A trailer has been launched for upcoming DC superhero movie Blue Beetle – test it out above.
Directed by Angel Manuel Soto, the movie follows teenager Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) who positive aspects superpowers when an alien blue beetle scarab grafts onto his face and types a strong exoskeleton round his physique.
To mirror the character’s DC comedian origins, the movie boasts a predominantly Latino solid, together with Cobra Kai star Maridueña within the lead function, alongside George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar and Belissa Escobedo as Jaime’s household.
Susan Sarandon will play villain Victoria Kord, alongside Raoul Trujillo as Blue Beetle’s nemesis Carapax the Indestructible Man. Harvey Guillén, finest identified for enjoying Guillermo in TV collection What We Do In The Shadows, may even star in an unknown function.
A synopsis reads: “Recent faculty grad Jaime Reyes returns dwelling filled with aspirations for his future, solely to search out that dwelling isn’t fairly as he left it. As he searches to search out his function on the planet, destiny intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an historical relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.
“When the Scarab instantly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he’s bestowed with an unbelievable go well with of armour able to extraordinary and unpredictable powers, eternally altering his future as he turns into the superhero Blue Beetle.”
Blue Beetle was initially developed as an HBO Max unique alongside the just lately shelved Batgirl, earlier than Warner Bros. determined to provide it a theatrical launch previous to James Gunn and Peter Safran’s appointment as co-CEOs of DC Studios.
The subsequent movie within the DC Extended Universe is The Flash starring Ezra Miller, which is scheduled to be launched on June 16, 2023.
Blue Beetle is launched in cinemas on August 18, 2023.
