That’s Josh Brolin in his full make-up and costume as Jonah Hex, star of the eponymously titled film. And he looks so fucking bad ass.

The movie is shooting now in the New Orleans area; these shots come courtesy of some gossip blog (thanks to Mike for the heads up). There are two more images of Brolin at the blog; click here to check those out.

Jonah Hex, for the uninitiated, is a DC Comics character; Hex is a scarred Confederate soldier who wanders the post-Civil War west as a bounty hunter, often finding himself up against supernatural forces. In the film Hex battles a voodoo practicioner (played by John Malkovich) who plans to raise an army of Confederate dead to take over the country. Which sounds just as bad ass as Hex looks. There was a set visit a couple of weeks ago, and while I couldn’t make it CHUD did have a reporter present. Hopefully we’ll get to share more with you soon.