Jimmy Hayward, the director of “Horton Hears a Who!” will make his live-action debut with “Jonah Hex,” the DC Comics character, known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, and whose adventures always ended in blood. This news comes from The Hollywood Reporter. Josh Brolin is attached to star in the film. Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor (“Crank”) were on board as directors and also wrote the script, but bowed out over creative differences in November. The studio, which hopes to put the movie into production in March or April, will probably keep the Neveldine/Taylor script, but Hayward will likely put his mark on it.
