• David Hasselhoff Pretty Sure His Nick Fury Was Better Than Samuel L. Jackson's

    To many Marvel fans, Samuel L. Jackson is Nick Fury. Not only has Jackson played the character in five different MCU films over the past five years, the Ultimate version of the character was actually modeled after Jackson -- years before Iron Man came out. But there was a time long ago (well, 1998) when David Hasselhoff…

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  • Confirmed: Nick Fury Appearing In Both 'Thor' And 'Captain America: The First Avenger'; Will Have A Female Sidekick In 'The Avengers'

    Since Nick Fury's surprise cameo at the end of Iron Man, Marvel has been actively trying to figure out how best to tie together each of the stand-alone superhero outings leading up to The Avengers. Between Tony Stark's mention of the "Avengers Initiative" in The Incredible Hulk and the locating of Thor's hammer in Iron…

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  • Samuel L. Jackson Says We'll See A SHIELD Film After The Avengers

    When Samuel L. Jackson was signed to a nine-film deal by Marvel, you had to bet that part of the attraction of the deal was that he'd eventually get a pretty big role, if not a star turn, in one of the studio's projects. So far, Jackson's Nick Fury has been a small part of…

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  • Marvel Updates: Bucky In Captain America, Two-Sided Johansson, Another Movie For 2012

    FirstShowing attended the Producer Guild of America's panel on Producing Marvel Movies where Marvel Entertainment producer Kevin Feige revealed a couple interesting bits about upcoming film projects: It's a "safe bet" that Steve Roger's sidekick Bucky is going to show up in The First Avenger: Captain America. Scarlett Johansson character in Iron Man 2 has…

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  • Samuel L. Jackson May Not Be Nick Fury?!

    These are troubling times for America---unemployment is on the rise, and entire industries face their end---but one thing we geeks have had to look forward to in the next few years is everyone's favorite bad motherf***er himself, Samuel L. Jackson, as Nick Fury. Now it seems we may even be robbed of that one slice…

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  • Don't Skip The Iron Man End Credits: Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury Appears After

    Last we reported, Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury had been waxed off the final cut of Iron Man, but fortunately that's not the case. As MovieHole points out, Fury/Jackson does appear but not until after the surefire blockbuster's end credits. He also delivers some spoiler-worthy dialogue [Slashfilm pistol fires in air], which we have after…

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  • Heath Ledger's Scene Not Cut From The Dark Knight

    Our previous item on the rumor that a scene(s) has been cut from The Dark Knight showing (Spoiler warning...) Heath Ledger's Joker in a body bag is now up to a sweet 130 comments. The majority of Slashfilm readers feel quite passionately that it's a slight to Heath Ledger, the film, fans and Christopher Nolan…

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  • Samuel L. Jackson's Nick Fury Will Not Appear In Iron Man After All?

    Buried in this report covering yesterday's Wizard World convention in L.A. is the news via a panel that Samuel L. Jackson may not have a cameo as Marvel character Nick Fury in Iron Man after all. Nearly a year ago AICN reported the casting news as a definite for the summer blockbuster, and since then…

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