The Jonah Hex film has cast Will Arnett (Blades of Glory) and Michael Shannon (Revolutionary Road) to be major players in the story.
Based on the DC Comics property, the film follows Hex, a scarred bounty, track a voodoo practitioner who wants to raise an army of the undead to liberate the South.
Arnett will play a Union soldier who enlists Hex and is blindsided by the dirty fighting style of his enemies. Shannon will play Doc Cross Williams, the ringleader of a brutal gladiator circus event.
Shooting starts this month in Louisiana. Jimmy Hayward is directing.
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