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Upcoming superhero film by Angel Manuel Soto

Blue Beetle
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Directed by	Angel Manuel Soto
Written by	Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer
Based on	Blueish Protrude by Charles Nicholas Wojtkoski Jaime Reyes by Keith Giffen     John Rogers     Cully Hamner
Produced by	Peter Safran John Rickard
Starring	Xolo Maridueña Bruna Marquezine Belissa Escobedo George Lopez Adriana Barraza Elpidia Carrillo Damián Alcázar Raoul Trujillo Susan Sarandon
Cinematography	Pawel Pogorzelski
Product companies	DC Studios Entertainment One South&M Pictures The Safran Company
Distributed by	Warner Bros. Pictures
Release appointment	August 18, 2023 (2023-08-18)
Country	United States
Languages	English Castilian

Blue Protrude

is an upcoming American superhero motion-picture show based on the DC Comics character Jaime Reyes / Blueish Beetle. Produced by DC Studios, Entertainment I, Southward&K Pictures, and the Safran Visitor, and set for distribution past Warner Bros. Pictures, information technology is intended to be the 14th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film is directed by Angel Manuel Soto from a screenplay past Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, and stars Xolo Maridueña as Reyes alongside Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo, George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Trujillo, and Susan Sarandon.

Development of a moving-picture show featuring Reyes began by the end of Nov 2018 with Dunnet-Alcocer attached. Soto was hired to direct the film in February 2021 for the streaming service HBO Max. Maridueña was bandage that August, and the motion-picture show was changed to accept a theatrical release in December. Further casting took place in early 2022, before filming took place from belatedly May to mid-July in the Atlanta metropolitan surface area at Wilder Studios in Decatur, Georgia, also as in El Paso, Texas and Puerto Rico.

Blue Beetle
is scheduled to be released in the United States on August 18, 2023.

Cast

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• Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle: An El Paso teenager who is grafted to the alien Blue Beetle scarab that gives him a superpowered exosuit.^{[1]
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• Bruna Marquezine as Penny: Reyes’southward love interest.^[3]
• Belissa Escobedo as Milagros Reyes: Reyes’s younger sister.^[3]
• George Lopez as Rudy: Reyes’ uncle.^[iv]
• Adriana Barraza as Nana^[4]
• Elpidia Carrillo equally Rocio^[4]
• Damián Alcázar every bit Alberto^[iv]
• Raoul Trujillo as Carapax the Indestructible Human being^[5]
• Susan Sarandon as Victoria Kord^[6]

Additionally, Harvey Guillén has been cast in an undisclosed function.^[3]

Production

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Evolution

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Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Films were developing a film based on Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle by the end of November 2018, with Mexican-born Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer writing the screenplay. Zev Foreman was executive producing the project for Warner Bros., which was set to be the start DC Extended Universe (DCEU) moving-picture show starring a Latino lead.^[7]
Past Dec 2020, DC Films was planning to release several mid-upkeep films a year exclusively on the streaming service HBO Max, rather than in theaters, as part of new DC Films president Walter Hamada’s plan for the DCEU,^[eight]
with
Blue Beetle
listed as one such project in 2021.^[9]
Puerto Rican Angel Manuel Soto was hired to straight the film in February 2021.^[ten]
In April,
Blue Beetle
was included on DC’s slate of films that were expected to be released in 2022 or 2023.^[11]
John Rickard was producing the flick for HBO Max by that August,^[12]
when filming was expected to brainstorm in early 2022.^[2]
In December 2021, Warner Bros. revealed that the moving picture would be receiving a theatrical release in August 2023 instead of being produced directly for HBO Max.^[13]
In mid-April 2022, Soto and cinematographer Pawel Pogorzelski visited El Paso, Texas, to meet with local artists, muralists, musicians, and historians to understand the feel of the city.^[14]
Peter Safran also serves every bit a producer.^[xv]
Entertainment One, S&K Pictures, and the Safran Visitor co-produce the film aslope DC Films.^{[16]
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Writing

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In October 2021, Soto said Dunnet-Alcocer’due south script featured “the Latino family unit at its core”,^[17]
while star Xolo Maridueña said in Baronial 2022 that the family aspect of the film and character were “inherent to the comics” and felt had not been explored as much with other superhero films.^[18]
Fellow star Susan Sarandon revealed the post-obit month that the film would take several scenes spoken in Spanish, with subtitles existence provided.^[19]
The concluding writing credits were given to Dunnet-Alcocer, with off-screen additional literary credit given to Gary Dauberman.^[xx]

Casting

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Xolo Maridueña was Soto’south showtime choice to portray Reyes, with Soto explaining that he “couldn’t end seeing [Maridueña] as the character” since he was hired to straight the motion picture.^[ii]
Soto and Warner Bros. offered the role to Maridueña on August 1, 2021,^[21]
he was publicly revealed to be in talks for the film the next day,^[i]
and his casting was officially confirmed later on that day at the premiere for the DCEU moving-picture show
The Suicide Squad.^[two]
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When learning of the role, Maridueña was about excited that Reyes is a Latino character and he could bring Latino representation to a superhero projection.^[2]

In early March, Bruna Marquezine was cast as Reyes’s love interest, Penny, with Belissa Escobedo playing Reyes’southward sister Milagros, and Harvey Guillén bandage in an undisclosed role.^[iii]
After that calendar month, the balance of Reyes’s family was cast: George Lopez equally uncle Rudy, Adriana Barraza equally Nana, Elpidia Carrillo as Rocio, and Damián Alcázar as Alberto. Soto said he wanted to create an authentic Mexican family with real accents and experiences, and also wanted the elder members of the family to exist portrayed by “honey” Mexican actors from Latin American movie house who had besides crossed over to United States cinema and paved the way for members of the younger generation, such equally Maridueña and Escobedo.^[iv]
By the terminate of March, Sharon Stone was in talks to play the villain Victoria Kord, an original creation for the film which was believed to be the wife of Ted Kord, the second Blue Beetle in the comics.^[22]
Raoul Trujillo also joined the cast then as Carapax the Indestructible Man.^[5]
In mid-April, Susan Sarandon was cast as Victoria Kord after negotiations with Stone ended.^[vi]

Filming

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Chief photography began by May 25, 2022,^[23]
taking place in the Atlanta metropolitan surface area, primarily at Wilder Studios in Decatur, Georgia,^[24]
using the working championship
Mofongo.^[25]
Pawel Pogorzelski served equally the cinematographer.^[14]
Filming likewise occurred in El Paso and Puerto Rico.^[26]
Sarandon completed filming her scenes by the end of June,^[27]
and Trujillo said in early July that filming was almost complete.^[26]
Filming wrapped on July 18 in Puerto Rico.^[28]

Marketing

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Soto, Dunnet-Alcocer, and Maridueña promoted the film at the virtual DC FanDome event in Oct 2021, where they discussed their preparation for filming and revealed concept art for the film.^[29]

Release

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Blue Protrude
is scheduled for theatrical release in the Us on August eighteen, 2023.^[thirteen]
A screening in El Paso is likewise planned.^[14]
It was originally intended to be an HBO Max original streaming moving-picture show.^[11]
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References

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External links

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• Blue Protrude
  at IMDb