According to Jeff Sneider from The Tracking Board, Alexandra Shipp has been cast as the female lead in the new Shaft requel from New Line. ‘Son of Shaft’ is said to focus on uniting three generations of actors who have played iterations of the iconic character. Samuel L. Jackson and Richard Roundtree will reprise their roles from previous films, while ‘Independence Day: Resurgence’s Jessie T. Usher will take on the role of ‘Son of Shaft’. The film will be helmed by ‘Think Like A Man’ and ‘Fantastic Four’ director Tim Story.
Alexandra Shipp is one of the rising stars on the Hollywood landscape. Recently starring as ‘Storm’ in ‘X-Men: Apocalypse’ as well as the upcoming ‘X-Men: Dark Phoenix‘. Previously, she had lent a supporting hand in bit roles in ‘Straight Outta Compton’ and ‘Ray Donovan‘. This will be Shipp’s first lead role in a major motion picture but it will likely be far from her last.
We’ve attached the synopsis to ‘Shaft (2000)’ below. ‘Son of Shaft’ is due to hit theatres sometime in mid to late 2018.
‘Crooked cops on the take — small-time drug lords — sleazy informers and sadistic rich kids ready to kill — for police detective John Shaft, its just another night in the underbelly of New York City, another shift facing down cops and criminals who want him dead and a legal system that thrives on money, not justice’ Via Paramount
