Jordan Peele: Nia DaCosta’s Candyman is a beautiful movie

Posted 6 years ago

Jordan Peele has become a major name in the horror genre over the last couple years, writing and directing two original horror films – GET OUT and US – that were so successful and well-received that Peele not only won...

Candyman’s Vanessa Williams to live tweet the original film today

Posted 6 years ago

Twenty-eight years after playing the role of Anne-Marie McCoy in the '90s horror classic CANDYMAN, actress Vanessa Williams is returning to the franchise in director Nia DaCosta's 2020 CANDYMAN. On her Twitter account, Williams appears to have confirmed that she...

Suicide Squad: Hell To Pay trailer pits Task Force X against Vandal Savage

Posted 8 years ago

Amanda Waller is once again assembling the worst of the worst for SUICIDE SQUAD: HELL TO PAY, the forthcoming animated feature from Warner Bros. Animation, DC Entertainment and Warner Bros. Home Entertainment. Expected to to arrive on Blu-ray, DVD, and Digital...

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 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...

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!...