Shaft

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

Posted 8 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...

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...

Tim Story to direct Shaft movie for New Line

Posted 9 years ago

So Tim Story will be remaking SHAFT. Yes, another one. The plot for the new SHAFT is currently under wraps, but according to Deadline, it will reportedly "focus on the son of the cool private eye who always finds himself...

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...

Movie Jail: This week’s defendant is…John Singleton!

Posted 13 years ago

This is Movie Jail, a unique maximum security prison that houses some of the worst writers, directors, actors and producers from Hollywood and beyond. Their crimes? The offenses vary from convict to convict but most of these inmates have contributed...

Shaft

Posted 26 years ago

Review Date: Director: John Singleton Writer: R. Price, J. Singleton, S. Salerno Producers: Scott Rudin and John Singleton Actors: Samuel L. Jackson as John Shaft Christian Bale as Walter Williams Jeffrey Wright as Peoples Hernandez Plot: Detective John Shaft quits...