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An upcoming superhero film in the United States called Blue Beetle will be based on the DC Comics character Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle. DC Studios will produce the film, and the Safran Company and Angel Manuel Soto will helm it based on a screenplay written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer. The DC Extended Universe (DCEU) will likely reach its 14th installment with this movie. The film stars Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle alongside Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Elpidia Carrillo, Bruna Marquezine, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez.
By the end of November 2018, production on a movie starring Reyes had already begun, and Dunnet-Alcocer was attached to the project. In February of 2021, Soto was brought on board to helm the movie for the online streaming channel HBO Max. In August of that year, Mariduea was cast in the role, and the movie’s release date was moved to December of that year. Additional casting was conducted at the beginning of 2022, followed by filming from the end of May to the middle of July in the metropolitan region of Atlanta at Wilder Studios in Decatur, Georgia, and in El Paso, Texas, and Puerto Rico.
Cast
- Bruna Marquezine as Jenny Kord
- Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes
- Susan Sarandon as Victoria Kord
- Raoul Max Trujillo as Conrad Carapax
- Harvey Guillén
- Belissa Escobedo as Milagro Reyes
- George Lopez as Uncle Rudy Reyes
- Elpidia Carrillo as Rocio Reyes
- Damián Alcázar as Alberto Reyes
- Oshún Ramirez as Nayeli
- Adriana Barraza as Nana
- Brianna Quinn Lewis as Kord Receptionist
- Gabriella Ortiz as Tia Letty
- Bridgette Michelle Bentley as Office Worker
- Jorge Jimenez as Uncle Chema Reyes
- Perris Drew as Security Tech #2
- Walter J. Buck as Security Tech #4
- Kade Pittman as Black Ops Leader
What is the Release Date of Blue Beetle?
The date of August 18, 2023, has been penciled in for the theatrical release of Blue Beetle in the United States. In addition, there will be a screening in El Paso.
Who is the Director of Blue Beetle?
Angel Manuel Soto is a film director, producer, and screenwriter originally from Puerto Rico. Santurce is a neighborhood in San Juan, Puerto Rico, and it is the place where Angel Manuel Soto was born. His mother was a flight attendant, and his father was a car dealer. As a young man, Soto was active in soccer and boxing, two sports that would later serve as sources of inspiration for his work. As an adult, he pursued an education in architecture, documentary filmmaking, and literature. Soto started in the entertainment industry as a television producer and then moved on to a position in the art direction at a local advertising agency.
Blue Beetle – Official Trailer
What is the Plot of Blue Beetle?
The first official summary for Blue Beetle has been sent to us. Along with the initial trailer, it needs more clarity.
Jaime Reyes, who recently graduated from college, returns to his hometown full of hopes and dreams for the future, only to discover that his hometown has changed significantly since he left it. It says, “As Jaime searches for his place in the world, fate steps in when he unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient artifact of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.”
“When the Scarab unexpectedly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers. As a result, his destiny is irrevocably altered as he transforms into the superhero Blue Beetle.”
There have been other heroes who have taken up the identity of Blue Beetle before Reyes. In the comics, he is the third character to take up the mantle after the previous two characters.
Dan Garrett was the first character to don the Blue Beetle costume, appearing in comic books in 1939. After drinking Vitamin 2X, he gained the abilities of a superhero and became a law enforcement officer to battle crime. In a later version, released in 1964, Garrett was reimagined as an archaeologist whose superpowers were derived from an old Egyptian scarab conceptually similar to the Blue Beetle.
The Ted Kord model, released in 1966, was the second Blue Beetle. He had been Garrett’s pupil at one point. In 2006, Jaime Reyes became the third iteration of the character. In the comics, Ted Kord, a former member of the Blue Beetle, is the sister of Victoria Kord. In the comics, Ted was unable to make Garrett’s Scarab operate. Kord Industries is a manufacturer of alien-derived technology. Her persona was recently presented in the comic book Blue Beetle: Graduation Day #2 by DC Comics as the company’s CEO. We assume that in the film, she will do all her power to get her hands on the Scarab.
