Blue Beetle
DC’s ‘Blue Beetle’ Trailer: An Alien Encounter Launches a Superhero
Warner Bros. and DC’s first trailer for Blue Beetle has arrived. The trailer, released Monday, introduces audiences to Jaime Reyes, a recent college graduate who gains superpower armor after an encounter with an alien scarab and must come to terms with his newfound abilities, while uncovering the reason the scarab was sent to Earth. In […]
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DC’s New Superhero Xolo Maridueña on ‘Blue Beetle,’ ‘Cobra Kai’ and Keeping His Cool
Xolo Maridueña was freaking out. The 21-year-old Cobra Kai star had been invited to lunch with DC Films chief Walter Hamada and Warners executive Galen Vaisman. Maridueña figured the lunch had something to do with DC’s upcoming superhero project, Blue Beetle, which was set to become the first movie led by a Latino actor. Maridueña previously […]
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Sharon Stone Joins DC’s ‘Blue Beetle’ as Villain
Sharon Stone is headed to the DC universe with a role in Blue Beetle. The Oscar-nominated actress will play the villain in the piece, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed. Stone, whose character Victoria Kord is a new creation for the film, previously journeyed into the DC realm with a role in the ill-fated 2004 Halle Berry […]
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DC’s ‘Blue Beetle’ Moves From HBO Max, Sets 2023 Theatrical Release
Warner Bros. and DC Films’ Blue Beetle is moving from streaming to movie theaters. The superhero project was originally developed for WarnerMedia’s streaming service, HBO Max, but Warner Bros. announced Thursday that it will instead get a theatrical release on Aug. 18, 2023. Blue Beetle is DC’s first film to center on a Latino superhero, […]
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‘Cobra Kai’ Star Xolo Maridueña Learned He Landed DC’s First Latino Superhero Role at a “Punk’d-Style” Dinner
On Aug. 1, Cobra Kai star Xolo Maridueña showed up to a dinner in Pasadena and received a surprise worthy of a comic book plot twist. Maridueña was in the running to star in Blue Beetle, the HBO Max movie that will be DC’s first centering on a Latino hero. He believed the dinner was […]
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