According to The Hollywood Reporter Samuel L Jackson, already no stranger to the worlds of comics and SF movies, has signed an unprecedented nine movie deal to play Nick Fury in a slew of Marvel movies, including Thor, Iron Man 2, Captain America and The Avengers (the latter two, as we blogged a few weeks back, look likely to be connected and come out close together), with the chance of headlining a potential S.H.I.E.L.D. flick at some point thrown in for good measure. Its a bit of a turnaround since, as THR notes, it was only pretty recently that the industry scuttlebut was that Marvel were having protacted negotiations to wade through with various cast members, including Jackson.
(Sam Jackson as Mace Windu in the Star Wars prequels, (c) LucasFilm)
March 9th, 2009 at 2:42 pm
The mans a legend, land suits the roll to Fury perfectly. But i hope all of the above films are better than the spirit. I went to see this the other day and was really gutted as it was a big pile of poo!