A new clip for Blue Beetle has been released via the film's official Twitter account, and it seems Carapax's origin will involve this tech-based villain.
In a new clip from Blue Beetle, Jaime Reyes is blasted through a brick wall but emerges seemingly unscathed.
Things get interesting when the Scarab tells him that his opponent is charging at him.
"OMAC incoming, Jaime," warns the Scarab.
That's right, the DC Comics sometimes-hero/sometimes-villain will apparently have a role in the film.
For those unfamiliar with OMAC, which sometimes stands for One Man Army Corps or Observational Metahuman Activity Construct, the OMACS are cyborgs—humans that are transformed by a nano-virus into living machines by a rogue A.I. satellite called Brother Eye.
Most recently, the character featured prominently in the recent Futures End event from DC Comics, where future Batman Terry McGinnis travels back in time to prevent the rise of Brother Eye and avert a future where Brother Eye takes over the world's superhero population by turning them into OMACs.
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 Super Hero BLUE BEETLE.
Starring alongside Maridueña (“Cobra Kai”) are Adriana Barraza (“Rambo: Last Blood,” “Thor”), Damían Alcázar (“Narcos,” “Narcos: Mexico”), Elpidia Carrillo (“Mayans M.C.,” the “Predator” films), Bruna Marquezine (“Maldivas,” “God Save the King”), Raoul Max Trujillo (the “Sicario” films, “Mayans M.C.”), with Oscar winner Susan Sarandon (“Monarch,” “Dead Man Walking”), and George Lopez (the “Rio and “Smurf” franchises). The film also stars Belissa Escobedo (“American Horror Stories,” “Hocus Pocus 2”) and Harvey Guillén (“What We Do in the Shadows”). Soto (“Charm City Kings,” “The Farm”) directs from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (“Miss Bala”), based on characters from DC.
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