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Samuel Jackson: one day, two movies

Thu 29 Nov 3:20 PM

Never a man to put his feet up when there are movies to be done, Samuel L Jackson has been announced for two new films in one day.

In Man That Rocks The Cradle he plays reputed "kid whisperer" Marion Delacroix, hired by an overworked father-of-four as a live-in nanny.

The other is Soul Men, which is - praise the Lord - most emphatically not a sequel to the wretched '80s comedy Soul Man, but a musical about two backing singers in a soul band.

Jackson stars alongside Bernie Mac (best known as Frank Catton in the Ocean's franchise), as a duo who loathe each other and haven't spoken in years, even though they're in the same band.

The story (which echoes real life soul duo Sam & Dave) sounds promising, but much will depend on how well Sam and Bernie carry off their song-and-dance routines, which we're told, will be all their own work.