Samuel L. Jackson is in negotiations to reprise John Shaft II, the nephew of the original John Shaft, in this new movie, which is now reportedly called Son of Shaft.
Richard Roundtree, a.k.a. the original John Shaft himself, is also angling to return in Son of Shaft as the man who started it all.
Deadline also reported that Son of Shaft will see Usher’s Shaft, who is an FBI agent and cyber expert, teaming up with his dad after the two of them have been estranged for years.
As for new talent, Independence Day: Resurgence’s Jessie T. Usher is in talks to play the youngest of the Shaft men, i.e. the son of Jackson’s Shaft.