The Hateful Eight trailer
The Weinstein Company releases a trailer for The Hateful Eight.
Avengers: Age of Ultron trailer
Marvel releases the trailer for Avengers: Age of Ultron, the much anticipated sequel to The Avengers, early due to the influx of faux fan trailers. Although released a week early, Marvel took to twitter jokingly blaming the early release on a comic nemesis, Hydra.
Captain America: The Winter Soldier
0 CommentsJackson plays director Nick Fury in Marvel Comics’ Captain America: The Winter Soldier. Captain America, played by Chris Evans, fights modern criminals after a mysterious assassin attacks Fury. The Captain finds out that his enemy also comes from the past and looks oddly familiar.
My favorite scene in The Winter Soldier is the scene that’s not in The Winter Soldier,it was a scene I did with Scarlett…They said it’s going to end up on the DVD somewhere.
Slam Poem
RoboCop
0 CommentsJackson plays announcer Pat Novak in the remake of the action classic RoboCop. OmniCorp is in the forefront of robotics and creates RoboCop in an effort to win the nation’s trust and profit from it. The film also features actors Gary Oldman, Michael Keaton, and Joel Kinnaman. On how he hopes fans will react to this film:
Hopefully they will look at it and see that we have come a long way…From wondering what robotics was when the original was made, to understanding what robotics is now…
Reasonable Doubt
0 CommentsJackson plays Clinton Davis in the crime thriller Reasonable Doubt. Soon-to-be District Attorney Mitch Brockton, played by actor Dominic Cooper, is involved in a hit-and-run. Davis is convicted of Brockton’s crime for being at the scene, and now Brockton must decide Davis’ fate.
They’re both reasonably complex characters in a really complex situation, that’s not black and white.
Oldboy
0 CommentsJackson plays Chaney in the action drama Oldboy. Joe Doucett, played by actor Josh Brolin, is kidnapped and held prisoner in solitary confinement for two decades. The day he is released, he goes on a mission to find answers and punish those who are responsible for his captivity.
I love working in New Orleans, I’ve worked in New Orleans five, six times. It’s always a good place to be. If you’re doing exteriors the city becomes one of the characters in the film.
Capital One spokesperson
0 CommentsJackson is the newest spokesman for Capital One, promoting the new cash back card, dubbed Quicksilver. Other celebrities that promote the card products are Alex Baldwin and Jimmy Fallon.
It’s the no games, no messing around, no earning-limit-having do-I-look-like-I’m-joking heavyweight champion of the world.
Turbo
0 CommentsJackson voices Whiplash in the animated adventure movie Turbo. All Turbo ever wanted to do was to race in the Indianapolis 500. After a freak accident gives him the speed that he’s always desired, he decides to make his dream a reality. The film also features the voices of Ryan Reynolds, Paul Giamatti, Snoop Dogg, and Maya Rudolph.
Everybody likes an underdog, and a snail in the Indy 500 is an awesome underdog story.
Django Unchained
0 CommentsJackson plays Stephen in the western, Django Unchained. A German bounty hunter played by Christoph Waltz frees a slave named Django, played by actor Jamie Foxx, and asks for his help. In return, he agrees to help Django find his slave wife and free her as well. Unfortunately, she is owned by a ruthless man named Calvin Candie, played by Leonardo DiCaprio. On director Quentin Tarantino:
Quentin writes the stories and he presents the character to me, and I look at it and say ‘okay, this is a good challenge, I’ll do it.’
Zambezia
0 CommentsJackson voices Tendai in the animated adventure film, Zambezia. Kai is a young spirited falcon who longs for adventure and travel, but his father Tendai will not allow it. After hearing about the great bird city of Zambezia, Kai sets off on an adventure of his lifetime. Voice-overs for the film are also provided by Abigail Breslin, Leonard Nimoy, and Jeremy Suarez. Director Wayne Thornley on Jackson:
Working with people like Samuel L. Jackson was quite a hoot…I’ve never been so honored to be sworn at by someone.
