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As a part of DC Comics’ new initiative back in 1993, a character named Static was created who now goes on to star inStatic Shock, his very first live-action film. Although nothing has been set in stone, the rumors surrounding the movie’s development especially struck a nerve among the invested fans due to the recent flux of changes happening within the walls of Warner Bros. Fortunately for the fans, however, the writer and artist of theStatic Shockcomic, Nikolas Draper-Ivey has actively dispelled all such rumors.
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Static ShockComic Writer & Artist Delivers Updates From DC
Static Shockwas first announced during the 2020 DC FanDome event where CCO Jim Lee confirmed that the movie was in development. However, since then, there have been a lot of changes in and around DC Films and its parent organization, Warner Bros. — both of which are owned byDavid Zaslav‘s flailing Warner Bros. Discovery.
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The heralding of new management coupled with the abdication of the old has also brought more than a dozen projects to a standstill. The most affected among them were the shelved and canceled films,Batgirl,Wonder Twins, andScoob! Holiday Haunt.Afraid of receiving a similar treatment under the company’s barrage of merciless axing coupled with the fact that 2 years later, the film still has no lead actor, the fans rightfully grew anxious over time. However, according to Draper-Ivey, there is no cause for concern.
“I mean it’s true! People just make up whatever and have no idea what’s going on behind the scenes. Things are shifting, but they aren’t going to mess with Static. There’s a lot in the works, but these things take time.”
He further tweeted to reassure fans about the movie’s ongoing development, saying,“Stop speculating about the Static movie. Don’t worry about those articles and be patient. I will not elaborate on this any further.”
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What We Know So Far About DC’s Live-ActionStatic Shock
The DC film was adapted from theStaticcomic which was published first in June 1993 in the issue titledStatic #1.This was one of the first characters to have come out of DC Comics’ new initiative, Milestone Comics, which was created to lend a platform to under-represented voices and to bring more African-American characters into the mix. The announcement of the film in 2020 was also paired with the announcement of the revival of Milestone Comics.
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Staticwas, moreover, a part of the DC Animated Universe and had a good run from 2000 to 2004. The current movie at DC will be the comic character’s first live-action appearance and it follows the life of a young Black metahuman superhero, Virgil Ovid Hawkins, imbued with the power of electromagnetism, who grows up to be one of Earth’s mightiest heroes. The script for the film was penned bySafetywriter, Randy McKinnon, andStatic Shockwill be directed by Reginald Hudlin. MCU’sBlack Pantheractor,Michael B. Jordanalso joined the crew as the producer in October 2020 and announced the involvement of his production initiative, Outlier Society with the film and its director.
Source:Twitter/Nikolas Draper-Ivey
Diya Majumdar
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Diya Majumdar is a Senior Content Writer at FandomWire with over 2000 published articles on the website. Since 2022, she has been working as an entertainment journalist with a special focus on films and pop culture.Among the countless genres and themes of Hollywood, the ones that particularly favor Diya’s tastes include Game of Thrones, DC, and well-aged thrillers and classics.
