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Samuel L. Jackson will star as an action hero President under attack in the upcoming movie “The Beast” that will be showcased at TIFF. The film revolves around Jackson’s character uncovering the President’s state car’s classified offensive capabilities to save his life and America. “The Beast” is not the first time Jackson has played the President; he previously portrayed a stranded president in “Big Game.”
Rejoice! Hollywood icon Samuel L. Jackson has been elected POTUS (President of the United States) in the upcoming action movie, The Beast. The project, which will find Jackson starring as an action hero President who finds himself under attack while in his presidential state car, will go to market at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) and comes courtesy of WME Independent.
“When a militia of unidentified hostiles coordinates a coup against the U.S., the president (Jackson) uncovers the extent of The Beast’s highly classified offensive capabilities,” The Beast synopsis reads. “Separated from his wife, the president must learn to control The Beast — and the monster inside himself — in order to save his life, the life of Secret Service agent Taft (Kinnaman) and America.”
The Beast, which again refers to the presidential state car used by the United States Secret Service (and no doubt has a double-meaning and refers to Jackson’s President himself), has an agreement with SAG-AFTRA and was “packaged prior to the strikes,” according to the report (via Deadline).
The movie will star The Suicide Squad and RoboCop actor Joel Kinnaman alongside Jackson, and is set to be directed by James Madigan, who is best known for his work as second unit director on the likes of such blockbusters as The Meg and Transformers: Rise of the Beasts. The script comes courtesy of Kate writer Umair Aleem.
Producers on The Beast include Keith Kjarval (Dragged Across Concrete), Fifth Season (Ambulance), John Logan Pierson (the Netflix limited series Thai Cave Rescue), and Peter Berg (Lone Survivor).
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Samuel L. Jackson Has Been President Before…

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The Beast will not be the first time that Samuel L. Jackson has played the President of the United States, with the actor having been in charge of the U.S. of A. in the 2014 action-adventure outing, Big Game.
Directed by Jalmari Helander and written by Helander and Petri Jokiranta, Big Game stars Samuel L. Jackson, Onni Tommila, and Ray Stevenson, and finds the U.S. president stranded over the Finland wilderness after Air Force One is shot down and relying on a 13-year-old boy with a particular set of skills to get him out alive. Big Game was well-received by critics, but was much-maligned by audiences. Here’s hoping that Jackson’s second foray into political leadership fares better.
This is also not the first time that Jackson has been trapped in a car which possesses various defense tech, with the actor having found himself under heavy fire in his S.H.I.E.L.D. car during the events of Captain America: The Winter Soldier. So, The Beast should be smooth sailing for Samuel.
The Beast is just one of several projects currently in the pipeline for Samuel L. Jackson, with the actor all set to return once again to the MCU in The Marvels. The Captain Marvel sequel finds Monica Rambeau’s powers becoming entangled with those of Kamala Khan and Carol Danvers, with the trio teaming up to determine why they are swapping places with each other every time they use their powers. The Marvels is scheduled to be released on November 10, 2023.
Other non-MCU related movies coming up for Jackson include The Kill Room with Uma Thurman and Joe Manganiello; the spy comedy Argylle alongside Henry Cavill; the Garfield reboot with Chris Pratt; and the drama The Piano Lesson, in which Jackson will star alongside John David Washington.