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Historically, thisfalse beliefhas meant that films about black people arent produced as often as films about white people.
Movies about black people?
Theyve been making those for years!
Ive seenSoul PlaneandBreakin 2!
What if we made a black version of X?
is likely a question still posed in pitch meetings all the time.
15.Leonard Part 6(or What If We Made a Black Version of James Bond?)
(1987)Unfortunately, weve begun with the Bill Cosby section of the list.
14.Live and Let Die(or What If We Made a Black Version of James Bond …
But Only the Bad Guys Were Black?)
The film features voodoo, cheesy stereotypes, and a passable funk music score by George Martin.
13.Scary Movie(or What If We Made a Black Version ofScream?)
12.Phat Beach(or What If We Made a Black Version ofBeach Blanket Bingo?)
Its a hip-hop beach movie, which is odd on its face.
It also stars Coolio.
But, according to thisComplexpiece,Phat Beachhas developed something of a cult following in the modern hip-hop community.
11.Black Knight(or What If We Made a Black Version ofA Connecticut Yankee in King Arthurs Court?)
10.Blankman(or What If We Made a Black Version ofBatman?)
9.Johnson Family Vacation(or What If We Made a Black Version ofNational LampoonsVacation?)
(2004)You could be fooled into thinking this one is an extension of theNational Lampoons Vacationseries.
After all, the word vacation is in the title.
Hijinks ensue and various characters learn valuable life lessons.
For the Knowles completists out there, this movie co-stars Solange as one of the Johnson family daughters.
8.Steel(or What if We Made a Black Version ofSuperman?)
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It didnt.
7.Fifty Shades of Black (or What If We Made a Black Version ofFifty Shades of Grey?)
(2016)Hollywood went back to the Wayans well with 2016sFifty Shades of Greyparody.
6.Blacula(or What If We Made a Black Version ofDracula?)
(1972)For some reason, the film industry loves putting black folks in harms way.
Eventually, theScary Moviefranchise would take this to its logical conclusion: outright parody.
5.Soul Plane(or What If We Made a Black Version ofAirplane!?)
Tom Arnold fills in as the white guy in this truly abysmal film.
(or What If We Made a Black Version ofCaddyshack?)
(2007)Finally, a blackCaddyshack!
Stepping in for Rodney Dangerfield in the role of the unruly country-club member is Big Boi.
Yeah, Big Boi from Outkast.
Presumably, Cedric the Entertainer passed.
3.Blackenstein(or What If We Made a Black Version ofFrankenstein?)
The poster, withalternate titleBlack Frankenstein, does not feature the monster.
2.Leprechaun in the Hood/Leprechaun Back 2 Tha Hood(or What If We Made a Black Version ofLeprechaun?)
By the year 2000, Trimark was in the process of merging with Lionsgate and theLeprechaunfranchise was looking tired.
In the process, he drinks 40s, meets Ice-T, and gets high.
1.The Honeymooners(or What If We Made a Black Version ofThe Honeymooners?)
If you loveThe Honeymooners, do you want to see a version of it with black actors?
If you are black, do care aboutThe Honeymooners?
Does anyone remember that this was a real movie?
