{"id":42104,"date":"2017-12-01T12:36:14","date_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:36:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/?p=42104"},"modified":"2017-12-01T12:36:14","modified_gmt":"2017-12-01T17:36:14","slug":"warners-puts-cleopatra-jones-reboot-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.filmbuffonline.com\/FBOLNewsreel\/wordpress\/2017\/12\/01\/warners-puts-cleopatra-jones-reboot-development\/","title":{"rendered":"Warners Puts CLEOPATRA JONES Reboot In Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

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It\u2019s looking like returning blaxploitation hero Shaft is getting some company on the big screen. Following news that New Line has set a release date for their planned Shaft revival, it is being reported that Warner Brothers has plans to bring Cleopatra Jones back to theaters.<\/p>\n

Deadline is reporting that the studio is developing a new version of the 1973 urban action classic that saw Ramara Dobson star in the title role of a government agent who uses her cover as a high-profile model to work to bring down a drug empire built by a crime lord known as Mommy (Shelley Winters).<\/p>\n

Handling this new iteration of the character is Misha Green, who will be writing and producing, Green is co-creator and executive producer of the WGN series Underground. Currently she is working with executive producers Jordan Peele and JJ Abrams on the upcoming series Lovecraft for HBO.<\/p>\n

The original Cleopatra Jones is a modest hit for the studio and spawned a sequel, 1975\u2019s Cleopatra Jones And The Casino Of Gold.<\/p>\n

Via Deadline.<\/p>\n

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The blaxploitation heroine is making her way back to the silver screen.<\/div>\n

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