Brolin on Jonah Hex director

So why was kid-friendly Jimmy Hayward (Horton Hears a Who) chosen to direct ”Jonah Hex”? And is Josh Brolin still on board?

Collider aksed bar-fighter Brolin, who off-the-bat confirmed his commitment to the project, whether Hayward’s appointment will see a more family-friendly version of DC’s western antihero:

“I can’t even answer that”, says Brolin. ”I just think that Jimmy is truly brilliant. I was going to talk about that earlier. He got an e-mail to me somehow, someway. He wasn’t somebody we were even beginning to look at and I read the e-mail and was completely blown away by it. I had to meet the guy. I ended up meeting the guy and I think he’s so far beyond most of us in his expertise and his filmic abilities. It was one of those things where I brought him to the studio and I said, ‘I think this is the guy. I don’t know why.’ But I think he’s a brilliant, brilliant filmmaker. I can’t wait to see what he does. So I don’t know how to answer your question, but I can’t wait to see what he does.”