Samuel L. Jackson Features In Chinese Movie 'Inversion'

 

In 2017, we’ll be welcoming the country’s most expensive blockbuster to date in the form of The Great Wall. Mixing high-profile Chinese actors such Andy Lau as Jing Tian with western stars in the vein of Matt Damon and Pedro Pascal, if successful, Zhang Yimou’s fantasy epic could be a harbinger of things to come. One actor that’s certainly a big draw overseas is Samuel L. Jackson, and word has it that he has landed a role in sci-fi epic Inversion.

Helmed by director Peter Segal, Liu Yifei has climbed aboard alongside Jackson, rounding out a preliminary cast that already boasts Travis Fimmel. It has all the makings of a true sci-fi romp, too, following a “street-wise American con man and a young Chinese physicist as they race against the clock to save the earth from a terrifying loss of gravity.”

Jackson, meanwhile, is attached to the part of a senior Homeland Security investigator, one who will no doubt be barking orders at those below him. Paul Haggis, David Arata and Bragi Schut all contributed to the screenplay.