Megan Fox to star in Jonah Hex and ‘Fathom’

Megan Fox, one of the most well-known young actresses in Hollywood has signed to star in the film ‘Jonah Hex’. The flick also starring Josh Brolin and John Malkovich and Warner Brothers' is developing the adaptation of the DC Comics series. She is also signed to star in a feature adaptation of ‘Fathom’, a comic book series from artist Michael Turner that was the inspiration for his publisher - Aspen Comics.

In Jonah Hex, Fox will play the role of Leila, a gun-wielding beauty and love interest of Hex, a disfigured bounty hunter who is tracking down a voodoo practitioner that wants to raise an army of undead to liberate the South. Jimmy Hayward will direct the film and it is going to start in April and set to release on August 6th, 2010.

In Fathom, Megan Fox will play the lead character Aspen, who learns she is a member of a race of aquatic humanoids who possess the ability to control water. That adaptation is being written by Jordan Mechner, the creator of the Prince of Persia video game who just got a start writing screenplays with the Prince of Persia movie.

The 22 year old actress Megan Fox has acted in the films like ‘Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen’ and ‘Jennifer's Body’.