Samuel L. Jackson in talks to star in J. J. Abrams' top secret new movie

Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to star in J.J. Abram’s top secret new movie.

The 75-year-old actor is currently in negotiations to appear in the upcoming Warner Bros. film, which is set to star Glen Powell, Jenna Ortega and Emma Mackey while the ‘Star Trek’ director helms the project both behind the camera and as a producer through his Bad Robot banner.

While plot details are being kept under wraps, The Hollywood Reporter has suggested the story - which is being written by Abrams - will not include any time travel elements after it was previously rumoured the movie would be focused around the sci-fi feature.

The mystery picture is due to begin filming in the UK in Spring 2025, though no release date has been confirmed yet.

Jackson is best known as S.H.I.E.L.D. director Nick Fury in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (MCU), and has appeared as the character in 11 entries into the series, from 2008’s ‘Iron Man’, ‘Captain America: The Winter Soldier’ in 2014 and most recently ‘The Marvels’ last year.

Reflecting on signing on to the MCU, the ‘Star Wars’ actor admitted he thought it was “kinda crazy” he was offered a “nine-picture contract” by studio head Kevin Feige.

During an interview with GQ, Jackson said: “I knew I had a nine-picture deal.

“When Kevin said that, 'We're gonna offer you a nine-picture deal,' 'How long I gotta stay alive to make nine movies?'

“It's not the quickest process in the world, people don't do it. I didn't know they were going to make nine movies in like two and a half years. It's kinda crazy, like, ‘Oh s***, I'm using up my contracts!’ But it worked out.”

'Pulp Fiction' star Jackson added he had played Fury for so many years that he knew the character like the back of his hand.

He explained to Collider: “I’ve been doing Nick Fury for so long, I know what he sounds like and I know how he thinks and how he feels.

“I know writers sit at home and write. If the writer is a fan of that kind of thing – the superhero genre – they know how to do it. I’ve had directors who have written comic books, so when they say, ‘Say it the way I wrote it,’ you can go, ‘Okay, so we’re doing comic book speak.’”