'Dream come true': Michael Jai White on directing the late Jim Brown in his final film role

Michael Jai White is one of Hollywood 's heavyweight Black action stars.

His latest film, Outlaw Johnny Black , is a comedy-laced Western that he wrote, directed and stars in.

White says Blazing Saddles could be remade today .

The actor also spoke to Yahoo Entertainment about promoting a movie during the Writers' Guild strike.

There's a certain voice in Black Dynamite and Outlaw Johnny Black where I'm acting as a writer from that time period.

I approach it as, "I'm going to do this circa 1971 , but also paying attention to what's happening now and reverse engineer it" I spent more time with Jim Brown than my biological father in all honesty.