Action icon Samuel L. Jackson is re-teaming with his Shaft director Tim Story on Man of War, a western action thriller where Jackson will try to save his town from a corrupt tycoon, per Deadline.
Directed by Story from a script by Sheldon Turner (X-Men: First Class), Jackson will portray “a newly retired and long-revered general who returns to his hometown in rural Georgia after the death of his wife to find it in the throes of corruption, gentrification and racism. Using battle-honed strategy and combat skills, he’ll wage all-out war against the town and the billionaire exploiting it.”
Jackson and Story had worked together on the 2019 sequel Shaft, where Jackson reprised his role from the 2000 film alongside Jesse T. Usher as Shaft’s son and original Shaft actor Richard Roundtree as Shaft Sr. Story’s other films include Marvel’s Fantastic Four and its sequel Rise of the Silver Surfer as well as Kevin Hart’s Ride Along films. His upcoming films are The Pickup with Eddie Murphy and 72 Hours where he will reunite with Hart.
As for Jackson, he remains one of the most in demand actors in the industry with several films in various stages of production. He’s known for many iconic roles, but one of his most recent is as MCU super spy Nick Fury which he last reprised in The Marvels. With the recent announcement of the Avengers: Doomsday cast and the promise of further announcements to come, we’ll have to wait and see if Jackson will return to Marvel for the next Avengers films.
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