John Malkovich Signs on for Jonah Hex

John Malkovich will take on Josh Brolin in Jonah Hex, the Warner Bros. adaptation of the DC Comics story that begins production in April.

Malkovich will portray Turnbull, a wealthy Southern plantation owner whose son is killed by Union soldiers during the Civil War. He blames Hex, a former confederate soldier-turned-hardened bounty hunter and gunslinger.