Cobra Kai standout Xolo Maridueña plays the title character and Blue Beetle’s alter ego, Jaime Reyes, in the upcoming superhero film from Warner Bros. Pictures. WB just dropped the first official Blue Beetle trailer which shows how Jaime accidentally finds himself transforming into a superpowered superhero.
Joining Maridueña in bringing DC’s Blue Beetle to the screen for the first time are Adriana Barraza (Rambo: Last Blood) as Jaime’s grandmother, Damían Alcázar (Narcos: Mexico) as his father, Elpidia Carrillo (Mayans M.C.) as his mother, Bruna Marquezine (God Save the King) as Jenny Kord, and Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C.) as Carapax. Susan Sarandon (Monarch) plays Victoria Kord and George Lopez is Jaime’s Uncle Rudy.
Belissa Escobedo (American Horror Stories) is Jaime’s sister, Milagro, and Harvey Guillén (What We Do in the Shadows) plays Dr. Sanchez.
Blue Beetle was directed by Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (Miss Bala). John Rickard and Zev Foreman produce, with Walter Hamada, Galen Vaisman, and Garrett Grant executive produce.
The behind-the-scenes team includes director of photography Pawel Pogorzelski (Hereditary), production designer John Billington (Bad Boys for Life), editor Craig Alpert (Deadpool 2), costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo (Jojo Rabbit), visual effects supervisor Kelvin McIlwain (The Suicide Squad), and composer Bobby Krlic (Midsommar).
Warner Bros Pictures will release Blue Beetle in theaters on August 18, 2023.
The Plot:
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.
