As the RoboCop remake draws ever closer to production, word out of H’wood has another well known actor joining the cast.
Category Archives: Samuel L. Jackson
TOYS: Nick Fury action figure is super detailed and super bad-ass
Hot Toys has announced an upcoming Nick Fury action figure that looks totally awesome, and totally Sam L. Jackson.
MOVIE: Live action Afro Samurai?
Word on the street is Samuel L. Jackson is teaming with Indomina Group and Gonzo Studios to produce a live action version of Afro Samurai.
”This has been one of my very favorite properties ever since our amazing debut at Comic-Con with the original series pilot out of Japan,” Jackson said.
Writer and director will be found later this year, with casting complete by year’s end.
Review: Cold Space #3 (of 4)
Cold Space – a mini-series co-written by Samuel L. Jackson – got a fair amount of attention on launch, but how is it doing at the three-quarter mark? Find out my thoughts after the jump!
BOOM! Studios Sneak Peek of the Week
BOOM! Studios has the next installment of Coldspace coming your way this week. Take the jump for a sneak pf the Samuel L. Jackson and Eric Calderon’s series, as well as other offerings from the company arriving in stores this week.
Review: Cold Space #2
Put Samuel L. Jackson in a RoboCop suit, land him on a distant planet with two rival factions at each other’s throats, crank the Bad-Ass meter to 11, and you’ve got a comic book series that’s begging to be made. Fortunately, Boom! Studios has you covered with the new installment of Cold Space.
Boom! Studios Sneak Peek of the Week
It’s a big week for BOOM! Studios as the company is set to unleash 7 Psychopaths #1, The Amory Wars: In Keeping Secrets of Silent Earth: 3 #1, Coldspace #2, Disney’s Hero Squad Ultraheroes #5, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?: Dust to Dust #1, Incoruptible #6, and Wizards of Mickey #6. BOOM! Studios sent Major Spoilers a sneak peek, that you can check out, after the jump!
Boom! Studios teases new series
Boom! Studios sent us this teaser image for an upcoming series. We don’t know any other details, but I wonder if it will be called “Mark Waid is Samuel L. Jackson”?
So any guesses? xXx, Jumper, the upcoming adaptation of Unthinkable, Shaft, or something else?
UPDATE: Diligent readers already spoiled the guessing game for everyone else, so…
COLD SPACE #1
From legendary actor Samuel L. Jackson and Emmy nominated writer/producer Eric Calderon, the team that brought you the Emmy-award-winning, best-selling Afro Samurai, comes their next original series Cold Space! When an on-the-run outlaw crash-lands on a hostile planet on the brink of civil war, he finds himself caught in the crossfire between two warring factions. But in chaos lies opportunity… because where there’s war, there’s money to be made! A hard-boiled sci-fi action-adventure with art by Jeremy Rock and covers by Eisner Award-winning artist Dave Johnson and Irredeemable cover artist, Jeffrey Spokes!
FTR:Â I still like “Mark Waid is Samuel L. Jackson” better…
Muther F’n Jackson and Marvel Work Out Differences; Fans May Now Rejoice
Much like the public quote fest that took place between Iron Man director Jon Favreau and Marvel over Iron Man 2, Samuel Jackson and Marvel have been talking back and forth through the media for some time as the two tried to work out a deal to get Jackson back in the eyepatch of Nick Fury. Things looked pretty tense as Marvel did away with Terrence Howard and replaced him with Don Cheadle in the role of Jim Rhodes.
The good news is a deal has been reached. The better news is Jackson has signed a nine – NINE! – picture deal with the studio.
The movies include “Iron Man 2,” “Thor,” “Captain America,” “The Avengers” and its sequels.  Also on the table is the possibility of toplining a “S.H.I.E.L.D.” movie, which is in development.
Nine movies? If it is true that Jackson gets a minimum of $7 million per movie, that would put this deal somewhere in the neighborhood of $50 million. Can you say “CHA-CHING!” With fans eating up Jackson’s appearance in the first Iron Man, as long as the studio continues to deliver solid films based on its huge archive of properties, Jackson is going to be a very rich, and very busy guy for the next six years.
Of course this means we’ll never see The Hoff reprise his role as the cigar chomping leader of S.H.I.E.L.D.
A World Without Sam Jackson as Nick Fury
Negotiations with Sam Jackson’s people and Marvel Studios doesn’t look like it is going too well. Mr. Jackson did an interview with the LA Times where he explained his position, and why he may not don the eye patch in upcoming Marvel movies.
“There was a huge kind of negotiation that broke down. I don’t know. Maybe I won’t be Nick Fury. Maybe somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won’t be in it. There seems to be an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world so [they're saying to me], ‘We’re not making that deal.’”
Economic crisis with Marvel Comics? I wonder if he is referring to the around the block lines of people who are lining up to buy the Obama/Spider-Man issue that debuts today, or if he is referring to the millions of dollars the first Iron Man movie brought in. Marvel Studios is in no way connected Lionsgate, who produced and distributed The Spirit, and from what I remember the company’s bottom line looked good during the last reporting period.
Perhaps the economic crisis Nick Fury is talking about is someone wanting to be cheap. That kind of hardball negotiations didn’t work with Jon Favreau, so I expect this statement is some hardball pushing back on the part of Jackson.
What say you Major Spoilerites? Would you rather Marvel spend the money on Sam Jackson, or go the cheap route and bring back The Hoff?
Comic-Con Mag Features Octopus
Here is the cover to the latest Comic-Con magazine featuring Samuel L. Jackson as the Octopus on the cover.
I know the first thing out of many commenter’s mouths will be the fact that readers never saw the face of the Octopus in The Spirit comics. As I said over a year ago, the biggest problem with seeing Jackson’s face on screen is the demand for face time. It would be so much nicer if he would have played the entire role in shadow. His voice is famous enough to let audiences know it is him.
Not Surprising Cameos in Iron Man
Avi Arad has confirmed Sam “mutha-f**ker” Jackson and Hilary Swank will make appearances in the upcoming Iron Man movie. While he tried to keep mum on what roles they would play, he did let slip Jackson will play Nick Fury.
Clearly a bit frustrated, Arad then amended himself. “The Sam thing was supposed to be the biggest secret of them all,” he shrugged. “It’s amazing how it got out.”