Who is playing the Thing in the Fantastic Four movie- you ask?

Nate and Sam came over to watch the epic storytelling event called Smackdown last Thursday. One of the commercials that aired that night was a trailer for "Electra" and along with it a mini-trailer, so to speak for "Fantastic Four". It showed the Thing smashing into what appeared to be an 18 wheeler, maybe. It was very quick so I wasn't sure. I asked Nate and Sam the question, who is playing the Thing. Well, I now have the answer--- Michael Chiklis. He goes from "The Shield" to this. I have never seen an episode of "The Shield", but I am a little pumped up about him playing this character. It is like he is getting an award for his great job in TV. Of course this movie needs to be close to the success of the Batman movies and Spiderman movies to be a success, but hey time will tell the story.