Shaft (franchise)
| Shaft | |
|---|---|
| Created by | Ernest Tidyman |
| Original work | Shaft (1970) |
| Owners | Warner Bros. Entertainment (via New Line Cinema & Turner Entertainment Co.) (except for the 2000 film owned by Paramount Pictures) |
| Years | 1970–2019 |
| Audio | |
| Soundtrack(s) | Shaft (1971) Shaft in Africa (1973) Shaft (2000) |
The Shaft franchise consists of five action-crime feature films and seven television films, centered on a family of African-American police detectives who all share the name John Shaft. The first three features may be described as blaxploitation films, the television film series is a mystery, and the fourth feature installment is a crime thriller. By contrast the fifth film installment, released to Netflix, is a satirical buddy-cop comedy.