ROTTEN TOMATOES: Sam Jackson as Nick Fury in "Iron Man"?

Sam Jackson as Nick Fury in "Iron Man"?

by Scott Weinberg | June 22, 2007

As if I weren't already geeked out enough over next summer's "Iron Man," now comes a very cool piece of gossip / early news...

As AICN points out, the pieces seem to be (slowly) coming together on an "Avengers" movie. They're reporting that none other than Samuel L. Jackson will have a small role in "Iron Man" -- and he'll be playing war hero turned superspy Nick Fury.

No word yet on if this'll lead directly to a spin-off or future Fury appearances in other Marvel films, but I've come to the conclusion that having Marvel run their own movie division is a really cool idea!

If this turns out to be an accurate report, Mr. Jackson would be joining a cast that already includes Robert Downey Jr., Gwyneth Paltrow, Terrence Howard, and Jeff Bridges. Not bad at all...

Source: AICN

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Kollikodon writes:
on Jun 22 2007 06:24 AM

hmm... Iron man keeps on sounding better and better....

please, god of the movies.. dont let them f*** this one up....

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Kollikodon writes:
on Jun 22 2007 06:28 AM

By the way... this is the kinda thing I pictured Sam doing for some time... at least he's not some second rate superhero like Black Bolt or anything...

(though now that I think of it.. that^^ could be entertaining... hmmm you know what I mean)

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blank blank writes:
on Jun 22 2007 06:34 AM

Iron Man:"could you stop yelling please?"
Nick Fury:" NO MUTHAF***A! THIS IS HOW I TALK! HAVENT YOU SEEN ANY OF MY MOVIES?!?!?!"
Iron Man blasts nick fury in half.

end scene

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evanset6 writes:
on Jun 22 2007 07:04 AM

[b]Yes[/b]
Oh man this is awesome news... I thought the Ultimate version of Nick Fury turned the character from a corny lame character to a badass motherf***er... it was obviously inspired by Sam J. This movie is gonna rock!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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Aqueryan Reloaded writes:
on Jun 22 2007 07:12 AM

In reply to this comment (#870576)
You're showing your age if you think that Nick Fury was a corny lame character, junior. And if you want to see him at his badassed best, just track down Garth Ennis' take on Fury's original (i.e. pre-ULtimate) incarnation. That said, I don't mind the Ultimate take on Fury in the least, and I think Sammy J. is a great choice to play him.

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cgcbooks writes:
on Jun 22 2007 07:19 AM

Don't care much for Jackson as Nick Fury at all. Let's just hope he doesn't play Sgt. Rock too.

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Banana Kid writes:
on Jun 22 2007 08:46 AM

YES.

I don't believe any more needs to be said.

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skasforfags writes:
on Jun 22 2007 09:14 AM

I just don't like black actors playing white characters, and vice versa.

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blank blank writes:
on Jun 22 2007 09:14 AM

in the ultimates, nick fury suggests he should be played by samuel l jackson, so i wouldnt exactly call it inspired casting. hopefully he doesnt bring his character from XXX to the iron man set.

although his line "a small price to pay so i can put foot to ass for my country" was great.

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juanvsshark writes:
on Jun 22 2007 09:18 AM

[b]nick fury isnt black.[/b]
yes. nick fury is a white devil.
although samuel l jackson is the shit, and even if it is a short cameo.
nick fury isnt black.
its like in batman returns ala harvey dent.

why not go a step further and bring out the big guns?
SAMUEL JACKSON = BLACK PANTHER
after all, its big names that sell.
and am i the only one tired of hollywood shitting on graphic novel legends? twisting perfectly good characters so we have another big name in an already action figure fueled marvel movie?
its in the marketing, not the movie's actual quality.
jon favreau better not screw iron man up like so many other marvel heroes gone to waste for a quick buck (daredevil. enough said.)

after all, little ass kids dont care, theyll but the action figure either way.
we care, we actually pay attention.

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okuonuora writes:
on Jun 22 2007 11:13 AM

All superhero movies suck anyway, so who cares?

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evanset6 writes:
on Jun 22 2007 11:28 AM

In reply to this comment (#870582)
[b]Ummm[/b]
In the ultimate universe, he IS black... and obviously inspired by Sam Jackson. So... you're wrong.

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dagreenman18 writes:
on Jun 22 2007 11:58 AM

Sam Jackson? wow. it just keeps getting better and better. if he's in the Avengers movie, marvel is never going to need studio backing for a movie ever again.

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Elixor writes:
on Jun 22 2007 12:26 PM

I don't like the Ultimate spin-offs and hence don't like the idea of Samuel Jackson as Nick Fury. I love Samuel Jackson, but not as Nick Fury, he would make a good Cloak however.

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nazgul writes:
on Jun 22 2007 12:54 PM

Mark Miller said LONG ago that he Patternd HIS ultimate Nick Fury after sam Jackson. so what if he was white in the COMICS that dont mean shit, oh wait lets get David Hasselhoff to play him again right.l LOSERS. get over the color shit already.

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the-russian writes:
on Jun 22 2007 02:13 PM

In reply to this comment (#870577)
Very true. Ennis' book on Fury was great; Hell, the old 60's Steranko stuff was great too, but it's still cool to see Jackson playing him.

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deneco4 writes:
on Jun 22 2007 02:15 PM

[b]yo[/b]
I have yet to see a comic book movie which I watch continually over and over besides (guess which one) Batman Begins.

I think it needs more than action and good story it needs to visually feel right and the dialog should be good enough to bring people back.

SpiderMan 1,2,3 - Exhausting to watch over again, especially 3 which sucked
Superman Returns - Ugh, couldnt even stand it the first time I watched it
Daredevil - Good enough for HBO
Fantastic Four 1 and 2 - 1 sucked cause it was 2 hours for a 5 min fight. The second was good but too much annoying dialog to return to
So forth and so on you get it.

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Bigbrother writes:
on Jun 22 2007 03:54 PM

In reply to this comment (#870582)
You must have missed the episode right before ultimates where Fury got a negroplasty like Kyle off of South Park :)

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IMAmoose24 writes:
on Jun 22 2007 04:47 PM

I've never thought of Sam L. Jackson as a actor (except for Pulp Fiction), he just has a screen presence that kicks ass. Think it will work great.

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h-town24 writes:
on Jun 22 2007 07:25 PM

[b]Don't be a racist![/b]
Nick Fury has been white and black! Dummies!

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