ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT - WILL ARNETT AND MICHAEL SHANNON JOIN JONAH HEX CAST

WILL ARNETT AND MICHAEL SHANNON JOIN JONAH HEX CAST

WILL ARNETT is set to star in the forthcoming comic adaptation JONAH HEX, it has been revealed.

The ARRESTED DEVELOPMENT star will join a cast which already features JOSH BROLIN, JOHN MALKOVICH and MEGAN FOX.

Oscar nominee MICHAEL SHANNON is also reported to have signed up for the project.

In the film, Brolin plays a bounty hunter tasked with tracking down a voodoo expert (Malkovich) who wants to raise an undead army.

Arnett will play a solider who enlists the help the eponymous character, while Shannon takes on the role of Doc Cross Williams, who runs a gladiator-style circus event.

The movie, which is being directed by Jimmy Hayward, is set to start production in Louisiana later this month.

Arnett is also set to reprise his role as Gob Bluth in a big screen version of the TV show Arrested Development, although filming on the project is yet to begin.