Samuel L. Jackson in Talks for new ‘Tarzan’ filmPosted by Wilson Morales
December 11, 2013
Source: Variety
Variety states that Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to co-star with Alexander Skarsgard and two-time Oscar winner Christoph Waltz in Warner’s reboot of “Tarzan.”
With David Yates directing, this is a big screen adaptation of Edgar Rice Burroughs’ series of novels, “Tarzan” that is being produced by Jerry Weintraub and Alan Riche, with Mike Richardson and Yates exec producing. Numerous scribes worked on the script including John August, Marianne Wibberley and, most recently, Adam Cozad.
A week before the Thanksgiving holiday, studio execs viewed a five minute pre-viz video Yates and his team created to explain how the film could turn out.
The delay actually helped the casting, as Jackson had shown interest in the part since the film’s early days of fruition, but the dates could not be worked out. The studio then went to Jamie Foxx but when production was postponed, Foxx was forced to pass.
Sources still say “Wolf of Wall Street” actress Margot Robbie is the studio’s choice to play the female lead but, as of right now, Robbie still does not have an offer.
