Anthony Mackie as Dan Freeman
It could be done but I would use the original as a basis but the remake would have a different title and would be about a young black employee at company like AIG or Bear Stearns who witnessed all the sly tactics used in subprime mortgages and how they fucked over the black community and middle class in general then he uses that knowledge to start his own company to inform and empower people to manipulate and fuck over Wall Street with shades of Fight Club's Tyler Durden (literally planning to destroy records and files)
The film would be black lead but diverse casting.
It could be done...
MAHOGANY
Jennifer Hudson as Tracy Chambers
if not her then Kerry Washington
Jamie Foxx as Brian Walker
James Franco as Sean
Tracy, an aspiring designer from the slums of Chicago puts herself through fashion school in the hopes of becoming one of the world's top designers. Her ambition leads her to Rome spurring a choice between the man she loves or her newfound success.
The first flick Jennifer Hudson does nudity in
TRUCK TURNER
Dwayne Johnson as Mac "Truck" Turner
IF NOT THE ROCK THEN GET...
Terry Crews as Mac "Truck" Turner
Columbus Short as Jerry
Paula Patton as Dorinda
Chiwetel Ejiofor as Harvard Blue
Truck Turner is a former professional football player who becomes a bounty hunter (along with his partner Jerry) in search of a bail-jumping pimp named Gator in Los Angeles, California. After a shootout where Truck has to use deadly force to kill the pimp, Gator's woman, Dorinda, puts a hit on Truck. The man who agrees to kill Truck is named Harvard Blue. Targeted by hired assassins can Turner survive with Blue and his gang on his trail?
I think that if a remake of Truck Turner were to be made, they would have to modify the dialog. I love the idea of Chiwetel Ejiofor as Harvard Blue. He looks like Yaphet Kotto. I had seen the trailer for it when it came out. I saw the film on videotape and laughed my ass off. It was a very entertaining.