Shaft

Name: Shaft
Cast: Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, Alexandra Shipp, Richard Roundtree

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JJ, aka John Shaft Jr., may be a cyber security expert with a degree from MIT, but to uncover the truth behind his best friend’s untimely death, he needs an education only his dad can provide. Absent throughout JJ’s youth, the legendary locked-and-loaded John Shaft agrees to help his progeny navigate Harlem’s heroin-infested underbelly.

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Cast & Crew

Director: Tim StoryWriters: Alex Barnow, Kenya BarrisProducers: Ira Napoliello, John Davis, Josh Mack, Marc S. Fischer, Richard Brener

Samuel L. Jackson

as John Shaft

Jessie T. Usher

as JJ Shaft

Regina Hall

as Maya Babanikos

Alexandra Shipp

as Sasha Arias

Richard Roundtree

as John Shaft, Sr.

Jordan Preston Carter

as Young JJ

Nyah Marie Johnson

as Young Sasha

Matt Lauria

as Major Gary Cutworth

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