The Lost Angeles Times’ “Hero Complex” blog is reporting that reportedly there are rumors regarding the surety of Samuel L. Jackson’s role as superspy and SHIELD commander Nick Fury in upcoming Marvel Studios projects such as “Iron Man 2″ and “The Avengers”. Jackson said;

“I saw ["Iron Man" and "Iron Man 2" director] Jon Favreau at the Scream Awards and we had a conversation [...] ‘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. [...] There was a huge kind of negotiation that broke down. I don’t know. Maybe I won’t be Nick Fury. Maybe somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won’t be in it.”

The main reason according to Jackson is that “There seems to be an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world”.

Marvel Studios’ official response to inquiries about the story is that “[the studio] does not comment on active negotiations.”

Jackson first appeared as Nick Fury, the commander of the secret US agency SHIELD (Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement, and Logistics Division) in a post-credits cameo in 2008’s summer hit “Iron Man”, starring Robert Downey. Jr as the armored superhero. Nick Fury debuted in 1963’s “Sgt. Fury and his Howling Commandos” as a WWII sergeant, though the character has since been retooled as a long-lived American superspy active since the second World War and the original commander of SHIELD.

SHIELD first appeared in Marvel’s “Strange Tales” in August 1965 and first stood for “Supreme Headquarters, International Espionage, Law-Enforcement Division”. In 1991 was redefined as “Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage Logistics Directorate”. SHIELD is generally portrayed in Marvel titles as a US-based, worldwide espionage and military group that deals with superhuman and super-powered threats.

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By Costa Koutsoutis, (Source: Latimesblogs.com)