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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.
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?
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.
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.”
Here’s your uh-oh alert for today! The Hollywood Reporter is reporting Frank Miller is in negotiations with Samuel L. Jackson to play the role of the Octopus, the Spirit’s nemesis who wants to take over Central City (not to be confused with that other Central City).
Miller said during an introduction of the project at the Festival de Cannes that Jackson is his first choice to play the evil genius who knows the secrets behind the Spirit. He added that he is beginning to mull different actors to play the comic book hero.
Hmmm… While I like Samuel L. as an actor, I’m a little concerned about him playing the arch-nemesis. If they kept the villain in the shadows like Darwyn Cooke has been doing in the comic, then this could be genius, but knowing actors like to be seen, I think we’ll be seeing a lot of Sam on screen.
What do you think?
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Samuel L. Jackson is the Afro Samurai in Spike TV’s aptly named Afro Samurai. This will be a five episode series which puts the samurai in futuristic feudal Japan. Isn’t that the premise of Samurai Jack? Whatever… In this original concept idea, Afro Samurai is out to revenge the death of his father. Looks like this will be a bloody and viloent series, so parents keep your kids away. Don’t believe me? You can check it out the trailer for yourself over at the offical website.
via Afro Samurai (link)
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