
Samuel L. Jackson gave an interview to Jimmy Fallon last night that has the geek crowd salivating and speculating. Jackson said his Nick Fury character will be getting a new female sidekick for The Avengers movie that will pool all the Marvel Comics superheroes. Jackson said that he’ll test with five young actresses this Friday. I’m sure that the Marvel suits aren’t happy that Jackson revealed this. But having had the pleasure to do The Playboy Interview once with Sam, I can tell you that this is why Jackson left me wishing I could ring him up every week. He tells it like it is. Here’s the video (please excuse the annoying ad that precedes it):


Captain America and The Avengers look like they are going to be great movies.
Joss Whedon is a phenomenal writer.
The female sidekick will be probably be played by one of the following rising young actresses:
Mischa Barton, Rachel Bilson, Sophia Bush, Miley Cyrus, Hilary Duff, Leighton Meester, Taylor Momsen, Ellen Page, Emma Roberts, Jessica Szohr, Evan Rachel Wood.
Wow Miley Cyrus? Yeah right
I hope this will include Ant-Man and Wasp as well as some of the following villains:
Baron Zemo, Collector, Count Nefaria, Egghead, Grandmaster, Graviton, Grim Reaper, Immortus, Kang, Korvac, Legion of the Unliving, Lethal Legion, Loki, Master Pandemonium, Masters of Evil, Morgan le Fay, Nebula, Space Phantom. Super-Adaptoid, Supreme Intelligence, Squadron Sinister, Taskmaster, Thanos, Ultron, Zodiac
i do try to ignore these ads, but…if you’re embedding something from another site, i expect it – what i don’t expect is ‘please excuse the annoying ad’ from the journalist. between that and nikki’s ‘unwatchable’ comment re: kristen wiig yesterday, i don’t know why i should keep returning to the site – please stop editorializing – that’s when it stops being actual reporting. thanks.
Hi bob,
Much of Nikki’s popularity as well as that of this site comes from the fact that she doesn’t shy away from her opinions. (Mike Fleming follows that mold.)
You may want to go to another site, but I don’t think you’ll find this type of breaking, not to mention, free, news anywhere.
Apparently Morena Baccarin from Joss Whedons Firefly is on a short list of actresses as Samuel L Jacksons sidekick.
If Cap. America and Thor are as good as I’m hearing then Nolan and Cameron’s b.o. records will be shattered handily. It is without a doubt the big kahuna of comic book movies. And this is not a niche crowd film like Kick Ass and Scott Pilgrim. The Avengers couldn’t be any more mainstream than the X-Men. Hulk — Cap — Thor — Iron Man — Sexy Scarlett as Black Widow — Sam J. as Nick “fuckin’” Fury. It’s like Christmas. I can’t wait.
My guess is that the only people singing the praises of THOR & C.A. are the people involved. The THOR trailer was practically unwatchable; not that anyone gives a crap about a 3rd/4th tier superhero who’s only real play was a 2-minute “cameo” by Vincent D’Onofrio in Adventures in Babysitting 20 years ago… bombs away!
Are you kidding me, Alboone? Do you honestly think that Captain America or Thor is going to gross at least a billion worldwide? No way. And, I’m writing this even though I’m probably going to see Captain America in the theater (I saw Avatar on HBO).
Although the fact that the marvel universe is converging into one movie which is VERYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY cool (they should include Spiderman and wolverine, just for the hell of it), I’m MORE interested in the HBO film actually. I love it when SLJ takes on deeper characters than the action hero ones he nails like a porn star imo
“I love it when SLJ takes on deeper characters than the action hero ones he nails like a porn star imo”
I completely agreed.SLJ has become to much of a money whore and is doing too many money grab films.To me, his best performances were in movies like
The Caveman’s Valentine , The Negotiator, and Unbreakable.And I know Unbreakable was a comic book movie, but the character seem far more interesting then the Nick Fury type tough guy.