Shaft
Jessie T. Usher has been put in the nominal part inSon of Shaft , a reboot of theShaftdetective movie serial that will also star Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Roundtree . Introduced to take audience in 1971 by fabled filmmaker Gordon Parks , Shaftstarred Roundtree as suave private detective John Shaft , who was hired by a criminal offence boss to regain his kidnapped girl .
The moving-picture show – which earned Isaac Hayes a Best Original Song Oscar for"Theme from Shaft " – was such a liberal hit that it spawn the sequelsShaft ’s Big Score!in 1972 andShaft in Africain 1974 , as well as a Shaft TV series that ran for seven episodes in 1973 and 1974.Shaftcertainly made an impression on Jackson , who asterisk in director John Singleton ’s 2000 sequel to the originalShaftfilms playing John Shaft , the nephew of the original character , reprised by Roundtree .
Now it appear that the story of the house Shaft will continue withSon of Shaftstarring Usher , who antecedently played Will Smith ’s grownup son inIndependence Day : Resurgenceand presently stars as the star in the STARZ seriesSurvivors Remorse . harmonise toDeadline , New Line and directorTim Story(Ride Along)searched months to find the right doer for the film , which will find John Shaft ( Jackson ) teaming with his long - estranged Logos ( Usher ) , an FBI cyber security expert .
The publication order the partnership between father and Logos will leave in"an uneasy hit of old school meets novel schooling . “Jackson is reportedly in negotiations to join the moving picture , and sources tellDeadlinethat Roundtree is also on - board . Son of Shaftis set to begin product in previous downslope .
It ’s surprising that it ’s taken so long for anotherShaftfilm asterisk Jackson , consider the 2000 sequel ( which also star Christian Bale as Shaft ’s nemesis ) , made a solid $ 107.1 million at the global box office against a $ 46 million budget . Granted , Jackson ’s been one of the interfering actors in the line , but fortunately he ’s doing enough action - oriented films likeThe Avengersand most recently , The Hitman ’s Bodyguardto keep himself in great form to take on whatever strong-arm requirement Son of Shaft imposes .
As much as Jackson will convey to the reboot , Roundtree ’s recurrence toSon of Shaftis more of the essence . After all , his portrayal of the topnotch - cool PI is iconic , and his bearing was vast in the 2000 sequel ( along with a remake by Hayes of his classic idea vocal and its catch idiom " Can you savvy it ? " ) . His and Jackson ’s influence on Usher will no doubt go a foresightful direction in devotee stab the welcome reboot .
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Source : Deadline
