'Captain America: Civil War' is gearing up to be Marvel's biggest film yet with its expansive cast, however recent news has revealed that the movie will be missing a veteran to the series.

Samuel L. Jackson has gone on the record to state that he will not be joining the rest of the Avengers on this particular adventure as Nick Fury. The actor broke the news in a recent interview with Collider:

"It's an amazing amount of fun. I finally met [comics writer] Mark [Millar], last year, when I was doing Kingsman, 'cause he was on set one day, and I finally got a chance to thank him for making Nick Fury black and changing the whole dynamic. It's really great to be the connective tissue between so many different characters in so many different films, that brings those guys together. But I'm not in Captain America 3. I can't figure that out, but I'm not. I guess I'm still out there, trying to figure out what happened to S.H.I.E.L.D. and who these other people are."

Jackson has previously stated that he has two more Marvel movies in his contract so this may be the studio's attempt at spreading his appearances out. He's also admitted that he is in pursuit to renew his contract to be featured in more movies.

"Of course [I'm interested in returning]! I'm looking for a contract extension right now, yeah. I'm looking to re-up."

In this particular film where we know we'll see the Avengers opposing each other, it feels like it would be the most necessary to have an overarching character like Nick Fury to speak some sense to the super powered beings.

'Civil War' is currently stacked to the brim with characters old and new, so they'll be sure to make up for Jackson's absence.