Samuel L. Jackson may join Tim Burton's Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children

According to sources, Samuel L. Jackson is in talks to join director Tim Burton's adaptation Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Samuel L. Jackson in negotiations to take on a key role named Mr. Barron which is reportedly the bad guy in Tim Burton’s upcoming movie.

Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children is based on the book of the same name written by Ransom Riggs, and is adapted to the screen by Jane Goldman (Kick-Ass). Production for Burton's new film is set to start soon. Jane Goldman wrote the script for Miss Peregrine’s Home for Peculiar Children, which is slated for release on March 4, 2016. Jackson, currently filming a role in Quentin Tarantino's The Hateful Eight, soon will be seen in Friday's Kingsman: The Secret Service and also stars in Cell, Avengers: Age of Ultron and Barely Lethal later this year.