Samuel L. Jackson in talks for the adaptation of Stephen King’s Revival According to Entertainment Weekly, Samuel L. Jackson (Avengers: Age of Ultron, Kingsman: The Secret Service, The Hateful Eight) is in talks to board the Stephen King adaptation Revival. He would play the plum villain role of sinister Reverend Charles Jacobs, while the lead role of Jamie Morton has yet to be cast. The novel is officially described as follows: “In a small New England town, over half a century ago, a shadow falls over a small boy playing with his toy soldiers.