Dem Rumors: Sam Jackson may not be Nick Fury

And here we go. After the whole Cheadle/Howard recasting now we get news that negotiations between Marvel & Sam Jackson are not working out and the actor has been quoted in the LA Times as saying that he might not be playing the head of SHIELD after his special appearance as the guy at the end of Iron Man. Now you would think that after the shit tons of money & praise they got from the first film that they would be bending over backwards to get this guy happy & on board.

“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.”

Yeah, that’s not good. Obviosuly Favreau wants him in but the trouble is all on the studio. They did the same thing with wanting to not properly compensate the director for him to return to the sequel but they caved. And now this. Something’s not right here, man. Regardless, people are going to see the film when it’s released, Jackson or not. But I can hear the fanboys drawing up the petition to stop the film as I type this. What do you guys think? [via Slash Film]