Official: Samuel L. Jackson is Nick Fury

[senatorlamb]

http://www.aintitcool.com/node/33090

AICN EXCLUSIVE! Guess Who’s Shooting His IRON MAN Role Today!!

Okay. This is a pretty big tidbit, and as far as I can tell, this is an exclusive. I haven’t seen any mention of this anywhere online, but it’s exciting news, and I have to share it with you guys.

Right now, if I had to wager on whether or not IRON MAN was going to be one of next summer’s big films, I’d say it will be. It seems like Jon Favreau has done everything right so far, and I’m hearing really exciting things about the action sequences and the casting, and I’ve been sold on Robert Downey Jr. since the moment he was announced.

Today, though, he’s shooting scenes featuring an actor who is a set-up for a larger Marvel continuity, and it’s exciting because I’m hoping this character can start showing up in other films, and we’ll start seeing Marvel Studios creating a larger world, one that exists outside the frames of the individual movies. This is a major step towards making that AVENGERS movie we’ve been hearing about. So who’s the actor? Who’s the character?

Sam Jackson. Nick Fury.

Count on it.

[Cheshire_Buddha]

Fucking-a!

[Trainsaw]

awesome.

[JIMMYateEARTH]

MArk Millar called in way back in The ULTIMATES. It's nice to let a comic book character to pick the actor to protray him

[buysoap]

MArk Millar called in way back in The ULTIMATES. It's nice to let a comic book character to pick the actor to protray him
Exactly what I'm thinking, hahaha

I actually like black Fury over white Fury now

[SingleDoubt]

this is just gonna turn into SOAP 2... it was that style of movie to begin with and now they've got sammy j

[fluke182]

this is just gonna turn into SOAP 2... it was that style of movie to begin with and now they've got sammy j
I'm sorry, but you sir are retarded. This movie is directed by Jon Favreau, who is a legitimately talented director, stars extremely talented actors like Robert Downey Jr. and Terrence Howard, and does not have a ridiculously cheesy plot, plus a reportedly high quality script. SOAP 2? Come on, don't be ridiculous. It has never looked like it nor will it ever. This will be Marvel's best, their one to match up to Batman Begins and the Dark Knight (but fall short of course).

[Robb]

As already mentioned, anyone who read The Ultimates already knew this. Fury picked Jackson himself, you can't argue with that.

[eMart]

You know, I think I wouldve been happy with whoever they cast as long as they didn't ask David Hasselhoff to reprise the role.

[TheOtherAndrew]

Oh man, that's incredible.

[livethesounds]

it bothers me like the black kingpin in Daredevil honestly.
it just doesn't seem right.


but i love the idea of introducing everyone to lead into a avengers movie.

[senatorlamb]

it bothers me like the black kingpin in Daredevil honestly.
it just doesn't seem right.


but i love the idea of introducing everyone to lead into a avengers movie.

well, in the Ultimate Comics line, Nick Fury is black and looks like Sam Jackson so this didn't come out of no where. The original character had always been a ladies man and a"player" so I guess they felt a Nick Fury that had the vibe of Samuel L. Jackson would be cooler than the standard white hero. Since the character looked like Jackson to begin with (purposely), it was only natrual they would try to cast him.

As far as Kinpin, you're right, there was never a black Kinpin. But honestly, I don't feel there was another white actor that was that large enough and had the gravitas to play the role. Michael Clark Duncan pulled it off. Plus the Kinpin is not defined by his "whiteness."

[fluke182]

Ah yes, and I am excited about this as well. Forgot to mention that. I bet Millar is stoked about this.

[livethesounds]

well, in the Ultimate Comics line, Nick Fury is black and looks like Sam Jackson so this didn't come out of no where. The original character had always been a ladies man and a"player" so I guess they felt a Nick Fury that had the vibe of Samuel L. Jackson would be cooler than the standard white hero. Since the character looked like Jackson to begin with (purposely), it was only natrual they would try to cast him.

As far as Kinpin, you're right, there was never a black Kinpin. But honestly, I don't feel there was another white actor that was that large enough and had the gravitas to play the role. Michael Clark Duncan pulled it off. Plus the Kinpin is not defined by his "whiteness."

well, im not a fan of the ultimates. i've said that before, i just don't like more than 1 version of a story.
but whatever i guess. i'll get used to it.

[bruce campbell]

this is just gonna turn into SOAP 2... it was that style of movie to begin with and now they've got sammy j

what a dumbass statement

[colorlesscliche]

Was he ever black? When I think of Fury I think of the Hoff.

