Samuel L. Jackson may be the hardest working man in Hollywood. In his upcoming project Man That Rocks The Cradle he will be a nanny for a single father raising 4 children. We get the scoop from Variety via comingsoon:
New Line is developing Man That Rocks the Cradle as the first star vehicle for Samuel L. Jackson since the studio signed a deal with the actor’s Uppity Films. Bought as a spec script by Josh Cagan and based on a story by Cagan and Rob McKittrick, the film revolves around an overworked husband and father of four who decides the solution to all his problems is a live-in nanny. Jackson will play the nanny, Marion Delacroix, a reputed “kid whisperer” from the South.
This seems like Cheaper By The Dozen, but with a single dad, and 8 less kids. After watching Black Snake Moan I can certainly see Sam as a family man. He was great in that film, and being a parental figure to a whored out Ricci is no easy task. Having a nanny raise your children seems to be the Los Angeles norm, and perhaps this is the type of crowd that the film will be based on.
I will not say that I am looking forward to this film. I have no children, want no children, and do not find movies about raising them to be very funny. A movie about raising 4 children is a horror movie to a man like myself that avoids responsibility like it was HIV. If you are raising 4 kids you don’t need a nanny – you need a bottle of ether and a root cellar with quality locks.
