‘Boyz’ Director Sentenced to Make Movie

John Singleton, maverick director of South Central LA based movie Boyz in the Hood, has been ordered to make a film about domestic violence as part of his punishment for battery. He also received three years probation for a charge of assault and battery on the mother of his six year-old child. Singleton is preparing to shoot a re-make of the 70s blaxploitation classic Shaft, with Samuel L. Jackson in the lead. Principal photography is scheduled to being in August, with the movie slated for a summer 2000 release.