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| Directed by | Tim Story |
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| Based on | John Shaft 1970 novel by Ernest Tidyman |
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| Cinematography | Larry Blanford |
| Edited by | Peter S. Elliot |
| Music by | Christopher Lennertz |
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Running time | 112 minutes[3] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $30–35 million[4][5] |
| Box office | $21.4 million[3] |
Shaft is a 2019 American action comedy film directed by Tim Story and written by Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow. The film stars Samuel L. Jackson, Jessie T. Usher, Regina Hall, and Richard Roundtree. It is the fifth film in the Shaft series, a sequel to the 2000 film with the same title and was also Roundtree's final portrayal of the original eponymous character John Shaft Sr. before his death in 2023.[6]
The film was released theatrically in the United States on June 14, 2019, by Warner Bros. Pictures, and digitally in global markets on June 28, 2019, by Netflix. It received mixed reviews from critics and underperformed at the box office.
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- ^ D'Alessandro, Anthony (November 29, 2017). "Warner Bros. Moves 'Tag' Up, Sets 2019 Release For 'Shaft' & 'The Goldfinch'". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved July 28, 2018.
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