The live-action The DC Universe was undergoing a transformation even before Blue Beetle entered production. Following the change in management and creation of DC Studios, a soft reboot of the existing Dceu started to take its course. This created confusion in existing continuity, and the last-minute changes in movies like The Flash were noticeable through reshoots and altered post-credits sequences.
To stray clear from this continuity confusion and to make way for a smoother inclusion in whichever movie continuity it’s required to be in, Blue Beetle did not opt for an established character cameo or direct reference to any Dceu events. Instead, for the entirety of its narrative structure, Blue Beetle was pretty consistent with the exploration of its self-contained world, which is true for its mid-credits scene as well. Let’s discuss the importance of the mid-credits scene in the context of the movie and also how it...
To stray clear from this continuity confusion and to make way for a smoother inclusion in whichever movie continuity it’s required to be in, Blue Beetle did not opt for an established character cameo or direct reference to any Dceu events. Instead, for the entirety of its narrative structure, Blue Beetle was pretty consistent with the exploration of its self-contained world, which is true for its mid-credits scene as well. Let’s discuss the importance of the mid-credits scene in the context of the movie and also how it...
- 8/21/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
Chicago – Patrick McDonald of HollywoodChicago.com appears on “The Morning Mess” with Scott Thompson on Wbgr-fm on August 17th, reviewing “Blue Beetle,” the DC Comic Universe latest film. In theaters since August 18th.
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) graduates college and goes home to Palmera City, a hyped up version of Mexico City. He finds that the family business is finished, due to the heart problems of his father (Damian Alcazar). His sister, mother, Nana and Uncle Rudy (George Lopez) are all worried about the future, which includes losing the family home to a new development by Kord Industries, run by Victoria Kord (Susan Sarandon). Her niece Jenny Kord (Bruna Marquezine) wants no part of the evil side of the family business, which includes a new weapon that attaches a Blue Beetle scarab charm to the brain and body, creating a super soldier. Through a series of events, Jaime is chosen by the Beetle charm,...
Rating: 4.0/5.0
Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) graduates college and goes home to Palmera City, a hyped up version of Mexico City. He finds that the family business is finished, due to the heart problems of his father (Damian Alcazar). His sister, mother, Nana and Uncle Rudy (George Lopez) are all worried about the future, which includes losing the family home to a new development by Kord Industries, run by Victoria Kord (Susan Sarandon). Her niece Jenny Kord (Bruna Marquezine) wants no part of the evil side of the family business, which includes a new weapon that attaches a Blue Beetle scarab charm to the brain and body, creating a super soldier. Through a series of events, Jaime is chosen by the Beetle charm,...
- 8/20/2023
- by adam@hollywoodchicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
- HollywoodChicago.com
Spoiler Alert: This article contains spoilers for “Blue Beetle,” now playing in theaters.
Warner Bros.’ “Blue Beetle” has arrived, and it marks another in-between point for the DC Universe, which is in the middle of being rebooted by James Gunn and Peter Safran, the new co-CEOs of DC Studios.
The most recent DC movie, June’s “The Flash,” effectively rebooted the entire superhero universe by smashing together different worlds and timelines of beloved heroes. That movie intertwined multiple versions of Flash, Batman, Superman and Supergirl, leaving behind a mixed-up, mainline world that has yet to define who sits on the current roster of heroes.
So where does Blue Beetle fit into that new DC world?
Besides a few mentions of Batman, Superman, the Flash and cities like Gotham City, Metropolis and Central City — Jaime rocks a Gotham Law hoodie, while Uncle Rudy (George Lopez) jokingly scoffs at Batman, calls the...
Warner Bros.’ “Blue Beetle” has arrived, and it marks another in-between point for the DC Universe, which is in the middle of being rebooted by James Gunn and Peter Safran, the new co-CEOs of DC Studios.
The most recent DC movie, June’s “The Flash,” effectively rebooted the entire superhero universe by smashing together different worlds and timelines of beloved heroes. That movie intertwined multiple versions of Flash, Batman, Superman and Supergirl, leaving behind a mixed-up, mainline world that has yet to define who sits on the current roster of heroes.
So where does Blue Beetle fit into that new DC world?
