Blue Beetle is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle. Produced by DC Films, Entertainment One, S&K Pictures, and the Safran Company, and set for distribution by Warner Bros. Pictures, it is intended to be the 14th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film is directed by Angel Manuel Soto from a screenplay by 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 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 in the Atlanta metropolitan area at Wilder Studios in Decatur, Georgia, as well as in El Paso, Texas and Puerto Rico.

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



Director
Angel Manuel Soto

Producer
John Rickard

Screenwriter
Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer

Cast
Xolo Maridueña
Bruna Marquezine
Belissa Escobedo
George Lopez
Adriana Barraza
Elpidia Carrillo
Damián Alcázar
Raoul Trujillo
Susan Sarandon

Production Company
DC Films
Entertainment One
S&K Pictures
The Safran Company

Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures

Release Date
August 18, 2023

Trailer
TBA

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