Sam Jackson as Nick Fury in the upcoming Iron Man movie?

Sheng-Long · June 24, 2007, 6:52pm

Been posted on AICN 3 days ago:

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.

Mario_Lemieux · June 24, 2007, 7:15pm

…War Machine!?

Then they can do Sam Jack War Machine spin-offs!

WIN WIN WIN

Soundatron · June 24, 2007, 8:07pm

Sam Jackson as Nick Fury proves that there is a merciful god.

Shadow_Ace_50 · June 24, 2007, 8:10pm

Marvel ftw…lets see what top tier mavel characters havent they made a movie out of yet? next up should be Captain America

KING · June 25, 2007, 12:04am

already been done in the 60’s i think…lol.

although an updated one is long overdue.

…spandex?!

Gasp · June 25, 2007, 1:28am

i was hoping for danny glover but this is just as good

RidianFable · June 25, 2007, 2:34am

Actually the ultimate version of Nick Fury is modeled after Sam Jackson

Xorcist · June 25, 2007, 3:06am

only one man truly deserves to be Nick Fury…

Zulu · June 25, 2007, 3:26am

He even said himself that Sam Jackson should play himself in a movie version for The Ultimates.

Sano · June 25, 2007, 4:43am

Nick Fury better drop the MF bomb once or twice and start talking about snakes on the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier.

Big fan of the old school Nick Fury of 616 but Samuel Jackson’s a great actor and the Ultimate version is based on him so good choice. :tup:

There’s a Captain America movie in development. Just about every major Marvel comic you can think of has a movie in development. They are making moves lol!

Dander · June 25, 2007, 4:52am

http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/f/fury1998.htm

Superking · June 25, 2007, 5:01am

Nah, Dean Martin > David Hasselhoff when it comes to 616 Fury.

maxx · June 25, 2007, 6:45am

you guys know marvel movies are essentially just what-if stories right? theirs no real concept of continuity in these movies…hence its ok for sam jackson to be nick fury.

Wellman · June 25, 2007, 8:05am

Despite Ultimates 1 and 2 being slow as hell, I will always thank heaven for Hitch, drawing Ultimate Fury as one of the iconic actors of our time. If this serious, I expect to see an Nick Fury movie out before long, followed quickly by 616 Fury becoming black.