Besides a few mentions of Batman, Superman, the Flash and cities like Gotham City, Metropolis and Central City — Jaime rocks a Gotham Law hoodie, while Uncle Rudy (George Lopez) jokingly scoffs at Batman, calls the...
- 8/18/2023
- by Jordan Moreau
- Variety Film + TV
Director Ángel Manuel Soto and his DC film Blue Beetle have prevailed over a number of obstacles en route to Aug. 18th’s theatrical release. As the first mainstream Latino-led superhero film in live action, Soto and co. have overcome the lack of proper Latino representation that has existed for generations, while introducing a much-needed hero in Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña), as well as his thoroughly developed Latino family, the Reyeses.
Blue Beetle producer Zev Foreman originally had theatrical ambitions, but given WarnerMedia’s emphasis on streaming at the end of 2020, the project was designated as an HBO Max release. However, in December 2021, just months prior to WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery, the powers that be at Warner Bros. decided to upgrade the film to a theatrical release, allowing Latino audiences to finally have their moment in the live-action superhero genre.
“We wanted to see our history and our legacy on the big screen,...
Blue Beetle producer Zev Foreman originally had theatrical ambitions, but given WarnerMedia’s emphasis on streaming at the end of 2020, the project was designated as an HBO Max release. However, in December 2021, just months prior to WarnerMedia’s merger with Discovery, the powers that be at Warner Bros. decided to upgrade the film to a theatrical release, allowing Latino audiences to finally have their moment in the live-action superhero genre.
“We wanted to see our history and our legacy on the big screen,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Brian Davids
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Even a little heart goes a long way, and Blue Beetle has more than enough. Based on a DC comic book with origins stretching back to 1939, the film follows Jaime Reyes (the third incarnation of Blue Beetle in the comics), a young Mexican man who returns to his family’s home after college, only to learn his family is losing their house, their auto shop has shut down, and his father is not well. But he’s about to have his life changed even more significantly by the Scarab, a biotechnological alien artifact which can create a powerful exoskeletal armor/flight suit around its user and conjure up energy weapons as well.
Jaime (winningly played by Xolo Maridueña of Cobra Kai fame) is given the Scarab by Jenny Kord (Bruna Marquezine), whose family company, Kord Industries, lords over Palmera City and plans to replace the barrio where Jaime’s family lives with the same expensive,...
Jaime (winningly played by Xolo Maridueña of Cobra Kai fame) is given the Scarab by Jenny Kord (Bruna Marquezine), whose family company, Kord Industries, lords over Palmera City and plans to replace the barrio where Jaime’s family lives with the same expensive,...
- 8/17/2023
- by Don Kaye
- Den of Geek
‘Blue Beetle’ Review: DC Superhero Origin Story Succeeds with a Mix of ’80s-Style VFX and Low Stakes
Is comic-book movie culture reaching a tipping point…into peak exhaustion? This summer, we’ve seen signs of that in the ho-hum box-office returns for “The Flash” and “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania.” To be fair, the mega-success of “Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3” and “Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse” has testified to the genre’s continuing appeal. Still, there are onscreen indicators that the superhero-movie audience, while it remains vast, might be entering the thrill-is-gone zone. As more and more of these films become cogs in a multiverse, their imaginative appeal tends to get trampled by the dictates of corporate world-building. (That “Ant-Man” sequel was designed to set up a saga of villainy longer than the Ring cycle.) Beyond that, it’s hard to escape the sensation that superhero films have become terminally top-heavy with self-importance. The fate of the cosmos seems to ride on almost every one of them.
- 8/16/2023
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Blue BeetlePhoto: Warner Bros.
Blue Beetle, the live-action onscreen debut of the DC Comics character and Warner Bros.’ first feature to center on a Latino superhero, arrives with much anticipation. After some major (and very public) wobbles earlier this year with the box office returns for Shazam: Fury Of The...
Blue Beetle, the live-action onscreen debut of the DC Comics character and Warner Bros.’ first feature to center on a Latino superhero, arrives with much anticipation. After some major (and very public) wobbles earlier this year with the box office returns for Shazam: Fury Of The...
