Blue Beetle star Xolo Maridueña says that DC Studios co-head James Gunn has seen the film and loved it.
Earlier than the brand new DC Universe formally kicks off with Superman: Legacy, we nonetheless have two movies that have been developed underneath the outdated DCEU to go — Aquaman and the Misplaced Kingdom and Blue Beetle. The Aquaman sequel received’t be launched till December, however Blue Beetle will likely be hitting theaters subsequent month, and star Xolo Maridueña (Cobra Kai) informed Complete Movie that it has gotten the seal of approval from James Gunn himself.
“I simply bear in mind James Gunn has this actually excited vitality to him on a regular basis,” Xolo Maridueña mentioned. “However them coming into this place of the film already being made, after which being like, ‘All proper [mimes rifling through a filing cabinet as if rummaging through the movie], let’s see what we’ve got right here’ – it was very rewarding for them to really reply properly to it and revel in it. That they had their notes right here and there story-wise, however I feel, in capturing the essence of Jaime and the Reyes household, [they] assume we did a extremely nice job.” Whereas Superman: Legacy would be the first film within the DCU, James Gunn has mentioned that Blue Beetle is the primary DCU character.
Along with Xolo Maridueña, Blue Beetle additionally stars Adriana Barraza (Rambo: Final Blood) as Jaime’s grandmother, Nana, Damían Alcázar (Narcos: Mexico) as his father, Elpidia Carrillo (Mayans M.C.) as his mom, Bruna Marquezine (God Save the King) as Jenny Kord, Raoul Max Trujillo (Sicario) as Carapax, with Oscar winner Susan Sarandon (Lifeless Man Strolling) as Victoria Kord, and George Lopez (Rio) as Jaime’s Uncle Rudy. The movie additionally stars Belissa Escobedo (American Horror Tales) as Jaime’s sister, Milagro, and Harvey Guillén (What We Do within the Shadows) as Dr. Sanchez. Angel Manuel Soto (Attraction Metropolis Kings) directed Blue Beetle from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (Miss Bala).
The remnants of the earlier DC franchise haven’t completed all that properly on the field workplace, however Xolo Maridueña has mentioned that Blue Beetle might spawn a franchise within the DCU, it simply relies on how the film performs. “If we get one film or a trilogy and f**king fold this into the Justice League shit, we’re prepared for the entire 9,” Maridueña mentioned. “For me and Angel [Manuel Soto, director] and the workforce, we kicked ass with this film. It simply relies on numbers.“
Blue Beetle will hit theaters on August 18th.