Jackson to star in 'Unthinkable'

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Samuel L. Jackson is to star in new thriller Unthinkable for Senator Entertainment.

The movie will be directed by Gregor Jordan (The Informers) from a script by Peter Woodward and Orin Moverman, reports Variety.

It revolves around the threat to the US when a terrorist is the only person who knows the location of three nuclear devices. With only two days to go before they are deployed, a black-ops interrogator (Jackson) and a female FBI agent must decide what they will do to find them.

Principal photography begins in Michigan on September 2.