- 8/16/2023
- by Justin Lowe
- avclub.com
Give the waning days of the old era of DC movies at Warner Bros some credit for going out in style. I might have been something of a dissenting voice, but I thought June’s big-screen The Flash, despite disappointing some fanboys and at the box office, was a winning affair, a step above most superhero fare. And now I can say the same for the first cinematic attempt at bringing Blue Beetle to life, a much better movie than its August 18 release date might indicate.
Under the assured direction of Angel Manuel Soto, it features a sharp cast of Latino actors led by the appealing Xolo Mariduena in the title role aka college student Jaime Reyes, who comes home to his tightknit family only to have things go crazy when he becomes the chosen one to carry the tradition of the Blue Beetle, a reluctant superhero whose powers know no limits.
Under the assured direction of Angel Manuel Soto, it features a sharp cast of Latino actors led by the appealing Xolo Mariduena in the title role aka college student Jaime Reyes, who comes home to his tightknit family only to have things go crazy when he becomes the chosen one to carry the tradition of the Blue Beetle, a reluctant superhero whose powers know no limits.
- 8/16/2023
- by Pete Hammond
- Deadline Film + TV
This article is brought to you by Reese’s and Warner Bros.
Blue Beetle soars into theaters this summer just in time for fans, friends, and families everywhere to experience the hero’s first-ever big screen adventure. To celebrate, Reese’s and Warner Bros. Pictures have teamed up to create a specialty run of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups x Blue Beetle. Inspired by the titular character’s high-tech suit—powered up in the film by an ancient alien technology that transforms college grad Jaime Reyes—the new limited-edition Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups x Blue Beetle will be wrapped in a cool black packaging that channels the edgy look of the DC Super Hero. Want to know how to get your hands on these Reese’s Cups?
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Blue Beetle soars into theaters this summer just in time for fans, friends, and families everywhere to experience the hero’s first-ever big screen adventure. To celebrate, Reese’s and Warner Bros. Pictures have teamed up to create a specialty run of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups x Blue Beetle. Inspired by the titular character’s high-tech suit—powered up in the film by an ancient alien technology that transforms college grad Jaime Reyes—the new limited-edition Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups x Blue Beetle will be wrapped in a cool black packaging that channels the edgy look of the DC Super Hero. Want to know how to get your hands on these Reese’s Cups?
To champion your taste for another great origin story (when peanut butter meets chocolate), Reese’s lovers and comic book fanatics across the country can visit hersheyland.
- 7/20/2023
- by John Saavedra
- Den of Geek
The first trailer of the much-anticipated Dceu movie, “Blue Beetle,” has been released online, and fans have been gushing over it ever since. With the release date scheduled for August 18 of this very year, it was surprising how ‘under the wraps’ the production of the movie was and the fact that we are getting a look at the production with only three months to go till the release date. However, as the audience reaction signifies, the action-packed, boomy, vibrant trailer has managed to win hearts worldwide, and DC’s teenage superhero movie has all the necessary markings needed to guarantee a sure-shot blockbuster. We will do a brief breakdown of the trailer to bring the readers up to speed with the characters, possible plotline, and Easter eggs, as highlighted by the trailer of DC’s iteration of a bug-themed character that sounds way cooler than Peter Parker or Hank Pym’s aliases,...
- 4/4/2023
- by Siddhartha Das
- Film Fugitives
The first trailer for "Blue Beetle" is here, and while the latest superhero movie from DC and Warner Bros. is set to serve as an origin story for a young hero -- Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle -- whose name isn't exactly as well-known as Batman or Superman, the movie already looks like it's got some fighting words for DC's big guys. Or at least, Jaime's uncle Rudy -- played by George Lopez -- does.
/Film's Jenna Busch attended a trailer launch event for "Blue Beetle," with director Angel Manuel Soto and star Xolo Maridueña in attendance. There, "Cobra Kai" star Maridueña spoke about the ways in which "Blue Beetle" may or may not intersect with the larger DC universe, particularly when it comes to Rudy's declaration that "Batman is a fascist."
"I can't reveal if more superheroes are mentioned, but the Batman one is obviously in the trailer," Maridueña shared,...
/Film's Jenna Busch attended a trailer launch event for "Blue Beetle," with director Angel Manuel Soto and star Xolo Maridueña in attendance. There, "Cobra Kai" star Maridueña spoke about the ways in which "Blue Beetle" may or may not intersect with the larger DC universe, particularly when it comes to Rudy's declaration that "Batman is a fascist."
