Josh Brolin as the titular hero of this summer's fantasy-western Jonah Hex, which is a good sign. The post also mentions that a trailer is FINALLY arriving [edit]next Friday, and will be attached to the new Nightmare on Elmstreet film. I really like seeing Brolin in tough western roles like this. He was wonderfully understated in No Country for Old Men, and didn't get nearly the praise he deserved for it (to be fair, Bardem and Jones were better). Plus, if this film turns out to be a stinker, we'll get to see Brolin in western mode later this year in the Coen brothers' True Grit remake, which should be quite the film considering the cast and crew. I know in certain circles this isn't the most popular opinion, but I never saw anything special in Brolin's Oscar-nominated turn in Milk; however, I look forward to seeing what he'll deliver with two very different explorations into the Wild West mythos.

First poster: "Jonah Hex" (2010) with Josh Brolin and Megan Fox

First images of Josh Brolin and Megan Fox in "Jonah Hex" (2010)

The film also starts John Malkovich, Megan Fox, Will Arnet, and Michael Shannon. IMDb gives the following premise: In the Wild West, a scarred bounty hunter tracks a voodoo practitioner bent on liberating the South by raising an army of the undead.

Cool mix of genre movie and the supernatural a la "Pirates of the Caribbean", or big fat mess? We'll have to wait until next year to find out.