Now that Black Panther<\/em> has dispelled the long-held belief that African-American movies don’t do well overseas, Hollywood is scrambling to green-light more black-led projects. But they don’t always get these attempts to cash in on diversity quite right, as evidenced by these titles and log lines now in production.<\/span><\/p>\n A mathematically gifted MIT janitor (Chadwick Boseman), with the help of a psychologist, is inspired to become a better janitor.<\/span><\/p>\n A day after moving into her new home, a white woman faces backlash for calling the police on Billy Ocean (Chadwick Boseman) and his eleven volunteers when they attempted to clean up their neighborhood.<\/span><\/p>\n A Phoenix secretary embezzles $40k from her employer\u2019s client, then accuses a black janitor (Chadwick Boseman) of the crime. When she is found stabbed to death at the Bates Motel, the black janitor is also accused of the murder despite being in police custody when it happened.<\/span><\/p>\n An innocent black man (Chadwick Boseman) seems to re-live the same day repeatedly, where an anonymous neighbor calls the police on him for following his normal daily routine.<\/span><\/p>\n A noble black loner (Chadwick Boseman) voluntarily takes the place of a young white teen in a televised fight-to-the-death competition, and immediately dies.<\/span><\/p>\n During Saturday detention, five high school students bond when they discover that they have a lot more in common than they thought \u2014 except with the black guy (a guest appearance by Chadwick Boseman), who was expelled within the first five minutes for completing the assigned essay early.<\/span><\/p>\n Hijinks ensue as a billionaire\u2019s new secretary mistakes all of the other black people in the company \u2014 despite their different skin tones \u2014 for her boss (Chadwick Boseman).<\/span><\/p>\n In the middle of a basketball tournament hustle, a white player justifies his use of the N-word by claiming that his one black friend (Chadwick Boseman) said it was OK.<\/span><\/p>\n An author (Scarlett Johansson) goes on a journey to find herself when her debut novel is called out as a classic example of culturally appropriating marginalized voices for her own financial gain.<\/span><\/p>\n Set against the exotic backdrop of WWII Morocco, a self-described \u201cnice guy\u201d stays stuck in his feelings when a love interest rejects him sexually after he is nice to her.<\/span><\/p>\n A pianist and an actress upstage a young, disadvantaged, African-American gay man\u2019s greatest moment while bemoaning how their careers aren\u2019t going as planned.<\/span><\/p>\n When a black man (Chadwick Boseman) is arrested for trespassing in a luxury residential high-rise, a young lawyer decides to defend him by arguing in court that he actually does live there.<\/span><\/p>\n A disgraced Ivy League student demands that his rape conviction be overturned on the grounds that his life shouldn\u2019t be ruined for only 20 seconds of action. Meanwhile, his cellmate (Chadwick Boseman) has been awaiting trial for three years on charges of stealing a backpack.<\/span><\/p>\n A white woman (Allison Williams) is creeped out by the warm welcome she receives from the family of her black janitor boyfriend (Chadwick Boseman). Trigger warning: excessive stirring of Kool-Aid.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Finn (Chadwick Boseman) joins the Resistance determined to become a better janitor for General Leia Organa than he had been for Captain Phasma on the Starkiller Base.<\/span><\/p>\n Royal janitor (Chadwick Boseman) helps Prince Larry adjust to his new life of being ignored by the media when American actress Teagan Tarkle (Scarlett Johansson) becomes his wife.<\/span><\/p>\n When Wonder Woman (Gal Gadot) calls on the rest of the Justice League to help her save Earth, Batman (Ben Affleck) and the rest of the guys have a rowdy weekend with Superman\u2019s corpse at the Bat Cave instead. 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