David Walker is not happy with news about the upcoming second reboot of "Shaft". Walker is the writer of Dynamite Entertainment's "Shaft" comic series and the recent novel "Shaft's Revenge," the first official and authorized "Shaft" novel in court decades. Today he posted an open letter on his website objected to reports from earlier this week which indicated New Line is developing a reboot of the blaxploitation hero with Kenya Barris and Alex Barnow penning the script. Specifically he's not happy that the new version is said to take the franchise in a more comedic direction, saying that the studio is "more interested in sh--ting the bed, than making a good Shaft movie" and that the film will be a flop that will "ruin the chances of there ever being a decent Shaft movie in the remainder of my lifetime." Walker says a comedic "Shaft" will essentially just be akin to the likes of "Black Dynamite" or "Undercover Brother," and the current social climate in America has created a need for a non-comedic black action lead.
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