Yeah that really ruins the entire game, it's not worth playing now
I'm also getting this exact same problem, if you have a solution please PLEASE post, this is so annoying, tried reloading, skipping movies, nothing seems to work, just staring at a blank screen.
I also tried saving and loading the game after I get the black screen, I see a picture of my ship in the saved game but the load just stops in the middle of the progress bar and hangs there forever.