An Official Image Of Jonah Hex

An Official Image Of Jonah Hex

By Brendon Connelly/Nov. 25, 2009 11:00 am EST

Jonah Hex is the first live action film to be directed by Jimmy Hayward, a one time Pixar animator who was later responsible for Blue Sky’s Horton Hears a Who. It seems that he was virtually hand picked for the job by the star, Josh Brolin.Here’s the image, as seen at Omelete.

I’m thinking that the casual attitude and easy reveal of Hex’s scarred face is due to him being a largely unknown character. For one thing, who would already know he’s disfigured like this in the first place if part of his face was hidden? Who has even heard of Jonah Hex? This image establishes his look very clearly, pushing a selling point of this particular character to those audiences who are yet to meet him.

Incidentally, just two lines down in the script it says:

I guess that’s his thing, the moody beggar.

JONAH is standing there, hat down over his eyes.

Jonah Hex is still a long way from hitting cinemas with its current release date chalked up as August 10th, 2010.

For a more brightly lit look at Hex, there are some old set pictures to peruse.