Samuel L. Jackson In Negotiations To Join J.J. Abrams’ Next Movie For Warner Bros
Samuel L. Jackson is in negotiations to join the cast of J.J. Abrams’ untitled mystery movie for Warner Bros and his Bad Robot, Deadline has confirmed.
The actor will join an ensemble that also includes Glen Powell, Jenna Ortega and Emma Mackey, as previously announced. Plot details remain under wraps, though we hear this is not a time-travel film, as some have conjectured. Abrams will direct from his own script, with Bad Robot producing.
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Currently, Jackson can be seen starring opposite John David Washington in Netflix’s film The Piano Lesson, based on the August Wilson play, reprising his role after working with Washington on a stage adaptation. The film released in select theaters earlier this month and debuts on the streamer tomorrow. Upcoming, he’ll also be seen in the Western The Unholy Trinity opposite Pierce Brosnan, Renny Harlin’s actioner The Beast opposite Joel Kinnaman, action adventure pic Afterburn opposite Dave Bautista, and more.
As a director, Abrams’ last film was Star Wars: Episode IX – The Rise of Skywalker back in 2019. Recently producing the Amazon MGM documentary The Blue Angels, his Bad Robot’s upcoming slate includes David Robert Mitchell’s Flowervale Street, the drama series Duster for Max, and more. The company entered negotiations to extend its longstanding film and TV deal with Warner Bros. over the summer.
Recently, Warner Bros has won a bidding war for Emerald Fennell’s Wuthering Heights, which has rounded out its main cast, also launching early development on a Game of Thrones movie and putting in motion an Emily the Strange animated feature. Coming off the release of Clint Eastwood’s Juror #2 and holiday tentpole Red One, the studio’s next title on the docket for release is the animated The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim on December 13.
The Hollywood Reporter was first to the news of the Jackson casting.
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