Vince Staples wants some mighty morphin' time on the upcoming Power Rangers series.
On Wednesday (March 19), the rapper-actor reposted news on X, formerly Twitter, that the popular 1990s children's show will be rebooted. With Jonathan E. Steinberg and Dan Shotz set to write, produce and showrun the series, the upcoming Power Rangers will air on Disney+, The Wrap reports.
"Call me dead homies," Staples said in a repost of the news.
In response to a fan that warned Staples of a potential "curse" if he joins the show, the rapper said he'll "die for what I believe in."
The Japanese children's program, Super Sentai, served as the inspiration for the 1990s television program, which was first titled The Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers, and aired from 1993 to 1995 in America. The program was followed by multiple Power Rangers show iterations and films.
Staples, who's starred in Dope, Abbott Elementary and White Men Can't Jump, leads his co-created Netflix series, The Vince Staples Show, which was renewed for a second season.
Last month, the Long Beach native appeared on podcast After Hours with his manager, Corey Smyth, where he detailed how they were able to get Netflix on board with the show.
"I feel like a lot of the time we just have to have conversation," said Staples around the 5:45-minute mark of the interview above. "The way the show was written and this was always the intention, The Vince Stapes Show is not about Vince Staples as a character. It's about a perspective. It's The Vince Staples Show because I made it not because it's about me. I think that was a hard thing for a lot of people to grasp."
