You saw a symbiotic host, but it’s not Venom. He looks like state-of-the-art armor, and he’s not Iron Man. He’s named after an insect, and he’s neither Spider-Man nor Ant-Man. Good heavens! Blue Beetle is not even a Marvel character, but in the new trailer for him we can see everything that has worked well in the superhero cinema of the last decade. And that his movie will mark the beginning of the end of the DC cinematic universe before being demolished and reassembled.
So much Blue Beetle as Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom will put the finishing touch to all the projects started by Warner after the premiere of the Iron Man
At this point a quite reasonable question: who is Blue Beetle? In a certain way, the way in which the origin of this hero for the big screen has been raised is not very different from that of the Marvel characters that we discussed at the beginning: after graduating and returning home, the fate of the young Jaime Reyes turns a total turnaround when he accidentally got hold of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. And if, it is a symbiotic host.
As the Blue Beetle, Reyes will have to learn to use the Beetle’s abilities while a large corporation tries to claim this prodigious technology. However, they cement the same fatal mistake as all the villains in the saga. Fast & Furious: threaten the family of the protagonist. From that point, anything is possible.
As we already mentioned, we are counting on Xolo Maridueña’s Blue Beetle to continue to appear in new film, animated, television and even video game projects. And beware, what Angel Manuel Soto, the film’s director, is already thinking about creating a superhero trilogy within the DCEU. What’s more, if we look, well, among the buildings shown in the background we can see a very particular skyscraper: the one in LexCorp
In any case, the countdown to its release in movie theaters has already begun. Blue Beetle It will be released in theaters in August. In the case of the Spanish box office it will be a August 18, 2023, which positions it right between the arrival of Gran Turismo: The Movie and a Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem that can be seen a week later. In any case, three perfect summer alternatives to enjoy popcorn fun.
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