Samuel L. Jackson is set to reprise the role of Nick Fury in a new Marvel series currently in development at Disney+, Variety has learned exclusively from sources.
The exact plot details of the show are being kept under wraps, but multiple sources say Jackson is attached to star with Kyle Bradstreet attached to write and executive produce.
Like all the other Marvel shows at Disney+, Marvel Studios will produce. Reps for Jackson, Bradstreet, and Disney did not immediately respond to Variety's request for comment.
Jackson famously portrayed Fury, the monocular head of the clandestine government agency S.H.I.E.L.D, in the Marvel Cinematic Universe going back to the post-credits scene in the first Iron Man film in 2008. He has appeared in multiple films within the MCU since, most recently portraying Fury in Spider-Man: Far From Home, Avengers: Endgame, and Captain Marvel. He also played the character in two episodes of the ABC series Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
The last time fans saw Fury was in the post-credits scene of Far From Home, where he was onboard a Skrull ship somewhere in deep space.
Should the project go to series – which seems highly likely – it would be the latest big budget Marvel show to get the greenlight at Disney Plus from Kevin Feige's Marvel Studios.WandaVision is supposed to drop later this year, with The Falcon and Winter Soldier and Loki on deck for 2021. It was also recently reported that Tatiana Maslany is attached to star in the She-Hulk series in the works at the streamer. Other Marvel shows in the works include Hawkeye, Moon Knight, and Ms. Marvel. – Reuters
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