The BLUE BEETLE Cast And Director Discuss A Major [SPOILER] Ahead Of Film's Release

The BLUE BEETLE Cast And Director Discuss A Major [SPOILER] Ahead Of Film's Release

Is the Blue Beetle film revealing too much, too quickly? Lead Xolo Maridueña and director Angel Manuel Soto have reportedly revealed a key event in the upcoming film ahead of its release.

By MarkJulian - Jul 08, 2023 04:07 PM EST
Filed Under: Blue Beetle

First announced in 2018, Warner Bros. and DC Comics' live-action Blue Beetle film will finally hit North American theaters on August 18, 2023.

The film stars Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes, who is actually the third person to assume the Blue Beetle mantle after Dan Garrett and Ted Kord. The trailer actually sees Reyes applying for a job at Kord Industries and ends with a quick shot of Garrett and Kord's Blue Beetle costumes.

Continuing a somewhat spoiler-ish marketing campaign, the cast and director for Blue Beetle recently sat down for interviews with  MovieMaker magazine [via The Direct] where a fairly significant detail was revealed.

[Spoilers Follow]


It seems that during the film's events, Jaime's father, Alberto Reyes (played by Damián Alcázar), will die. 

Xolo Maridueña touched on the scene where Alberto dies, calling it his favorite part of the film. He went on to add, "Jaime didn’t have a chance to say goodbye to his father. I want people to understand that if you have your parents, just hug them, because you never know when it’s the last time."

Director Angel Manuel Soto says that Alberto's death scene is "close to his heart."

As evidenced in the film's trailer, Jamie's father was still alive when he first bonded with the scarab so it would seem that his father's demise is somehow tied to the chaotic events that follow.

Jaimie Reyes has often been compared to Marvel's Peter Parker aka Spider-Man and it seems that he'll also have his 'canon' Uncle Ben moment in the upcoming film.

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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Origame
Origame - 7/8/2023, 5:05 PM
Ok, why are they revealing this? This is insanity how these studios are just revealing everything. But this is worse than secret invasion basically announcing a dead character is actually alive. This is spelling it out before the movie even released.
dracula
dracula - 7/8/2023, 5:15 PM
Guessing this will be early in the film, leading to George Lopez’s character filling in for him.
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 7/8/2023, 5:22 PM
Really unfair seeing they are basically sending this movie to die.
Scarilian
Scarilian - 7/8/2023, 5:59 PM
@TheHumanSpider2 -
I don't have much sympathy for the film or studio honestly. The director, Angel Manuel Soto, mocked fans for liking characters like Batman and how the movie is according to him 'going to make fun of other superheroes' such as the line calling Batman a fascist - which isn't accurate to how Batman has been characterized. Actively laughing at users for mentioning that's not how Batman is.

It was then revealed the director was a racist, calling somewhere a 'slave country'. Then some other tweets were revealed where he expressed extremist viewpoints such as wanting Donald Trump to be assassinated, comparing him to Abraham Lincoln for some weird reason. With people uncovering more and more horrific remarks from him he privated his twitter.

He destroyed any level of support he could have had by directly attacking the DC audience, alienating a lot of his political audience and then grovelling back after telling them not to watch his movie.

TLDR:
Dumb director laughed at fans, insulted the audience, gets revealed to be an extremist and a racist and promptly begs to be forgiven when he realizes his movie's going to be a box office bomb.
jst5
jst5 - 7/8/2023, 6:29 PM
@Scarilian - Soto is an idiot....I expect that to play out in the Beetle movie.
GhostDog
GhostDog - 7/8/2023, 5:35 PM
Yup this is DOA, just like Flash
TheHumanSpider2
TheHumanSpider2 - 7/8/2023, 5:54 PM
@GhostDog - Surprised about the non-existent marketing for this movie, they are just going to dump this on theathers fot two weeks, and then move on.
Arthorious
Arthorious - 7/9/2023, 3:30 PM
@GhostDog - probably should’ve let it out out on HBO Max like originally planned
DocSpock
DocSpock - 7/8/2023, 5:37 PM


Well, at least they saved money by just repainting Yellowjacket's costume blue.

the film will be judged by how many people don't go see it and how much money it doesn't make.

dracula
dracula - 7/8/2023, 5:48 PM
@DocSpock - the suit looks exactly how its looked in the comics since its introduction. Long before the Antman movie.

And outside of having stinger / pincer things on the back they look nothing alike
Origame
Origame - 7/8/2023, 6:22 PM
@DocSpock - not only is this exactly like the comics, it looks nothing like yellowjacket.
PapaBear562
PapaBear562 - 7/8/2023, 5:47 PM
Batman's a fascist? I was into this trailer the entire way until I heard that one statement. That's it, another movie I won't go see. Why do they have to ruin things like that!
dracula
dracula - 7/8/2023, 5:49 PM
@PapaBear562 - you do realize Batman has been callee stuff like that and worst in comics.

Has also been basically been refered to as such in other movies even if they dont say the word.

There are whole storylines ane elseworld stories that touch on that idea.
dracula
dracula - 7/8/2023, 5:50 PM
@PapaBear562 - also its one line from george lopez of all people

You are really taking it more seriously than the movie probably intends for it to be
Scarilian
Scarilian - 7/8/2023, 5:58 PM
@PapaBear562 -
Yeah... how trailers end is normally what the people who watch them end up thinking about long-term.

If it was intended as a joke, it was poorly handled and did not land. Rather than acknowledge that the director double down and supported tweets mocking individuals who disagreed with the statement.

I was on the fence after hearing that line in the trailers, but having the director then insult fans and be revealed to be a vile person who actually believes that sort of thing... yeah, this is an easy pass and the film will be a box office bomb because he's alienated those who were on the fence.
ShimmyShimmyYA
ShimmyShimmyYA - 7/8/2023, 6:36 PM
@dracula - yeah but how else can they be outraged over something
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