Tyler James Williams Reveals Jaden Smith Will Play 'Static Shock'
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Hollywood
star
Will
Smith's
son
Jaden
Smith
will
next
star
as
Virgil
Hawkins
aka
Static
Shock,
according
to
actor
Tyler
James
Williams.
During
an
interview
with
YouTube
channel
"Flicks
And
The
City",
Williams
discussed
his
activity
in
the
Marvel
Cinematic
Universe
and
the
lack
of
young
black
superheroes.
When
Williams
pointed
out
that
"there
aren't
a
lot
of
young,
black
comic
book
superheroes",
two
people
in
the
background
shouted
"Spider-Man" and
"Static
Shock".
"The
Walking
Dead" actor
then
responded:
"I
don't
know...
What
you're
taking
about.
But
yeah
no,
it's
great
to
see
Static
Shock
is
happening
with
Jaden."
Courtesy
of
twitter
"We'll
see
what
happens,
in
what
way
Marvel
decides
to
go
with
'Spider-Man'," he
continued.
"Static
Shock"
was
originally
created
by
Dwayne
McDuffie,
Robert
L.
Washington
III,
and
John
Paul
Leon
for
Milestone
Comics
in
1993.
The
character
is
described
as
a
self-professed
teenage
geek
who
loves
video
games
and
possesses
electricity-based
powers.
Jaden,
16,
will
join
his
father
Will
and
his
mother
Jada
Pinkett
Smith
in
the
DC
Universe.
Will
portrays
Deadshot
in
upcoming
supervillain
film
"Suicide
Squad",
while
Jada
previously
played
Fish
Mooney
on
"Gotham".