What is John Shaft?
'''John Shaft''' is a [[fictional character]]. He is played by [[Richard Roundtree]] in the [[Shaft (movie)|1971 movie]] that goes by his [[family name|last name]]. He was also in the movie's four sequels. [[Samuel L. Jackson]] plays John Shaft II in [[Shaft (2000 movie)|the 2000 remake of Shaft]] and [[Son of Shaft|the 2019 sequel]]. There was also a [[television series]] in 1973–74 on CBS. In February 2015, the [[New Line Cinema]] got the rights to the reboot of ''Shaft''.<ref>{{cite web|title=Shaft Reboot|publisher=Variety|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/news/shaft-reboot-in-the-works-at-new-line-1201436538|access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref> The movie is titled ''Son of Shaft''. It will be released in June 2019.<ref>{{cite web|title=First Look|publisher=Screen Rant|url=https://screenrant.com/son-shaft-reboot-photo-costume|access-date=July 24, 2018}}</ref> ==References== <references/> {{DEFAULTSORT:Shaft, John}} [[Category:Fictional American people]] {{movie-stub}}