Blue Beetle
- Director
- Angel Manuel Soto
- Release Date
- August 18, 2023
- Cast
- Xolo Mariduena, Susan Sarandon, Raoul Max Trujillo, Harvey Guillen, George Lopez, Elpidia Carrillo, Bruna Marquezine
- Writers
- Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer
- Main Genre
- Action
- Franchise
- DCEU
- Characters By
- Cully Hamner, John Rogers, Keith Giffen
- Cinematographer
- Pawel Pogorzelski
- Producer
- John Rickard, Peter Safran
- Production Company
- Warner Bros. Pictures, DC Films
- Main Characters
- Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle
- Sfx Supervisor
- Mark Hawker
- Distributor
- Warner Bros. Pictures
- Assistant Director
- K.C. Hodenfield, J.J. Perry
Summary
Directed by Angel Manuel Soto, Blue Beetle is an action/superhero film set in the DC universe. Xolo Mariduena stars as Jaime Reyes, a teenager who stumbles upon a mysterious alien scarab that gives him a powerful suit of armor, bestowing him with superhero-like abilities. Though full details on the film are limited, the movie is set to still release in 2023 in theaters.
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