DC Studios has a new superhero on the horizon.
On Monday, Warner Bros. released the official trailer for its upcoming filmBlue Beetle, which starsCobra Kai’sXolo Maridueñaas recent college graduate Jaime Reyes, who takes on superpowers from a piece of alien technology called the Scarab.
The trailer shows Jaime obtain the Scarab from Jenny (Bruna Marquezine) while at a job interview. Although he’s told not to open the fast food box it’s inside, Jaime eventually inspects the device, which attaches itself to his face and grants him “with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny,” according to an official synopsis for the movie.
As Jenny explains in the trailer, the Scarab is “some kind of world-destroying weapon” that attaches itself to and then protects its host, asSusan Sarandon’s character Victoria insists that the device belongs to her and Jaime’s uncle Rudy (George Lopez) offers advice on what he should do with his newfound abilities.
Maridueña wasoriginally cast in the Blue Beetle role in 2021; he makes for DC Studios' first-ever Latino superhero as the studio undergoes a significant period of change.
DC Studios co-CEOsJames Gunnand Peter Safran are currentlyplanning a new direction for the overall DC Universethat will officially begin with the in-the-worksSuperman: Legacy.
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In January, Gunn, 56, said in an interview with DC.com thatBlue Beetleis “totally disconnected from everything that came before” in the superhero franchise and can be considered part of the company’s new interconnected universe moving forward.
DC’s upcoming movieThe Flash, expected to release June 16, is expected to reset the DC Universe via a time travel and multiverse storyline that will feature both Michael Keaton andBen Affleckas their respective portrayals of Batman.Blue Beetleis the first DC film releasing afterThe Flash.
Blue Beetlehits theaters on August 18.
source: people.com
