The PR Newswire points out new filming developments in Samuel L. Jackson's next film:

Principal photography began Saturday, October 19th in Los Angeles on Columbia Pictures' new action-adventure "S.W.A.T.," starring Samuel L. Jackson, Colin Farrell, Michelle Rodriguez, LL Cool J and Olivier Martinez.

Fresh-off the box-office success of "XXX," producer Neal H. Moritz, founder of Original Film and producer of such blockbusters as "The Fast and the Furious" and "Sweet Home Alabama," joins forces with J. Clark Johnson, who is making his feature film directing debut with "S.W.A.T." In addition to Emmy-nominated work as a television director on such productions as the pilot for the series "The Shield" and HBO's "The Wire" and "Boycott", Johnson is also an acclaimed actor best known for his eight year stint as Detective Meldrick Lewis on the hit television series "Homicide."

Inspired by the 70s television series, the film follows Jackson's character, Hondo, as he is assigned to recruit and train five top-notch officers for a new Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) unit. Farrell stars as Jim Street, a Los Angeles Police Department officer whose recent demotion to a desk job leaves him desperate for a second chance to don the elite SWAT uniform.