News > Jimmy Hayward to Direct Jonah Hex

Jimmy Hayward is set to direct his first live-action film, Jonah Hex.  According to THR.com the Horton Hears a Who director will take on the Warner Bros. film based on a popular DC Comic character.  Writers of the script Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor were on to direct but bowed out for creative differences.

The character of Hex, known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, was a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood. One incarnation of his comic book series saw the Western genre combined with supernatural elements, and it's this aspect that was featured in Neveldine and Taylor's script. The studio will likely keep the script, though it's expected that Hayward will put his stamp on it.