Washington
(ANI):
Samuel
L.
Jackson
has
signed
on
to
star
in
"Unfinished
Country" for
Blue
Star
Pictures
and
Inferno
Entertainment.
The
actor
will
be
playing
the
character
of
Elton,
the
chief
administrator
of
an
overcrowded
hospital
located
in
the
middle
of
South
Africa's
violent
Soweto
ghettos.
His
treatment
methods
are
put
into
question
when
a
young
US
medical
student
arrives
to
do
his
residency
and
the
hospital
gets
caught
in
the
crossfire
of
local
gang
warfare.
Screenwriter
Mark
Wheaton
has
penned
the
fact-based
script
of
the
movie,
reports
the
Hollywood
Reporter.
The
pic
takes
place
in
Chris
Hani
Baragwanath
Hospital,
the
largest
hospital
in
the
world,.
The
film
will
be
shot
on
location
in
South
Africa.
On
board
as
producers
are
William
Sherak,
Jason
Shuman,
Bill
Johnson
and
Tim
O'Hair,
with
Jim
Seibel
serving
as
executive
producer.