The DCEU's time is nearing its end and despite James Gunn saying The Flash would reset the franchise, he recently confirmed the DCU won't truly be introduced until 2025's Superman: Legacy.
The whole thing feels a little muddled if we're being honest, and the fact Blue Beetle is a DCEU movie featuring a hero who is confirmed to be part of the DCU has done little to clear things up. Now, lead star Xolo Maridueña has shared Gunn's reaction to a movie which was once set to be released exclusively on Max.
"I just remember James Gunn has this really excited energy to him all the time," the actor tells Total Film. "But them coming into this position of the movie already being made, and then being like, 'All right [mimes rifling through a filing cabinet as if rummaging through the movie], let's see what we have here' – it was very rewarding for them to actually respond well to it and enjoy it."
"They had their notes here and there story-wise, but I think, in capturing the essence of Jaime and the Reyes family, [they] think we did a really great job."
Some new promo art for Blue Beetle has also been released which showcases the title character's battle with the movie's formidable big bad, Carapax.
In Blue Beetle, recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.
When the Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero known as Blue Beetle.
The movie stars Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damían Alcázar, Elpidia Carrillo, Bruna Marquezine, Raoul Max Trujillo, Belissa Escobedo, Harvey Guillén, with Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez. Angel Manuel Soto directs from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer.
Blue Beetle arrives in theaters on August 18.
Blue Beetle vs Carapax Official Promo Art
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