Who would play Static Shock in a live action movie?
If they ever consider making a live action movie out of this.
shareAs sad as Hollywood is, that Nick Cannon guy would probably get picked in a heartbeat just because he's somewhat popular. I can't think of any young black actor though that looks like, and could play static really well. I think it would be best to do it the old fashion way and just audition random unknowns to find the perfect actor to play static.
shareMy choice would be Omarion from the group B2K and the movie YOU GOT SERVED. Isn't that him in those Nestle's Crunch commercials with Shaquille O'Neal?
s to the left of me.
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Here I am, stuck in the middle with you!
Percy from UPN's Veronica Mars is one form Nestle Crunch.
The overall fan choice for Static was Michael B. Jordan from All My Children. Sadly we will never see it as racism and pure stupidity has ended the series.
According to teh show's creator, the WB wanted another season however the animation company was losing money with each season. They needed a toy company to make toys to help offset the money loss. EVERY toy company in the USA refused claiming nobody wants to play wiht a black superhero. You ask Dewayne McDuffie himself at his official website.
http://forums.delphiforums.com/Milestone/
Yeah! That guy would be perfect, I totally forgot about him. He was like in the back of my head, if they casted anyone it definitely should be him.
Man that is some total bs with those racist toy companies, if the show is popular enough to have the great ratings it gets it's obvious the kids don't care about race. All they see is Static, not some black guy, in this day and age even if he was more ethnic kids wouldn't care. I can't believe how little things have changed in the last 50 years.
if anybody can play Static in a live action movie, it would have to Lee Thompson Young from the Famous Jett Jackson. Everyone in hollywood should expect to see alot from this talented actor in the years to come and if a Static Shock movie comes into the fray then push aside Nick Cannon and give Lee a chance to show his skills as an actor.
shareAhh, that's another good suggestion, I totally forgot about him.
shareDee Jay Daniels from Sky High would be good. He was very funny and also seems to have a good sense of humor. In the behind the scenes feature on the DVD in the begining he is running around putting clothespins on the back of peoples shirts.
shareThis is actually very funny because when I was a kid, I wrote a small script for a Static Shock movie and Lee Thompson Young was my first choice for Static. Also, Shia LaBeouf would play Richie.
share(even if he did mis-spell Dwayne’s name…)
http://forums.delphiforums.com/Milestone/messages?msg=1153.1 — a thread beginning with the latest ratings showing that Static Shock was still the #2 highest-rated animated children’s show on American TV, and the #1 such show made in America. It then goes on to explain why the lack of toys and other merchandise means No More Static Shock.
http://forums.delphiforums.com/Milestone/messages?msg=1166.1 — Even DC Comics, the company that published the original Static comics that were produced by Dwayne McDuffie’s company Milestone Media (thus the name of this DelphiForum), and whose animated characters have crossed over into Static Shock multiple times, refused to do a DC Direct toy of Our Hero, or anyone from the show. But guess who they DID think was worthy of a DC Direct toy!? C'mon! Guess!
http://forums.delphiforums.com/Milestone/messages?msg=1034.1 — a thread on the one set of toys that the show did finally get — way too little, way too late, and way too temporary (Kids’ Meal giveaways at Subway, for one month only [May 2004, with the fourth and final series already in the can], available only at “participating” Subways — the Subway near me didn’t carry them, despite me living in a city of over half a million people, with a Black Majority!!).
http://forums.delphiforums.com/Milestone/messages?msg=1119.1 — well, at least there will be a couple of Scholastic children’s books this fall. Again, way too little, way too late.
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