It’s nothing new that yet another horror cult classic is getting remade, but the remake of The Blob now has Samuel L. Jackson.

The original 1958 Steve McQueen movie starts out with a meteor falling to Earth from space. Out comes a blob-like, amoeba lifeform, which starts consuming everything in its path. The more it consumes, the bigger it gets.

Jackson is set to play a biochemistry professor, which leads me to believe he will not be starring, but rather playing an important supporting role.

After pulling the movie out of development hell, Simon West was chosen to direct the movie back in January, and he seems rather excited about the casting:

I have been waiting to work with Samuel L. Jackson my whole career. He is a unique talent in the industry, definitely one of a kind. I am so pleased that we will finally get to collaborate on this project.

The project does not yet have a release date.