Samuel Jackson Cast As Nick Fury In ‘Iron Man 2′ …And May Even Get His Own Pic

COMMENTS (33)

• “I don’t do geek” – we know already!

  Comment by michael dobrofsky — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 2:44pm PST  Reply to this post

• Love the blog, but enough with the don’t do geek, when hollywood’s biggest properties are “geek”! Take a look, what were the biggest films of the last few years, what are all the studios banking on this year? You think they want to go to comic-com, they HAVE to go. Geek culture as you call it has become popular culture.

  Comment by trey — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 2:51pm PST  Reply to this post

• Is “Iron Man” really geek at this point? Sure feels mainstream to me…

  Geek is waiting in line for the 3:30am showing of “Star Wars: Episode 1″ at Mann Village opening day..

  Like I did.

  -RnsW

  Comment by RobertNotSoWise — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 2:55pm PST  Reply to this post

• Jackson claimed he was dumping the movie because they tried to lowball him on his acting fee. Now he’s staying put, I have to wonder whether they upped his price or else Jackson finally realized he hasn’t been responsible for a hit movie since… well… ever and went crawling back to Marvel with his tail between his bowed legs.

  Comment by Mahogany — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 2:59pm PST  Reply to this post

• Wasn’t that obvious when he appeared at the end of the film, claiming that he was the Iron Man?

  Comment by Ash — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 3:03pm PST  Reply to this post

• ya…you don’t go horror either.
  awesome news though.

  Comment by nick — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 3:13pm PST  Reply to this post

• I’m not the first to say this but Mr. Jackson appeared in the role already after IRON MAN’s end credits . It kind of set-up the sequel in a sense.

  So a confirmation of his casting now means it involves the character (and his agency) in the movie’s plot.

  Done geeking.

  Comment by justin — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 3:17pm PST  Reply to this post

• Wahooooooooooo!

  Comment by PbJ — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 3:19pm PST  Reply to this post

• Somewhere, the Hoff is weeping.

  Comment by Matt — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 3:22pm PST  Reply to this post

• I think this a great move by all parties included. While people like Mahogany can keep on the hate train (name me one movie where you sat there and said “man, sam jackson is a terrible actor who ruined this movie”)- I am personally happy to see the right casting choice was made.

  VERY excited for Iron 2 et al.

  Comment by Doug Fury (Nick's brother) — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 3:28pm PST  Reply to this post

• Justin,

  There was a lot of drama around whether Marvel would pay him enough to have him come back over the past couple of months. That’s why Terrance Howard is no longer in the film (replaced by Don Cheadle), and why both Mickey Rourke and Sam Rockwell have yet to be cast.

  Marvel’s been a little tight with their money recently, but after checking their fourth quarter gains, I hope they open that stash up a little more to secure some great talent in future flicks.

  Done Super-Geeking.

  Comment by Jonny Mac — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 3:34pm PST  Reply to this post

• LOVE the idea of Sam J. in a supporting almost ensembly role in this pic. Since he almost never carries one, I’m glad to see him in a smart movie (as IM2 will be). PLEEZ N, just go geek already!

  Comment by F. — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 3:44pm PST  Reply to this post

• Hey… I think its time to give up the “I dont do geek” thing. Your doing “geek” when you post that you “dont do geek”, and you have posted that a lot as of late. You do “do geek”. Don’t run from it. Own it.

  Comment by Anonymous — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 3:56pm PST  Reply to this post

• you dont do geek
  but you do C**t really well

  Comment by jason — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 4:11pm PST  Reply to this post

• @Doug Fury:

  Unbreakable.

  Comment by Josh — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 4:16pm PST  Reply to this post

• >>I think this a great move by all parties included. While people like Mahogany can keep on the hate train (name me one movie where you sat there and said “man, sam jackson is a terrible actor who ruined this movie”)- I am personally happy to see the right casting choice was made.<<

  An over-rated actor whose notoriety for having the biggest box office than any other actor is due only to his supporting roles and cameos (a la JURASSIC PARK)rather than playing the lead. Hence his involvement had absolutely nothing to do with any of the movies’ successes. Hence he doesn’t deserve anywhere near the money he makes. I wouldn’t pay him much more than a buck fifty myself. He has, however, starred in more than his fair show of shitty movies and been terrible in them – THE SPIRIT and LAKEVIEW TERRACE (the latter of which should have been released in the early 1990s) being the most recent examples. I could go on and list many more but Kool-Aid drinkers like yourself aren’t worth the effort.

  Comment by Mahogany — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 4:23pm PST  Reply to this post

• please!!! no more SAM Jackson!!

  Comment by rich — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 4:32pm PST  Reply to this post

• lazy casting equals lame movies!

  Comment by big comic fan — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 4:33pm PST  Reply to this post

• I see Sam Jackson in a movie and I automatically think it will be over-rated or possibly suck. He’s done way too much crap for cash for me to think that highly of him. He’s a decent to good actor who generally makes terrible decisions.

  Now, saying that, Iron Man was one of the best written films of ’08. The tightest script of any of the super hero movies.

  Can’t wait for the sequel.

  Comment by Original Joe — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 5:04pm PST  Reply to this post

• I just think it’s so absurd and disingenuous every-time some commentator/writer says that all the “geeks” will flock to the comic-book movies. It’s just unfunny and lame.

  Comment by Justin — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 5:25pm PST  Reply to this post

• Nice “leak” there. Good job, Nikki.

  Comment by Judge — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 5:51pm PST  Reply to this post

• Enough with the “I don’t do geek” prefaces!

  Comment by Geek — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 5:51pm PST  Reply to this post

• I have to agree–NO MORE SAM JACKSON. He is not Nick Fury. Nick Fury is a white guy with an eyepatch who fought in WW2. James Caan, Gene Hackman. Ya wanna go with a black guy, then Jim Brown. He’s still around. He’s an action hero. But puhleeze, Sam Jackson is soooo boring.

  Comment by The Ghost of Garry Moore — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 6:36pm PST  Reply to this post

• For those wondering why Sam Jackson, it’s because in the comic world, there are a million different stories and iterations of characters (four Robins… Perhaps five if you include The Dark Knight Returns…) The Nick Fury they decided to harness is this one:

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

  Now try to tell me Sam Jackson shouldn’t play him.

  Comment by Jonny Mac — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 7:44pm PST  Reply to this post

• The Nick Fury from the MARVEL ULTIMATE comic storyline was SPECIFICALLY TAILORED TO LOOK LIKE ACTOR SAMUEL L. JACKSON WITH HIS PERMISSION years before the Iron Man movie was even in production…

  Comment by Geek — Wednesday February 25, 2009 @ 8:04pm PST  Reply to this post