Richard Roundtree, Samuel L. Jackson and Jessie T. Usher marked the beginning of production on the Shaft movie series reboot with an on-set photo. Roundtree, of course, originated the role of Detective John Shaft with Shaft in 1971 with legendary director Gordon Parks at the helm. The success of the film led Roundtree to reprise the character in two feature films – Shaft’s Big Score! in 1972 and Shaft in Africa in 1974 – and in-between he transitioned to a Shaft TV series that ran for seven episodes in 1973 and 1974 on CBS.
Apart from Roundtree’s iconic performance as the character, Shaft also secured a place in popular culture thanks to Issac Hayes’ funkadelic anthem ‘Theme ...
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February 01, 2018 at 07:44PM
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