"I can't reveal if more superheroes are mentioned, but the Batman one is obviously in the trailer," Maridueña shared,...
- 4/3/2023
- by Valerie Ettenhofer
- Slash Film
Actor-comedian George Lopez, Academy Award nominee Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo and Damián Alcázar have joined the cast of “Blue Beetle,” DC Films and Warner Bros.’ first superhero movie starring a Latino character, TheWrap has exclusively learned.
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes. Lopez is playing the role of Uncle Rudy, Barraza is playing Nana, Carrillo is playing Rocio and Alcázar is playing Alberto. The four round out the rest of the Reyes family which includes Bellisa Escobedo who plays Milagro.
They join a cast that includes Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine and Harvey Guillén.
The intent was always to cast the multigenerational Reyes family authentically Mexican and Mexican-American, according to director Angel Manuel Soto.
“Initially, my goal with finding the family was to be able to have an authentic group of people, not just as authentic on the Latino side, but...
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes. Lopez is playing the role of Uncle Rudy, Barraza is playing Nana, Carrillo is playing Rocio and Alcázar is playing Alberto. The four round out the rest of the Reyes family which includes Bellisa Escobedo who plays Milagro.
They join a cast that includes Brazilian actress Bruna Marquezine and Harvey Guillén.
The intent was always to cast the multigenerational Reyes family authentically Mexican and Mexican-American, according to director Angel Manuel Soto.
“Initially, my goal with finding the family was to be able to have an authentic group of people, not just as authentic on the Latino side, but...
- 3/18/2022
- by Umberto Gonzalez
- The Wrap
A powerful Diy film cobbled together from testimonials, iPhone videos, and home movies, Rudy Valdez’s personal documentary The Sentence explores the personal toll of mandatory minimum drug sentences on a family. Cindy, the one who pays the highest price, was not a mastermind behind a drug empire, she was simply in the wrong place at the wrong time. Six years after the death of her drug-dealing boyfriend, a happily married mother of three who has turned her life around is charged and arrested by the Us Marshals and sent to federal prison for a 15-year sentence imposed by a judge who lacks the latitude to see the injustice.
The family, including Uncle Rudy and Cindy’s mind mannered handyman husband Adam, are left to raise three incredible daughters who grow up with a virtual mother. As Cindy is moved for undisclosed reasons from federal facility to federal facility, it...
The family, including Uncle Rudy and Cindy’s mind mannered handyman husband Adam, are left to raise three incredible daughters who grow up with a virtual mother. As Cindy is moved for undisclosed reasons from federal facility to federal facility, it...
- 5/18/2018
- by John Fink
- The Film Stage
Robert Zemeckis' new film, The Walk, might just churn your stomach. For good reasons...
Whether it really happened or was just turn-of-the-century PR spin, the story about the audience running away in panic from the film of an approaching train at an 1896 Lumière brothers screening is an irresistible one. Not because it lets us smirk at the naiveté of the past, but as the first instance of an audience colluding in cinema’s essential lie.
If those Parisians ran away from a flickering black and white image soundtracked only by the clack-clack-clack of the projector, they didn’t do it for self-preservation; they did it as willing players in a thrilling game. The train wasn’t real. They knew the train wasn’t real. And yet, perhaps, they ran.
A century and change later, visual effects pioneer Robert Zemeckis has pulled the same impressive stunt. In The Walk, his...
Whether it really happened or was just turn-of-the-century PR spin, the story about the audience running away in panic from the film of an approaching train at an 1896 Lumière brothers screening is an irresistible one. Not because it lets us smirk at the naiveté of the past, but as the first instance of an audience colluding in cinema’s essential lie.
If those Parisians ran away from a flickering black and white image soundtracked only by the clack-clack-clack of the projector, they didn’t do it for self-preservation; they did it as willing players in a thrilling game. The train wasn’t real. They knew the train wasn’t real. And yet, perhaps, they ran.
A century and change later, visual effects pioneer Robert Zemeckis has pulled the same impressive stunt. In The Walk, his...
- 10/2/2015
- by simonbrew
- Den of Geek
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