The JONAH HEX movie might not have done that well, but fans will get to see another take on the weird gunslinger with this animated short attached to the BATMAN: UNDER THE RED HOOD DVD that’s coming out in a few weeks. It’s looking like it’s drawing a little more directly from the comics, with talent involved whose names should be familiar to any serious JONAH HEX fan. John R. Lanslade (he of TWO GUN MOJO & RIDERS OF THE WORM AND SUCH) wrote the script off an original story cooked up by Jimmy Palmiotti and Justin Gray. Josh Brolin ain't... er... isn’t actually voicing Hex for this. Instead, it’s Thomas “ The Punisher” Jane. He’ll be joined by soft-spoken tough guy Michael Rooker (who just announced he’ll be in the WALKING DEAD TV show,) Linda “The Original Sarah Connor” Hamilton and Michelle “ Buffy’s lil’ sister, Dawn” Trachtenburg.

I think that’s enough to bring y’all up to speed about this. Why don’t you enjoy this clip from MTV below?  == TEASER ==

Ouch. That grown-up ginger baby done asked for it.

Ever since that PUNISHER game that came out in ’05, I’ve always said that Thomas Jane’s got the perfect gravely bass for voice acting. Somebody get him a regular role on some toon that he can fit in between episodes of HUNG, and soon. He's actually wanted to play Jonah Hex, real bad, for a long time. Splash Page’s even saying he went as far to get photos taking of him in full make-up to try to get the movie role (and you can see that photo above.) One of the perks of these DC Animated shorts, I'd say, is the chance to see not only what could be with these characters, but also what could've been.

It’s hard to judge how Jane’s take compares to Brolin’s based on this clip alone. My gut reaction is that he sounds almost too in-command, here. I always pictured Hex as being more of an oddball kook, myself... not a menacing bad ass. What do you Comic Vine maniacs think? Do you prefer this to what you got in the JONAH HEX movie?

-- Tom Pinchuk is the writer of UNIMAGINABLE for Arcana Studios and HYBRID BASTARDS! for Archaia. Pre-order the HYBRID BASTARDS! hardcover now on Amazon.com.

Michelle Trachtenberg and Thomas Jane are awesome!

Wait, so there is ANOTHER Jonah Hex movie coming out?

Ha ha that scene just put the whole live action film to shame! Great stuff, Love Tomas Jane and Trachtenberg, so hopefully this movie is great.

I hope the reboot Jonah Hex and use Thomas Jane as Jonah because just from the clip and the picture he seems like he was the perfect candidate to wear the scar to begin with.

"Michelle Trachtenberg is awesome!"

oh yeah, that looks great. bad ass voice Thomas Jane got. had no idea he wanted to be in the movie. I'd rather see him than Brolin for sure,even if Brolin s got that western look.

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"Michelle Trachtenberg is awesome!"

Quoting for truth!  I'm pretty amped she's in this (also bummed her show got cancelled).

july 27 is way too far away...

what, so you saw him more like the one portrayed in the Ras Al Ghul episode in BTAS where Hex fights Ras's son?  The voice over was little strange.

The animation looks really good. I'm a Hex fan and am pretty excited for this. It goes without saying, this looks way better than the live action movie trailer.

" what, so you saw him more like the one portrayed in the Ras Al Ghul episode in BTAS where Hex fights Ras's son?  The voice over was little strange. "

Nice, I'm hoping I can get the Blu-ray of Red Hood on the cheap that first week it's out, I've never looked into any of the Jonah Hex stuff, but what I got from this clip was that he's pretty badass and Thomas Jane's voice seems to really fit the character.

That was pretty good.

@elayem98:
 episode 78 "Showdown"

What I got from it is that Ra's is old enough to have kids all over. They also had Talia on the series.

I like it.  I think the Hex as a badass thing works since that's the way I've usually seen him.  I'm looking forward to hearing more of that voice.

This looks cool. More incentive to buy this when it comes out.

Not bad. Just by seeing that clip I can tell this is gonna be better than the movie. lulz

" Pretty cool "