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

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.