Shaft

Queens New York Drive-In returns for 2021 with screenings of Coming 2 America, Fist of Fury, North by Northwest and more

Rooftop Films, the Museum of the Moving Image (MoMI), and the New York Hall of Science (NYSCI) today announced the return of the Queens Drive-In at New York’s Flushing Meadows Corona Park in Queens. A collaborative project between the three organizations, the Queens Drive-In hosted more than 80 sold-out events during the summer and fall ….

Producer of Predator developing Shaft remake for New Line Cinema

Shadow & Act and The Wrap report that New Line Cinema is prepping a reboot of blaxploitation Cult Cinema Icon Shaft, with veteran producer John Davis (the Predator franchise, Chronicle, and I, Robot) on-board to shepherd the project. According to reports, it’s still early on in the process, so no casting or crew announcements have ….

Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver take on kidnap thriller Cold Light of Day

Bruce Willis and Sigourney Weaver are set to star with Henry Cavill (The Count of Monte Cristo, Stardust, Tristan + Isolde) in the kidnap thriller The Cold Light of Day, according to HeatVision. Mabrouk El Mechri, who directed the faux Jean-Claude Van Damme documentary JCVD, will helm the movie, with Intrepid Pictures’ Trevor Macy and ….

Vin Diesel to star in film adaptation of Wheelman

Paramount has set John Singleton (Four Brothers, Boyz n the Hood, Shaft) to direct and blockbuster producer Lorenzo di Bonaventura (Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra) to shepherd The Wheelman, a live-action adaptation of the Ubisoft console game Wheelman, according to Variety. Vin Diesel, the main character and producer of ….