This is truly the year for DC fans as the latest news causing a sensational uproar is blue beetle and its release in 2023. While barely much is known about the DCU project currently, the roster of people involved in the film is stunning at first glance. With an all-Latin cast and crew, the film will take off in late spring 2023 and receive a worldwide release as part of the DCU and its expansive canon.
Even with so much to follow, one of the actors has only recently given the audience something special to get excited about, and given that the information comes straight from the horse’s mouth, it can’t be considered a rumor to speculate.
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DCU finds a new superhero in the Latino blue beetle
On The Byron Scott Podcastguest George Lopez talks about the new DCU movie, blue beetle, and his role as Uncle Rudy. Visibly excited about the prospect, the actor talks about the importance of the film’s diverse cast, the nod from Warner Bros. for the progress of the project, and what it means for him in particular to be involved in something so vast and expansive. as a DC Films franchise.
“DC is releasing the first Latino superhero. So that’s the producer, writer and director — all Latinos… It’s called ‘Blue Beetle’, the kid from ‘Cobra Kai’ plays the Blue Beetle. It’s all very private. It was only going to be on HBO Max, and then Warner Bros. saw the script, they saw the people involved. It has a release date of August 2023. So, I was chosen to be the uncle of the Blue Beetle.
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The film currently has cast Angel Manuel Soto as director and Xolo Maridueña as lead Jaime Reyes, a Mexican-American teenager who finds himself wielding superpowers when a mysterious blue beetle binds to his spine and provides him with a costume. of blue alien. armor.
blue beetle Star almost confirms Ben Affleck cameo
George Lopez during his podcast appearance gushed about the importance of being cast in a DCU film, the first-ever film fully acclaimed by Latinos. However, amid his outpouring of praise for the initiative from Warner Bros. of greenlighting the project, Lopez lets slip a piece of information that fans have been clinging to for a long time. It looks like Batman is making an appearance in blue beetle after all.
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Considering how the DCU has grown by leaps and bounds since black adamand yet no noise about Batman from the mainstream universe has been clarified, it had been a focal point of mass disappointment. Henry Cavill’s confirmation serves as therapeutic healing after 5 years of torturous waiting, but without Batman, the SnyderVerse fan vindication remains incomplete.
With Lopez’s claim, it looks like Ben Affleck could finally hit the screens as the official DCU Batman, knowing that Robert Pattinson is enjoying his momentary respite in his own universe led by Matt Reeves and the news of a new Batman actor is yet to come. reach the vineyard.
blue beetle premieres on August 18, 2023.
Source: The Byron Scott Podcast
