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Blue Beetle movie storyline. The actual protagonist is Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña), a fresh-faced college graduate who arrives home to find his family struggling financially. Reyes is fruitlessly casting around for a job until he meets Jenny Kord (Bruna Marquezine), the chic heiress of Kord Industries, a colossal tech company run by her great-aunt, Victoria Kord (Susan Sarandon).
When Jenny hands Jaime a stolen scarab hidden in a fast-food box, Jaime discovers the beetle is a sentient piece of ancient alien tech that has a mind of its own. It fuses with Jaime, protecting him and granting him the ability to fly, heal quickly and create any weapon he imagines. As Victoria aims to recover the beetle to create armies of destruction, Jaime must prevent her from getting it and keep his family — and the world — safe.
Blue Beetle is a 2023 American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle, produced by DC Studios and The Safran Company. The film was directed by Ángel Manuel Soto and written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer. It is the fourteenth installment of the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film stars Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle alongside Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez.
Development of a film featuring Reyes began by the end of November 2018 with Dunnet-Alcocer attached. Soto was hired to direct the film in February 2021 for the streaming service HBO Max. Maridueña was cast that August, and the film was changed to have a theatrical release in December. Further casting took place in early 2022, before filming took place from late May to mid-July at Wilder Studios in Decatur, Georgia, as well as in El Paso, Texas, and Puerto Rico.
Blue Beetle’s suit was designed by Mayes C. Rubeo and the team from Nine B Collective. The design team was inspired from his appearance in Infinite Crisis #3, the Injustice games, Young Justice, and Batman: The Brave and the Bold. They had difficulty in creating the mask to fit Maridueña’s full face but also allow him to be emotive, particularly for the mouth area. As such, the team had decided to merge the designs of organic alien technology and insectoid features within his suit. Visual inspiration for Palmera City came from Akira (1988), Neo Tokyo (1987), and Miami.[18] Soto decided to insert a Nintendo Power Glove for Blue Beetle following the inclusion of a shield in the script.
Blue Beetle premiered in El Paso, Texas on August 15, 2023, and was released in the United States on August 18, 2023, by Warner Bros. Pictures. The film received generally positive reviews from critics.
Blue Beetle (2023)
Directed by: Ángel Manuel Soto
Starring: Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, George Lopez, Belissa Escobedo, Elpidia Carrillo, Raoul Max Trujillo, Jorge Jimenez
Screenplay by: Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer
Production Design by: Jon Billington
Cinematography by: Pawel Pogorzelski
Film Editing by: Craig Alpert
Costume Design by: Mayes C. Rubeo
Set Decoration by: Jennifer M. Gentile
Art Direction by: Ricky Aguirre, Julian Ashby, Artie Contreras
Music by: Bobby Krlic
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for sequences of action and violence, language, and some suggestive references.
Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures
Release Date: August 15, 2023 (El Paso, Texas), August 18, 2023 (United States)
Blue Beetle Movie Poster (2023)
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