Last April, Movieline interviewed Mark Neveldine and Brian Taylor as they passed the Jonah Hex director's baton to live-action neophyte Jimmy Hayward, and the outgoing duo couldn't have been more charitable. "The great thing about Jonah Hex is that we love the script, we love the actors involved, we love the executives at Warner Bros involved, and we're totally happy being a part of that project," Taylor told us. "It doesn't have to be, like, this whole 'Mark and Brian thing.' We put our stamp on it, they love the script, and it's gonna be awesome." Well, that was then.
Since last spring, of course, the project suffered one setback after another: Francis Lawrence replaced Hayward during reshoots, WB kept the film mostly out of sight for months, and then it was released this weekend to a yikes-yikes-yikes-inducing take of only $5 million. How much do Neveldine and Taylor -- still credited for the film's script -- love those WB executives now? Let their Twitter tell the story in a most succinct way:
Former 'Jonah Hex' Writers & Directors Mark Neveldine & Brian Taylor Enjoy Some Schadenfreude At Film's Poor Box Office [The Playlist]
