Samuel L Jackson roped in for Tim Burton's next film

Samuel L Jackson has been roped in to star in Tim Burton-directed Miss Peregrine's Home For Peculiar Children, it has been revealed.

Jackson will play the role of Barron, a key role, and nobody will elaborate on whether he's good or bad, Deadline.com reported.

Jane Goldman has adapted the Ransom Riggs novel and the movie will be made under the banner of Fox and Chernin Entertainment.

Eva Green will play the title character and Hugo's Asa Butterfield are the leads.