Sam Jackson To Return As Nick Fury – Over & Over Again

Samuel L. Jackson as Nick Fury The last we heard, due to salary negotiation problems, Samuel L. Jackson was no longer going to be playing Nick Fury in movies based on the Marvel Comics universe. His next appearance was to be in Iron Man 2, where he was supposed to have more of a significant role than his brief after-credits cameo in the first film.

Although I don’t consider him irreplaceable, I do like the idea of Jackson as Fury, based on the Marvel “Ultimates” version of the character. Some people are up in arms that Fury isn’t being portrayed as the classic version of the character going back 40 years, but to me he’s a supporting character in the films so it doesn’t bother me.

Anyway, I guess that he and Marvel must have come to a very nice agreement indeed, because Sam Jackson has signed a NINE picture deal with Marvel Studios!

According to The Hollywood Reporter the films include Iron Man 2, Thor, Captain America, The Avengers and any sequels related to these films. There is also the possibility of a spin-off S.H.I.E.L.D. movie as well.

There’s no word on amount (not that it’s really any of our business) nor the exact movie titles, but nine movies indicates big plans by Marvel as far as both number of films and plans to run a common thread through all of them.

To me this is the first positive news about Iron Man 2 that I’ve heard in a while.

Source: THR

Tags: avengers, captain america, iron man, iron man 2, thor,

Vic Holtreman

Dude: Black Nick Fury:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultimate_Nick_Fury

Vic

jj2000

ok... 8-( i know this aint gonna be all PC but ... why in the heck!! is Nick Furry BLACK!??!?!!? now before yall hammer me for being a racist know this... im not. But Nick Furry was a white dude. and it seems to me the only reason SLJ is playing him is BC of the PC crowed..

I mean come on.. whats next? a mexican playing obama?

Dan Lister

What's important is the PERFORMANCE of the actor, not the skin color!

That being said, it does seem as though SLJ goes to the Angry Black Man fountain a bit much...his recent casting as Sho'Nuff, the Shogun of Harlem in the remake of The Last Dragon, the racist cop-neighbor in Lakeview Terrace...

wadepool

if you read a erly ultimutes comic fury actualy recomends Jackson to play him in an avengers movie now thats fate right there lol

Rage

However, because they are basing this Nick Fury on the ultimate's fury, I have no problem with it at all.

Rage

i have no problem with color, but i do have a problem when hollywood changing the character to drastic measures, and i think changing the color of the character is very drastic.

Andy S

Nick Fury's color matters not one bit. Black or white, it's the attitude of the character that is needed. Just like in Daredevil (although it was mediocre), a black Kingpin worked out just fine. I'm glad Sam Jackson is back in the films, but it really doesn't mean THAT much. The consistency from IM is nice though.

Antonio

I'll love to see some SHIELD movies.

And I'm glad they got Sam Jackson back. Considering the movie character is based on the Ultimate Marvel version of Fury, and that Fury is based on Sam Jackson, it seems stupid to recast the character.

If for some reason Jackson wasn't going to be Nick Fury, they might as well make the character similar to the main universe version (not Hasselhoff, please).

Chris Schildt

I quite agree with most of the people on here,but IMO This version of Nick Fury is the glue or thread that holds together the expanded story arc,based upon the Ultimates storyline.

thats all I have to say tonight on this topic.

Signed

Chris Schildt

Quicksilver

sorry guys, i should have been more clearer. what i meant was having cap easter eggs in the movie, not actually cap himself because of the upcoming movie for cap. but let's face it, you can't talk about ww2 in the marvel univese without having some reference to Captain America. as for fury i think they may have him in one scene, and it be a quick scene. this would not interfere with fury being in wolverine's movie if the use the original nick fury. the nick fury they are going with in iron man 2 is nick fury from mavrel ultimates (totally different class). if not, they will probably just mention fury's name without showing us a face.

zibe

I personally have mixed feelings about this. I kinda want to give sammy a chance to do better than S.O.A.P. but I dont want these nine movies to be real cliche sammy. My fingers are crossed.

