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January 06, 2008


After the departures last year of Crank helmers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor, Jonah Hex now has a new director. Jimmy Hayward, whose previous film was DreamWorks animation Horton Hears a Who!, will make his live-action debut directing the DC Comics adaptation.

Neveldine and Taylor left the project in November due to creative differences, with studio Warner Bros. acting fast to secure a replacement.

Haywood worked in the animation department on the likes of Toy Story, A Bug's Life and Monsters Inc., before making his directing debut with Horton. It is unclear if he will make any changes to Neveldine and Taylor's script.

Josh Brolin is still signed on to play the titular lead character - a facially disfigured bounty hunter and gunslinger who wears a confederate army uniform and whose adventures always end in bloody battles.

The trade mag says production on the film will begin this spring.