Ernest Tidyman

Date of Birth

1928-01-01

Date of Death

1984-07-14

Place of Birth

Cleveland, Ohio, USA

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Method Man joins Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft reboot

Posted 8 years ago

New Line Cinema's continuation of the SHAFT franchise is truckin' along, and THR reports that Clifford "Method Man" Smith (KEANU) has been added to the cast. The new SHAFT film will star Jessie T. Usher (INDEPENDENCE DAY: RESURGENCE) as John...

X-Men’s Alexandra Shipp in talks to join Samuel L. Jackson in Shaft

Posted 9 years ago

Although she may not be bringing her weather-based powers along with her, Deadline reports that Alexandra Shipp, who played Storm in X-MEN: APOCALYPSE, is in final negotiations to join the cast of SHAFT, a continuation of the blaxploitation franchise which...

New Shaft reboot will focus on Shaft’s “cyber expert” son

Posted 9 years ago

So Netflix is producing another SHAFT reboot, almost a two decades after the 2000 reboot starring Samuel L. Jackson in the titular role. However, just as the 2000 film was more sequel than reboot (Jackson was the nephew to the...

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Jessie T. Usher to play son of Shaft; Jackson and Roundtree to reprise

Posted 9 years ago

Who's the black private dick that's a sex machine to all the chicks? (Shaft) Ya damn right! Word on the street is that New Line and director Tim Story have chosen Jessie T. Usher as the offspring of detective John Shaft for...

Cast This: Shaft

Posted 10 years ago

In 1971 a little movie called SHAFT, directed by Gordon Parks, was released and, subsequently, gave prominence to the American Blaxploitation genre making Detective John Shaft a household name. Fast forward 45 years and we’re on our way to a reboot!...

Producer John Davis talks Shaft & League of Extraordinary Gentlemen reboots

Posted 11 years ago

Reboots of SHAFT and THE LEAGUE OF EXTRAORDINARY GENTLEMEN were announced earlier this year, and producer John Davis briefly touched on both projects while speaking with Collider at TCA. Although Black-ish creator Kenya Barris and The Goldbergs writer Alex Barnow...

Shut your mouth! A Shaft reboot is in the works

Posted 11 years ago

Who is the man getting a reboot? SHAFT! You're damn right, New Line is moving forward with a SHAFT reboot. If you’re keeping score, the last SHAFT film, which was also a reboot, came out in 2000. So by today’s...