Regina Hall Joins Cast Of ‘Shaft’ SequelPosted by Wilson Morales
December 12, 2017
Source: Variety
According to Variety, Regina Hall has joined the cast of New Line’s latest installment in the “Shaft” franchise opposite Jessie T. Usher, Samuel L. Jackson, Richard Roundtree and Alexandra Shipp.
Tim Story is directing the movie, which is seen as a continuation of the story of Shaft, the private detective that first appeared in the 1970s Blaxploitation action movie that became a pop culture phenomenon.
Jackson is reprising the role he first played in the 2000 update by John Singleton, while Jessie T. Usher has been cast to play his son, a nerdy FBI cyber expert who, after his friend dies under suspicious circumstances, launches his own investigation, reluctantly enlisting help from his estranged father — the legendary, stuck-in-the-’80s-but-still-cool John Shaft. Shipp will play Usher’s love interest and female lead of the movie.
Hall will play a former love interest of John Shaft and the younger Shaft’s mother.
Originally a 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman, Shaft was famously made into a feature film, directed by Gordon Parks, in 1971. Richard Roundtree played the title role, Detective John Shaft, in the original film, immediately reprising the role for two sequels: Shaft’s Big Score in 1972 and Shaft in Africa in 1973. He then starred in a short lived (7 episodes) series for CBS.
Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow wrote the script. Barris is also producing as is John Davis. Production is due to being in December.
New Line is releasing the movie in North America While Netflix has international rights.
Hall most recently starred as a lead in the comedy hit “Girls Trip,” which is the highest-grossing comedy of 2017 with over $115 million in the U.S. She also starred in Tim Story’s other films, “Think Like a Man,” and “Think Like a Man Too.”
The Shaft reboot will hit theaters on June 14, 2019
