Today we have news that Warner Bros. actually intend to release a trailer for Jonah Hex, the D.C Comics Western starring Josh Brolin and Megan Fox, and considering the film will be released in less than 2 months it’s about time!

According to Vulture a trailer will finally make its debut in front of A Nightmare on Elm Street, which opens April 30th. Director Jimmy Hayward (Horton Hears a Who!) also told them that the “trailer and film are looking great!”.

There were a few concerns over whether the film will suck or not in January when Warner Bros. assembled Josh Brolin, John Malkovich, Megan Fox and Michael Fassbender for a 10 day re-shoot period, with I Am Legend director Francis Lawrence acting as a ‘consultant’. Apparently the inclusion of new scenes was designed to fix certain problems with the movie and beef up the action a little so that it could compete with other big-budget movies.

However Vulture also spoke to Brent Hinds today, the guitarist and singer of heavy-metal band Mastodon which has been recording the film’s soundtrack, and his words weren’t very encouraging.

“What I’ve seen so far doesn’t seem to be finished to me,” says Hinds, adding, “I’d heard a little rumor: ‘This shit ain’t gonna be ready.’ But then again, Warner Bros. is such a f**king bastard. They’re like, ‘The shit comes out on the day it’s supposed to.’ But what do I know? I’m just the dude to whom they’re like, ‘Hey, play some crazy f**kin’ music!’”

The re-shoots, lack of marketing and Hinds’ comments all point towards a film that may be in some trouble. When the trailer hits we should be able to see whether it looks any good, and then we’ll have to see whether Jonah Hex will actually meet its June 18th release date.

“Hex” is based on the DC Comics comic book, a Western featuring a scarred-faced bounty hunter. The movie centers on the gunslinger enlisted to track down a former Confederate general who is raising an army of the undead and bent on liberating the South.

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I Am Legend became the second-biggest non-sequel of 2007 with $584 million worldwide, and ever since then there’s been a lot of rumours and speculation whether Warner Bros. would try to do some kind of prequel or sequel to it. Well it turns out they are.

Director Francis Lawrence spoke to ShockTillYouDrop at Comic Con International and he confirmed rumours that he is working on the sequel.

“Yes, yes, absolutely, we’re actually trying to crack that. We’re trying to figure out some ideas for it, but yes, it would be a prequel.” He did confirm that Will Smith, who’s done a couple of sequels in his career, would definitely be into doing more with the character.

“In the prequel, it’s slightly different because it’s earlier. We were three years later so we did a lot of research into the way nature would have sort of overtaken the city, with the cracks in the streets and the weeds, so if it’s just back earlier, it’ll be slightly different so the approach will be different. We’re not positive of the time of the year, because if you go in winter, you can do some entirely different kinds of things.”

I’m not too sure how I feel about this. I enjoyed I Am Legend and I feel it should stand alone as a single film. It is clear Warner Bros are doing this for the money and there is a chance a prequel could end up being worse than I Am Legend.

What do you think? Do you want Will Smith back? And most importantly, do you want all of our mannequin friends back?

FRED!!!

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