The Avengers
0 CommentsJackson plays reprises his role as S.H.E.I.L.D. director Nick Fury in Marvel Comics’ The Avengers. To thwart threats that Thor’s brother Loki has made on Earth, Fury creates the Avengers. Iron Man, Thor, Captain America, The Hulk, Black Widow and the Hawkeye team up on screen for the first time. Actors Robert Downey Jr., Chris Hemsworth, Chris Evans, Mark Ruffalo, Scarlett Johansson, and Jeremy Renner co-star.
I knew enough about the comic franchise to know that at a certain point were going to get to all these guys being together…and Nick Fury being the glue that kind of puts them there.
The Samaritan
0 CommentsJackson plays ex-prisoner Foley in the crime thriller The Samaritan. Foley is released from prison after 20 yearsand meets a woman named Iris, played by actress Ruth Negga. Unfortunately, his past was waiting for 20 years as well, and is ready to begin where the ex-grifter left off.
It’s kind of interesting to take a guy who’s been out of society for 25 years and have him come back and try and negotiate changes and what’s going on around him.
Meeting Evil
0 CommentsJackson plays Richie in the crime drama Meeting Evil. Family man John Felton, played by actor Luke Wilson, is in the midst of losing everything in his life. Richie, a serial killer, visits Felton and takes him on a killing spree across town. Felton must do what it takes to save his family. Wilson on working with Jackson:
Working with him, he’s one of those people who reminds me of Gene Hackman in terms of how much an icon he is…
Arena
0 CommentsJackson plays Logan in the action film Arena. David Lord, played by Kellan Lutz, is forced to fight for his life in an arena full of gladiators who battle it out for sport. Millions of online viewers tune in to watch these warriors kill each other in the most gruesome of entertainments.
Captain America: The First Avenger
0 CommentsJackson plays director Nick Fury in the Captain America: The First Avenger. Steve Rogers always wanted to be a soldier, so when he is asked to volunteer for a top secret research project for the army, he doesn’t hesitate. Thus, Captain America is born. The film also features actors Hayley Atwell, Tommy Lee Jones, Hugo Weaving, and Stanley Tucci. Director Josh Whedon on Jackson:
The thing about Sam is I always think there are two of him…This is a guy who can out-moxie anybody in the room.
The Other Guys
0 CommentsJackson plays P.K. Highsmith in the action comedy The Other Guys. Two disgraced New York police officers must step up to the plate, when two of the city’s best cops are killed on duty. Officers Gamble and Hoitz, played by actors Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg, are not the most sought-after team on the squad. The film also stars Dwayne Johnson and Eva Mendes.
Highsmith, essentially thinks he’s immortal. He throws caution to the wind in a different way than any character that I’ve ever played.
Unthinkable
0 CommentsJackson plays Henry Harold ‘H’ Humphries in the drama thriller Unthinkable. CIA consultant ‘H’ must interview a suspect to find out where a nuclear bomb is located. The prisoner will not break to the pressures of interrogation, so ‘H’ must consider the unthinkable. This film also features actors Michael Sheen and Carrie-Ann Moss.
Iron Man 2
0 CommentsJackson plays Nick Fury in the Marvel action film Iron Man 2. The world now knows who Iron Man really is. Now everyone wants to get a piece of Tony Stark’s technology, including the U.S. government. But nobody wants Iron Man as much as vengeful Russian Ivan Vanko, played by actor Mickey Rourke. The film also co-stars Gwyneth Paltrow, Don Cheadle, and Scarlett Johansson.
It’s one of those kind of films that a lot of young people are going to watch and they’re going to go home and pretend to be these characters…So it’s something to be proud of.
Astro Boy
0 CommentsJackson voices Zog in the action animation film Astro Boy. A scientist creates a robot with the likeliness of his deceased son. Astro Boy sets off to become a superhero after his creator is not satisfied with his creation. The film also co-stars Charlize Theron, Eugene Levy, Nicolas Cage, Donald Sutherland, and Kristen Bell.