Samuel L. Jackson To Star, Tim Story To Direct Paramount Pictures’ ‘Man Of War’

EXCLUSIVE: Here’s a project moving forward at Paramount: the Western Man of War starring Samuel L. Jackson, with Tim Story directing and producing.

In Man of War, Jackson plays a newly retired and long-revered general who returns to his hometown in rural Georgia after the death of his wife to find it in the throes of corruption, gentrification and racism. Using battle-honed strategy and combat skills, he’ll wage all-out war against the town and the billionaire exploiting it. Sheldon Turner penned the screenplay.

Jennifer Klein and Turner are producing through their company 100% Productions, alongside Story and The Story Company’s Vicky Story will executive produce. Turner was Oscar nominated in the Adapted Screenplay category for Jason Reitman’s Up in the Air.