Director Angel Manuel Soto's "Blue Beetle" will give DC fans their first Latino lead superhero and early buzz for the film suggests it's a unique and emotional ride. Telling the story of young Jaime Reyes ("Cobra Kai" star Xolo Maridueña) and his discovery of an ancient artifact that transforms him into the titular superhero, "Blue Beetle" will try to make up for DC's recent run of lackluster efforts. If it can turn things around, Manuel Soto will have done the seemingly impossible with a film that was originally set for a straight-to-streaming release.
Interestingly enough, as Variety reported back in July, when he received the call to meet with Warner Bros., Manuel Soto had a whole pitch ready to go and it wasn't for "Blue Beetle." His idea was to give Batman villain Bane an origin story, in a not dissimilar way to Todd Phillips' "Joker." This take would,...
Interestingly enough, as Variety reported back in July, when he received the call to meet with Warner Bros., Manuel Soto had a whole pitch ready to go and it wasn't for "Blue Beetle." His idea was to give Batman villain Bane an origin story, in a not dissimilar way to Todd Phillips' "Joker." This take would,...
- 8/14/2023
- by Joe Roberts
- Slash Film
Earlier, the star of Blue Beetle, Xolo Maridueña, was wise not to put the cart before the horse in regard to the character’s standing as a franchise as he wanted to wait to see how the movie does, “If we get one movie or a trilogy and f*cking fold this into the Justice League shit, we’re ready for the whole nine. For me and Angel [Manuel Soto, director] and the team, we kicked ass with this movie. It just depends on numbers.“. However, it was a little murky on which regime of the DC film universe the origin story would fall under. The new head of DC at Warner Bros., James Gunn, recently appeared on the Inside of You podcast with Smallville‘s Michael Rosenbaum and has confirmed that Blue Beetle will be the first character in his DC universe.
According to The Wrap, the Superman: Legacy director stated,...
According to The Wrap, the Superman: Legacy director stated,...
- 6/14/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Before the full-on universe reboot that is headed up by James Gunn and Peter Safran makes its debut, the former DC film world still has a few movies on its slate. The Flash will finally be making its way into theaters this week, and we’ll see if the early buzz on it will match its success. Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom is set to release later this year. However, in between these films, there will also be a big-screen adaptation of a lesser-known DC superhero in Blue Beetle. Blue Beetle may not exactly be a marquee name, but the character dates back to the 1930s with the brand.
Warner Bros. has recently dropped a couple of new posters for the upcoming film, which stars Cobra Kai‘s Xolo Maridueña as the titular character. He is joined by such name actors as Susan Sarandon and George Lopez. Maridueña plays a...
Warner Bros. has recently dropped a couple of new posters for the upcoming film, which stars Cobra Kai‘s Xolo Maridueña as the titular character. He is joined by such name actors as Susan Sarandon and George Lopez. Maridueña plays a...
- 6/12/2023
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Dating back to the 1930s, Blue Beetle is one of DC’s most venerable superheroes. But aside from a single episode of Smallville, he’s never made it to the screen in live action… until now. Cobra Kai's Xolo Maridueña stars as Jaime Reyes, a directionless college graduate who develops unpredictable powers after inadvertently bonding with the Scarab — an ancient relic of alien biotechnology — and being gifted with an incredible symbiotic suit of armour. The trailer, released in April, managed to simultaneously conjure vibes of Spider-Man, Iron Man and the Spy Kids franchise, and this first Blue Beetle movie may not be the last.
Blue Beetle, as a DC Movie Universe project, pre-dates the arrival of new head honchos James Gunn_ issue, is certainly optimimistic that there’ll be room for him on Gunn and Safran’s new roster. “If we get one movie or a trilogy and fold this into the Justice League shit,...
Blue Beetle, as a DC Movie Universe project, pre-dates the arrival of new head honchos James Gunn_ issue, is certainly optimimistic that there’ll be room for him on Gunn and Safran’s new roster. “If we get one movie or a trilogy and fold this into the Justice League shit,...
- 6/8/2023
- by Owen Williams
- Empire - Movies
It remains to be seen whether Blue Beetle will have a place in the new DC Universe, but star Xolo Maridueña is already prepared to return for a sequel.
While speaking with Empire, Xolo Maridueña said that Blue Beetle may not simply be a leftover of the Dceu, but that all depends on how the movie performs. “If we get one movie or a trilogy and fucking fold this into the Justice League shit, we’re ready for the whole nine,” Maridueña said. “For me and Angel [Manuel Soto, director] and the team, we kicked ass with this movie. It just depends on numbers.“
It’s hard to tell if Blue Beetle will strike enough of a chord with audiences to warrant a sequel, but it is making history by bringing a major Latino hero to the big-screen. “The goal was to create a movie for a young me and a young Angel that said,...
While speaking with Empire, Xolo Maridueña said that Blue Beetle may not simply be a leftover of the Dceu, but that all depends on how the movie performs. “If we get one movie or a trilogy and fucking fold this into the Justice League shit, we’re ready for the whole nine,” Maridueña said. “For me and Angel [Manuel Soto, director] and the team, we kicked ass with this movie. It just depends on numbers.“
It’s hard to tell if Blue Beetle will strike enough of a chord with audiences to warrant a sequel, but it is making history by bringing a major Latino hero to the big-screen. “The goal was to create a movie for a young me and a young Angel that said,...
- 6/5/2023
- by Kevin Fraser
- JoBlo.com
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