Hex for Josh Brolin? (That’s Jonah Hex)

See? Josh Brolin seems ready to be a gunslinger. 

Earlier today, Hollywood Elsewhere posted news that Josh Brolin was in talks to play Jonah Hex in an adaptation of the DC Comic. Tonight, Variety reports that it’s close to a done deal.

Jonah Hex is a gunslinger and “part-time bounty hunter.” He’s notable for his disfigured face and partiality for Confederate uniforms. Hex first appeared in the 1970s in the All-Star Westerns series before winning a solo gig. The character has been through several relaunches, most recently in 2005. Crank writers Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor wrote the script and are directing.

After a successful 2007, in which he starred in Oscar winner No Country for Old Men, Brolin’s finally having his moment in the sun. He’s starring as soon-to-be-not-president Bush in the soon-to-be-released W, and also plays Dan White, the guy who shot Harvey Milk, in Gus Van Sant’s Milk. The man has apparently developed a fondness for films with brief, to the point titles.