Nick Fury May Not Be Sam Jackson After All.

In today’s L.A. Times, Samuel L. Jackson said that negotiations for his role as Nick Fury have broken down. This is due to  “an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world.” When asked about the continuity of the Nick Fury at the end of Iron Man and how that would affect the universe being re-established by Marvel, Jackson said “somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won’t be in it.”

He continued, “I saw ['Iron Man' and 'Iron Man 2' director] Jon Favreau at the Scream Awards and we had a conversation. He said, ‘I hope things are working out for you because we’re writing stuff for you.’ Then all of a sudden last week I talked to my agents and manager and things aren’t really working that well.”

When contacted, Marvel responded, “Marvel does not comment on active negotiations,” so obviously Marvel isn’t going to be naïve enough to let Sam Jackson go that easily.

Source: Los Angeles Times