Horton Hears a Who director Jimmy Hayward has lined up his next gig: he’ll be bringing DC comics gunslinger Jonah Hex to the screen. “The character of Hex, known for having the right side of his face disfigured and wearing a Confederate army uniform, was a rough-and-tumble gunslinger and part-time bounty hunter whose adventures always ended in blood,” notes The Hollywood Reporter. Josh Brolin is attached to star as Hex.

The Painted Veil director John Curran will direct Keira Knightley in The Beautiful and the Damned. “Hanna Weg script concerns the turbulent marriage of alcoholic writer F. Scott Fitzgerald and his mercurial wife Zelda Sayre, who was schizophrenic. The tempestuous relationship, which unfolded in the high society of the Roaring '20s, inspired some of the novelist's works,” Variety reports.

Fresh from inflicting Bedtime Stories upon us, Adam Shankman will direct a remake of Bye Bye Birdie for Columbia. “A stage favorite for the past half-century, Birdie centers on Conrad Birdie, a popular singer whose character is based loosely on Elvis Presley. He's about to be shipped off to the army, but as part of a publicity stunt, he agrees to one last encounter with a fan before he goes to war.” Ah yes, it’s truly a timeless tale, but without Dick Van Dyke, we’re not interested.

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