11.4 Samuel L. Jackson Cast In Stephen King's 'CELL':

It appears Samuel L. Jackson will join John Cusack in the upcoming big screen adaptation of Stephen King's 'CELL', Jackson will play Tom McCourt, an engineer and former soldier who with Cusack’s Clay Riddell character flees from Boston as the world turns mad thanks to the phones..

This project has been in development hell for years now.. At one time Eli Roth was set to direct, but then pulled out of the project back in 2009.. Tod "Kip" Williams (Paranormal Activity 2), is now set to direct..

The plot focuses on the fallout when a powerful signal is broadcast across cell phone networks worldwide. The signal re-programs the users’ minds and makes them murderous beasts...

Principal photography is expected to begin sometime early next year...


(Source: Deadline.com)