Upon watching the Shaft remake

Jeffrey Wright owns Christian Bale in their scenes together, impressive eh? So how come Wright's still trying to scrape out a movie career in minor character roles? Sure, he's too dangerous for MOR leads (which would be a non-issue if he were whiter - or blacker) but there must be some independent-minded filmmaker who could write something for him? We have Broken Flowers to look forward to, but those of us who can't get to Broadway deserve more of him.