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Shaft (2019) Official Thread
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Roman Brady
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Totally unnecessary, if Sam jacks version couldn't bring anything to the table in a time popular culture had a heavy African American presence I shutter to think what a shift film in this era would look like. We shouldn't even be hearing the likes of Mackie for consideration. If he is itll lead me to believe this new shaft might be shining shoes and need white assistance. This whole thing sounds like 
oleyowo is a great actor but shaft can't be 5'5 or have a diminutive physique. The easy answer is go with an unknown or Idris, hell Luther was a British shaft anyway
oleyowo is a great actor but shaft can't be 5'5 or have a diminutive physique. The easy answer is go with an unknown or Idris, hell Luther was a British shaft anyway
Roman Brady
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she doesn't need to be the go to director for all things black just because she directed selma. Why can't she direct the new Spider-Man movie?
Uncle_Ruckus
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Bring Back Sam L. Or cast Jamie Foxx.
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The first came out when i was still a young'n...i just remember loving that movie, and still do to this day.
There wasn't a sequel or anything. Was it considered a failure?
There wasn't a sequel or anything. Was it considered a failure?
She'd be a great pick for the new spider man movie. I'm thinking her in terms of being tapped into the current social issues within our community and being able to tap into that. But shyt I'd love for her to direct the new spider man flick.
Yo there is no more creativity in the entertainment industry AT ALL anymore. All they do in Hollywood is remake shyt 
Cmon this is a reboot of a fukkin reboot..
Cmon this is a reboot of a fukkin reboot..
Roman Brady
Nobody Lives Forever
did you see Miami vice and django? When Jamie is required to play a cool macho protagonist he not very natural on screen, no thx
If they base it off of the great new Shaft comic book that is basically an origin story for John Shaft then it could be cool. it has to be set in the late 1960s-early 1970s though. A modern Shaft would be a bad idea.
Which is what I said. Jamie tries too hard and the exact movie I was thinking of was Miami Vice
But Michael jai White doesn't have that charisma or acting ability. I love Black Dynamite, but that's a different type of character than Shaft; I just finished watching some of MJW's earlier stuff when he was in Troma movies and dude is literally the same actor from back thenThe dualities if they would cast MJW.
Roman Brady
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it hasn't been stated that they are going to reboot it with his nephew for certainYo there is no more creativity in the entertainment industry AT ALL anymore. All they do in Hollywood is remake shyt
Cmon this is a reboot of a fukkin reboot..
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Roman Brady
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while I agree isnt that basically covering old ground, literally
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I'm not super into the remakes, but if they're going to do it - they should make the shyt like a legit Black James Bond. shyt - at least write the arc for a trilogy straight off the bat. You don't get to 24 films deep in a series without having a plan (or a series of books to base it on - as far as I know there's only one Shaft novel)
That way we won't have to hear any more 'There should be a Black Bond' arguments. I'd like to see it happen too - but I can see White people giving up their world travelling, xenophobia uttering, gadget wielding, Martini sipping, unprotected sex having hero around the same time snow is forecast in Hell.
That way we won't have to hear any more 'There should be a Black Bond' arguments. I'd like to see it happen too - but I can see White people giving up their world travelling, xenophobia uttering, gadget wielding, Martini sipping, unprotected sex having hero around the same time snow is forecast in Hell.
Nah the comic is actually fleshing Shaft out. It is covering his boxing career and his life when he first returned from the war. It is showing everything that led to him becoming the John Shaft we are all familiar with.