‘Shaft’ reboot is coming soon.
New Line Cinema is planning on bringing back John Shaft to the silver screen. According to reports, a Shaft reboot is currently in development.
New Line has acquired the remake rights to MGM’s 1971 blaxploitation film, based on Ernest Tidyman’s novel and directed by Gordon Parks. John Shaft was portrayed by Richard Roundtree, who navigates mob neighborhoods in New York City to find the missing daughter of a mobster.
The film was a major success with box office of $13 million on a budget of $500,000. Isaac Hayes’ “Theme from Shaft” won the Academy Award for original song. Parks and Roundtree also teamed on “Shaft’s Big Score” in 1972 and “Shaft in Africa” in 1973.
The 2000 reboot of Shaft was a box office hit making $108 million worldwide.
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