Marvel vet Samuel L. Jackson has officially signed on for the leading role in the upcoming action comedy movie titled The Honest Liar. In the project, Jackson’s character is an actor tasked to teach rookie undercover cops on how to act like criminals. Production will reportedly begin early next year.
Besides The Honest Liar, Jackson currently has several movies lined up including: the sci-fi action picture Afterburn with Dave Bautista; Western movie The Unholy Trinity with Pierce Brosnan; action thriller The Beast with Joel Kinnaman; and sci-fi thriller Head Games with Henry Golding.
At the moment, it’s currently unclear if Jackson’s Nick Fury will also appear in the next two Avengers movies: Doomsday and Secret Wars. He last portrayed the character in 2023’s The Marvels movie.
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Who is in The Honest Liar cast?
Besides Jackson, Oscar nominee Andra Day and Golden Globe nominee Edgar Ramirez have also been tapped to join The Honest Liar cast. The film will be written and directed by Wayne Kramer. It is produced by Dan Groknik and Jeffrey Reisner for Golden Eagle Movie Studios, with Gail Thackray and Tracy Beam executive producing.
“Nick DeFranco is an award-winning actor facing jail time when he falls for an undercover sting,” reads the synopsis (via Deadline). “Nick criticizes the undercover police for their terrible “acting’ that he can’t believe he fell for. He knew something was wrong and went for it anyway. Impressed by Nick’s acting ability, the Police Captain offers Nick probation instead of hard time, in return for teaching his team how to act like real dealers. Nick has no choice but to agree. When Nick gets involved with a female rookie, he finds himself playing amateur undercover cop and getting more involved than intended, putting them both in danger of blowing her cover with some dangerous criminals.”