Evie

OMG Richard Roundtree is WHITE??? Geez, he's better than RDJ ;)

John "Kahless" Taylor

Why he gotta be white??!!! See, that's what's wrong with this country!! It's the capitalistic and imperialistic attitude that's holding back the black man!! We didn't land on Plymout Rock, Plymouth Rock landed....

Oh, WOW, I just had a psycho trip back to the Black Panther days; even though I was like 5 years old. :-)

This is good news. Even if you don't like SLJ, he does make a good Nick Fury.

Evie

@Joshi: Yeah well I guess practice makes perfect ;o)

@SK47 YES! I think that would be a great idea. He'd look fantastic with the gray on the sides and everything.

SK47

Trash news!
Why-Oh-Why did Marvel do Cappaccino? Why did Marvel go with the Ultimates version? What pull does Mark Millar have?
Still, I agree with Evie, so far Jackson's now only plays that Angry Black Man character than the diversed roles he used to play. Key words "used to", even Chappelle made fun of it, remember? "Why can't I stop screaming?"
Richard Roundtree for Nick Fury! Shaft ain't doing nothing lately!

Evie

I for one am not happy... mostly cuz I have to hear my bf complain about it. He says (and I have to agree) that Sam Jackson can only play one role: angry black man.

I guess we'll see how it turns out.

H.O.M.E.R.

i am so glad this issue can be put to rest

i am glad jackson is in and to stay for all sequels.... i like him and see no reason why not have him

Ken J

Wow, what a curve ball. I'm not particularly attached to Sam Jackson being in IM2 or not, but I think it's a good idea to have him back since we already saw him at the end of IM. Might as well keep it consistent given that Rhodey would have magically changed. Hopefully Gwyneth will come back too, the more of the original cast the better.

wes

I forgot about Daredevil, Elektra, and Ghost Rider, sorry.

wes

Fox doesn't have rights to any Marvel characters but the x-men related ones.

huntthejest

This has just been an awesome news day. First WB finally craps instead of abandoning the pot, and now Sam's back in as Fury. All is well with the world. I will dream sweet dreams of bashing Dr. Doom's faceplate in while shutting down Lex Luthor's nega-bomb. Because I save both universes at once. I love my subconscious.

Ken X

I can deal with terrance howard not being rhodey, but i cant see anyone else being nick fury now. So im pretty happy about this news!

Rorschach

funny if he ran back to marvel Begg'in cuz reliZed how big the movies could be.
Lol
Also i perfer the Scruffy angry judgmental Fury(White).
then sleek cool Strong stare Fury(Black).
tho im not being racist, just reading the original and Ultimates comics
i liked the Angry Aged Fury.
so i but i do belive jackson should do good he already looks the part(that being said "obviously because the artists based the nick furry character off of Jacksons Likelyness)
either way this Pleases me.
i just think its clashing the original versions of the comics with the Ultimates universe.
cuz huge ordials take place in both that could not coencide withe the original stories.

Mandarr

Cool, I like Sammy Jackson. I don't really know anything about the character he's playing so it doesn't matter to me any who was chosen. I like to watch his movies though.

Gary

Quicksilver,
you can also count on Cap NOT being in the Wolverine film.
He is set for his own movie debut down the road.

INK

@Quicksilver

I would think Marvel would be very upset if Nick Fury was used in Wolverine. Like "go get our lawyers" unhappy.

Quicksilver

honestly, nick fury has alot of of interaction with many of marvel's characters. i think we might even see nick fury (not sam jackson in the new wolverine movie, since he and wolverine go way back to ww2. Obviously there is a relation to captain america since it was fury (and his HOWLING COMMANDOS) who fought along side cap and wolverine during ww2. having said that, (even though i know this is an iron man post base) i think we might even see cap in this upcoming wolverine movie.

Gary

I hope He doesnt get paid even if the movies are not made.
is it pay or play?
I guess we will never know .

Bill Blume

Well, I will admit that the notion to have a black actor for Nick Fury initially surprised me, but the way Samuel L. Jackson can play the part is perfect. In the end, the attitude is more important than the race with this character.