Shaft reboot finds a director in Fantastic Four’s Tim Story According to Deadline, New Line Cinema’s Shaft reboot has scored a director who won’t cop out when there’s danger all about, and his name is Tim Story. Best known for Fox’s first two Fantastic Four movies from 2005 and 2007, respectively, Story has carved out a healthy run of recent comedy hits, including Think Like a Man (and its sequel) and Ride Along (and its sequel). As in the 2000 reboot where Samuel L.