Warner Bros. has released the first trailer for the upcoming DC Studios film Blue Beetlewhich managed to survive after the studio gutted many of its other film, TV and streaming projects. Bad girl it was cancelled, but Blue Beetle will live!
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The movie actually appears to be a lot of fun, but we’ll just have to wait and see. DC is still being hit and miss with the projects that are released.
The film’s story centers on Jaime Reyes, the alter ego of the Blue Beetle, a vigilante who has a beetle grafted onto his spine that gives him enormous powers and the ability to emit blue energy. You can see the transformation happen in the trailer, and it’s like family-friendly body horror. Here is the synopsis:
Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find home isn’t quite the way he left it. As he tries to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Beetle. When the Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime as its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with incredible armor with extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero BLUE BEETLE.
THE Blue Beetle the film is directed by Angelo Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) from a screenplay adapted from Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (Miss Bala). The film is the protagonist Xolo Maridueña (Cobra Kai) as Reyes; Bruna Marchezine as Penny, the female lead and love interest; Belissa Escobedo as Jamie’s younger sister Milagros; as well as Harvey Guillen; AND Susan Sarandon as the villain Victoria Kord.
The film will only be released in theaters on August 18, 2023. Watch the trailer and tell us what you think!
by Joey Paur
Source: Geek Tyrant
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