Tommy Lee Jones got plenty of critical acclaim with his last foray into the works of Cormac McCarthy (2007’s Academy Award-winning No Country for Old Men). So it’s no surprise that he’s signed up for another McCarthy property, and this time he’s bringing Samuel L. Jackson along for the ride.
Variety reports that Jones and Jackson will star in The Sunset Limited for HBO, which McCarthy adapted from his own play. The film will follow a relationship between two men, one of whom (Jackson) saves the other from throwing himself in front of a subway train (it’s unclear whether the train contains any motherfucking snakes). Jones will also direct.
It’s not the first time the two J’s have worked together; they both appeared in the 2000 William Friedkin thriller Rules of Engagement.
