Just kidding, it’s called Son of Shaft, and it starts production this December with director Tim Story, if you can dig it.
Both Jackson and O.G. Shaft Richard Roundtree are expected to return, along with newcomer Jessie T. Usher — but New Line isn’t the only company with Shaft in their sights.
The Shaft sequel will involve three generations of the Shaft family working the same case: Usher will play Jackson’s son, a “young cyber expert FBI agent” who is forced to work with his estranged father on a case, igniting a battle of old school vs. new school.
While the powers that be were toying with the idea of rebooting the Shaft movies (of which there have bee two) completely, New Line decided to finance a third sequel, bringing back Samuel L. Jackson, who played Shaft’s nephew in the original and his successor in the sequel.