From the film: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, Alexandra Shipp, Richard Roundtree, Luna Lauren Velez, Avan Jogia, Adrienne C. Moore, Almeera Jiwa director/executive producer Tim Story; executive producer/screenwriter Kenya Barris; screenwriter Alex Barnow; executive producers Ira Napoliello, Marc Fischer. Additional guests include Awkwafina, Jerry Ferrara, John Leguizamo, Adrien Brody, Andrew Rannells, Curtis Martin, Victor Cruz, Dwight Gooden, LA Reid, Don Lemon, Benjamin Bratt, Tristin Mays, Evan Engram, Robby Anderson, Willie Colon, Cameron Jordan, Dominique Fishback, Maxwell, Chaske Spencer, Bebe Neuwirth, Rachel Bay Jones, John Ventimiglia, Leyna Bloom, Comfort Clinton, Joy Corrigan and additional guests to be announced.
The most badass private detective ever to walk the streets. The epitome of cool. Shaft is back on the big screen. Right on! New Line Cinema’s action comedy “Shaft” was directed by Tim Story (the “Ride Along” and “Think Like a Man” franchises). The film stars Oscar nominee Samuel L. Jackson (“Pulp Fiction,” “Glass,” “Captain Marvel”), Jessie T. Usher (“Independence Day: Resurgence,” “Almost Christmas”), Regina Hall (“Girls Trip,” “Little”), Alexandra Shipp (“X-Men: Apocalypse,” “Love, Simon”), Matt Lauria (TV’s “Kingdom,” “Friday Night Lights”), Titus Welliver (“Argo,” TV’s “Bosch”), Cliff “Method Man” Smith (“Peppermint,” “Trainwreck”), and Richard Roundtree, the original John Shaft. JJ, aka John Shaft Jr. (Usher), may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft (Jackson) agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly. And while JJ’s own FBI analyst’s badge may clash with his dad’s trademark leather duster, there’s no denying family. Besides, Shaft’s got an agenda of his own, and a score to settle that’s professional and personal.
The film was produced by John Davis (“Game Night,” “Joy”) under his Davis Entertainment banner. Kenya Barris (“Girls Trip,” TV’s “Black-ish”) & Alex Barnow (TV’s “The Goldbergs”) wrote the screenplay, based upon the character John Shaft from the novel by Ernest Tidyman. Richard Brener, Josh Mack, Tim Story, Ira Napoliello, Kenya Barris, and Marc S. Fischer served as executive producers. New Line Cinema presents a Davis Entertainment Production, a Tim Story Film, “Shaft.” Opening on June 14, 2019, the film will be distributed in North America by Warner Bros. Pictures. This film has been rated R for pervasive language, violence, sexual content, some drug material and brief nudity.
Source: BlackTree TV