[senatorlamb]

Was he ever black? When I think of Fury I think of the Hoff.

This is Ultimate Nick Fury

http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/%7Ejonencar/KG2/UNF.jpg

[PJ1336]

This is Ultimate Nick Fury

http://www.silverbulletcomics.com/%7Ejonencar/KG2/UNF.jpg

jesus christ.

yeah, they clearly had someone in mind when they put Ultimate Nick Fury together.

[JIMMYateEARTH]

Exactly what I'm thinking, hahaha

I actually like black Fury over white Fury now
For me its a toss up, they are both so different.

The WHite one has been MIA for so long now that I'll go ahead and Say that the Black one wins, but he is a collosal ass to spiderman and the x-men


it bothers me like the black kingpin in Daredevil honestly.
it just doesn't seem right.


but i love the idea of introducing everyone to lead into a avengers movie.

YOu need to read the Ultimates


well, in the Ultimate Comics line, Nick Fury is black and looks like Sam Jackson so this didn't come out of no where. The original character had always been a ladies man and a"player" so I guess they felt a Nick Fury that had the vibe of Samuel L. Jackson would be cooler than the standard white hero. Since the character looked like Jackson to begin with (purposely), it was only natrual they would try to cast him.

As far as Kinpin, you're right, there was never a black Kinpin. But honestly, I don't feel there was another white actor that was that large enough and had the gravitas to play the role. Michael Clark Duncan pulled it off. Plus the Kinpin is not defined by his "whiteness."

YOu know little of the original Nick fury if those are the words you are going to use to describe him. The Original Nick fury was a WW2 commando that fought along side Cap, I have nop idea how he has stayed alive. But He was a James Bond type spy for along time but I wouldn't call him a ladies man and deffenatly not a player

DUncan played the King Pin Perfectly, I did care that he was black


jesus christ.

yeah, they clearly had someone in mind when they put Ultimate Nick Fury together.

Yeah, Bendis, Millar and Hitch deffinatly had someone in mind when they were creating this character

[IAPAI]

http://digilander.libero.it/davidhasselhoff/foto/nickfury/fury1.jpg

[buysoap]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/alex_needslovin/0623071235.jpg


Also, apparently, according to this issue,
Brad Pitt - Captain America
Tony Stark - Johnny Depp
Hank Pym - Matthew McConnaughey
Jan - Lucy Lui
Bruce Banner - Steve Buscemi

[IAPAI]

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v83/alex_needslovin/0623071235.jpg


Also, apparently, according to this issue,
Brad Pitt - Captain America
Tony Stark - Johnny Depp
Hank Pym - Matthew McConnaughey
Jan - Lucy Lui
Bruce Banner - Steve Buscemi

Pitt would be pretty damn great as Captain America

[fantasma]

Sam Jackson was awesome in 1408.

They need to make a Civil War movie. That would be sick.

[fluke182]

Sam Jackson was awesome in 1408.

They need to make a Civil War movie. That would be sick.
Strangely enough Civil War would be my 1,408th choice for movie Marvel should make. A Civil War movie would be ridiculous because its all about context and just would not even work...unless it was part of a series. Plus, its a good, not great series.

[senatorlamb]

YOu know little of the original Nick fury if those are the words you are going to use to describe him. The Original Nick fury was a WW2 commando that fought along side Cap, I have nop idea how he has stayed alive. But He was a James Bond type spy for along time but I wouldn't call him a ladies man and deffenatly not a player



An excerp from Wikipedia:

All the while, he spun plots of intense intrigue, barely hidden sensuality, and hi-fi hipness — and supplying his own version of Bond girls, pushing what was allowable under the Comics Code at the time.

Yeah, I know Wikipedia isn't always reliable, but you get the point.

Plus, I always remembered the iconic "gun holster innuendo."

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/155/351100065_2c9866165b_o.jpg

[JIMMYateEARTH]

Sam Jackson was awesome in 1408.

They need to make a Civil War movie. That would be sick.

I agree with Fluke I don't think Civil War would make a great movie. However Secret War would make a good one.


Also Senator I'm aware of things like the holster enuendo, which is great. But like I said thats was just them trying to get a Bond like comic. They stopped doing that once his series got cancelled though

[fantasma]

Strangely enough Civil War would be my 1,408th choice for movie Marvel should make. A Civil War movie would be ridiculous because its all about context and just would not even work...unless it was part of a series. Plus, its a good, not great series.

what would be your #1 choice?