Warner Bros is back with yet another character from DC Comics, one that all of us have been waiting for long. Coming on August 18, 2023, is one of DC’s strongest superheroes, Blue Beetle!
Watching the trailer, you immediately know that WB and DC promise a fun and thrilling ride filled with humor, action, friendships, family, love, and of course, the necessary villains.
The 14th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU), Blue Beetle is all about Jaime Reyes, a college graduate who returns to his hometown, Palmera City, and by a turn of events, becomes the symbiotic host of the Scarab, giving him extraordinary powers and turning him into the titular superhero.
DCEU’s Blue Beetle is set to hit theatres on August 18, 2023. It introduces a new superhero, Jamie Reyes, a college graduate chosen by the Scarab, empowering him with protective armor. The film stars Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, and Susan Sarandon.
When is Blue Beetle releasing? Where is it releasing?
Blue Beetle is premiering in theatres on August 18, 2023. Warner Bros. Pictures have confirmed the release date. Originally meant to be an OTT release on HBO Max, the movie is now getting a theatrical release.
Dunnet-Alcocer wrote the screenplay, and the development of the film began in November 2018. Angel Manuel Soto directs the movie, and Xolo Maridueña plays the titular character on-screen. In December 2022, plans for the movie were changed, and it was shifted to receive a theatrical release.
Has the trailer for Blue Beetle released?
The Blue Beetle trailer was released on YouTube on April 3, 2023, by DC. This is the first trailer for the movie and the first glimpse of the film for the audience.
What is the plot of Blue Beetle?
In Blue Beetle, Jamie Reyes returns to his native and is chosen by the Scarab. It provides him a powerful armor, protecting him and transforming him into Blue Beetle. However, enemies are abound, and Jamie needs to learn to control his new abilities to protect it and the world.
Blue Beetle tells the story of a college graduate who returns to his hometown, Palmera City, and chances upon the Scarab, an ancient alien biotechnological relic. It provides him a powerful exoskeleton armor, protecting him from all harm and making him the new superhero, Blue Beetle (you know why if you have watched the trailer at least).
However, the Scarab protects only its wearer, not caring for the consequences and casualties to others that might arise in the process. Also, (just like in any other superhero movie) people are around who wish to acquire the Scarab for themselves (for the wrong reasons), and Reyes needs to learn how to control his new abilities to protect himself and the rest of the world from danger.
The plot that has been officially revealed so far reads: “Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. When the Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the Super Hero BLUE BEETLE.”
In DC Comics, Jamie Reyes is the third character to play the role of the Blue Beetle (Dan Garrett and Ted Kord were Blue Beetles before him). Kord’s sister, Victoria, the CEO of Kord Industries producing alien-derived technology, had failed to make the Scarab work for her after Kord’s death. She is probably (one of the people, at least) after the Scarab for malicious reasons.
We will need to wait longer to know more precisely about the plot of Blue Beetle movie. Let’s keep our fingers crossed for more hints, glimpses, and reveals! And keep checking Cine Dope for the latest updates of Blue Beetle!
Blue Beetle Cast: Who stars in Blue Beetle?
Blue Beetle stars Xolo Maridueña as the titular character and his alter-ego Jamie Reyes. The other members of the cast include Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Elpidia Carrillo, Bruna Marquezine, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez, among others.
Xolo Maridueña, known for his work in Cobra Kai, was cast as the protagonist without having to partake in any auditions or screening processes. He was announced to be a part of the movie in August 2021, and the first glimpse of him as Blue Beetle was revealed in May 2022.
Maridueña is joined on screen by:
- Raoul Max Trujillo as Carapax the Indestructible Man
- George Lopez as Uncle Rudy Reyes
- Elpidia Carrillo as Rocio Reyes, Jaime’s mother
- Damían Alcázar as Alberto Reyes, Jaime’s father
- Belissa Escobedo as Milagros Reyes, Jaime’s sister
- Adriana Barraza as Nana, Jaime’s grandmother
- Bruna Marquezine as Jenny Kord, Jaime’s love interest
- Susan Sarandon as Victoria Kord
- Harvey Guillén as Dr. Sanchez
Stay tuned to Cine Dope for the latest updates on Blue Beetle!
About Blue Beetle
Blue Beetle is an upcoming DC Superhero movie starring Xolo Maridueña as the titular character, directed by Angel Manuel Soto.
The movie will follow the journey of Jaime Reyes, a Mexican-American teenager who discovers an alien scarab giving him his superpowered armor.
The movie will release on August 18, 2023. It will be the fourteenth installment in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU).
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