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Samuel L. Jackson has dropped a bombshell: he just might not be back to play Nick Fury in Iron Man 2 or The Avengers.

Jackson, who made a cameo as the director of S.H.I.E.L.D. at the end of the first Iron Man, told the Los Angeles Times that he heard from his representatives last week that things weren't going so well. "There was a huge kind of negotiation that broke down. I don't know. Maybe I won't be Nick Fury," Jackson said.

He continued, "Maybe somebody else will be Nick Fury or maybe Nick Fury won't be in it. There seems to be an economic crisis in the Marvel Comics world so [they're saying to me], 'We're not making that deal.'"

A Marvel spokesperson advised the paper that the studio "does not comment on active negotiations."

No word yet on who might replace Jackson if the role of Fury is recast, but we all know that Terrence Howard is available. Oh, snap!