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Three generations of Shaft actors wear matching get-ups on the set of the Seventies crime film reboot

Jessie T Usher, Samuel L Jackson and Richard Roundtree donned brown trenchcoats in New York City on Saturday

THREE generations of Shaft actors wear matching get-ups on the set of the Seventies crime film reboot.

Jessie T Usher, Samuel L Jackson and Richard Roundtree donned brown trenchcoats in New York City on Saturday in scenes for upcoming movie Son of Shaft.

 Three generations of Shaft actors wore matching get-ups on the set of the reboot
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Three generations of Shaft actors wore matching get-ups on the set of the rebootCredit: The Mega Agency
 Richard Rountree, 75, played the titular detective in the 1971 original
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Richard Rountree, 75, played the titular detective in the 1971 original

Richard, 75, who played the titular detective in the 1971 original, is the on-screen uncle of Samuel, 69, who played John Shaft II in the 2000 sequel.

Now the mantle has been passed down to Jessie, 25, who as Samuel’s on-screen son assumes the role of NYPD detective.

 Samuel L Jackson, 69, played John Shaft II in the 2000 sequel
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Samuel L Jackson, 69, played John Shaft II in the 2000 sequelCredit: Alamy
 Now the mantle has been passed down to Jessie T Usher
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Now the mantle has been passed down to Jessie T UsherCredit: The Mega Agency