Shane Salerno

Date of Birth

1972-11-27

Place of Birth

Memphis, Tennessee, 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...

Universal sets Gears of War in motion with Shane Salerno writing the script

Posted 9 years ago

With decades of sub-par video game adaptations behind us, we're still awaiting that elusive film which will break the so-called video game movie curse. That hasn't stopped Hollywood from attempting to exploit a large variety of popular video game properties,...

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!...

William Friedkin to develop and direct The Winter of Frankie Machine

Posted 11 years ago

Don Winslow's novel The Winter of Frankie Machine has been in development with directors ranging from Martin Scorsese and Michael Mann to Oliver Stone. Now, thanks to the massive deal that will see Ridley Scott directing Leonardo DiCaprio in the...

Todd Phillips may direct Bradley Cooper as Mack Bolan, The Executioner

Posted 12 years ago

Not even a week ago, we brought you the news that AVATAR 4 screenwriter Shane Salerno was developing a big budget action franchise based on the 600+ volume pulp novel series THE EXECUTIONER. Well, now we have a studio, a...

Avatar writer Shane Salerno to script film based on The Executioner novels

Posted 12 years ago

What do Steve McQueen, Sly Stallone, Clint Eastwood and Vin Diesel have in common? Mack Bolan. You may not have heard of that name, but he is the fictional protagonist of one of the longest running fiction franchises of all...

Exclusive Interview with Dawn of the Apes, Avatar 2, Jurassic World writers!

Posted 12 years ago

Husband and wife writing and producing team Amanda Silver and Rick Jaffa have been collaborators for over thirty years. In the 90s their credits included THE HAND THAT ROCKS THE CRADLE (which Silver wrote and Jaffa produced,) EYE FOR AN...

Review: Salinger

Posted 13 years ago

PLOT: The life and legacy of author J.D Salinger, who, after receiving universal acclaim with “The Catcher in the Rye” became a virtual recluse. REVIEW: J.D Salinger is without a doubt one of the most important literary voices of the...

Marvel and Disney go back to court over the rights to Ghost Rider

Posted 13 years ago

When Disney and Marvel regained the rights to GHOST RIDER earlier this year it seemed a pretty safe bet that the character would be used on the big screen again at some point. While nothing was formally in development, a...

For now, Nicolas Cage says his Ghost Rider days are over

Posted 13 years ago

Love him in the role of Johnny Blaze or not, Nicolas Cage does love comics, and it’s beyond the casual sense. The actor has a GHOST RIDER tattoo before he even started shooting the first film. He’s a collector, and...