With his pockmarked face and pitiless outlook on life, it's safe to say **Jonah Hex **is one of the darker antiheroes in the DC Comic canon: think Two-Face goes West or Josey Wales with a less meticulous skin-care regimen.
Here's a first full look at the face of the disfigured do-gooder, who, says Brolin, will be battling a whole lot of darkness in the Deep South. "There's a Western aspect and a supernatural aspect. I believe that’s what attracted this kind of talent to the project." And talent is the operative word, with a support cast that also includes Michael Fassbender as prostitute-killing villain Burke, Megan Fox as the hooker who grabs the Hex heart, as well as John Malkovich, Will Arnett and Michael Shannon.
Judging by the frenzied reaction to Comic-Con footage of the Hex maniac in action, **Jonah Hex **could, quietly, be one of the most eagerly-awaited comic-book adaptations of next year, with Josh Brolin packing the pistols as the comic-book gunslinger and Malkovich's henchmaniac plantation owner giving him plenty of things to shoot at. Dunno about you, but we're
Jonah Hex is out in the US on June 18, 2010.