Shaft Reboot Casts Jessie T. Usher as Son of Shaft
Not content with playing Will Smith’s son in Independence Day: Resurgence star Jessie T. Usher is in talks to star in New Line's Shaft sequel, Son of Shaft.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Tim Story, director of Kevin Hart: What Now? and Ride Along 2, will helm the new film.
Sources say the story will centre on Usher's character, who is the son of John Shaft. Samuel L. Jackson is in negotiations to return for the new film. Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow wrote the script, and Barris is producing with John Davis and Ira Napoliello.
The first Shaft movie hit theatres in 1971 and featured Richard Rowntree as the private dick who’s a sex machine with all the chicks. The film was a box office hit for MGM, earning $13 million, and the theme song won the Oscar for best original score. The film was added to the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress in 2000.
There were two sequels, Shaft’s Big Score (1972) and Shaft in Africa (1973), along with the 2000 sequel, also called Shaft, that starred Samuel L. Jackson as the nephew of the original John Shaft.
