Blue Beetle – Trailer

From Warner Bros. Pictures presents the film "Blue Beetle," marking the first time this DC Super Hero has appeared on the big screen. The film, directed by Angel Manuel Soto, stars Xolo Maridueña as the title character as well as his alter ego, Jaime Reyes. Fresh college graduate Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find his home is not what it was when he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate has another plan when Jaime suddenly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. When The Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime to be his symbiosis host, whom he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor with an extraordinary and unexpected ability, forever changing his destiny when he becomes the Super Hero BLUE BEETLE. Other stars besides Maridueña (“Cobra Kai”) are Adriana Barraza (“Rambo: Last Blood,” “Thor”), Damían Alcázar (“Narcos,” “Narcos: Mexico”), Elpidia Carrillo (“Mayans M.C.,” “Predator” movie), Bruna Marquezine (“Maldivas,” “God Save the King”), Raoul Max Trujillo (movies “Sicario”, “Mayans M.C.”), with Oscar winners Susan Sarandon (“Monarch,” “Dead Man Walking”), and George Lopez (“Rio and "Smurfs" franchise). 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”) is directed from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (“Miss Bala"), based on the character from DC. John Rickard and Zev Foreman produce, with Walter Hamada, Galen Vaisman and Garrett Grant serve as executive producers. The director's creative team behind the scenes includes director of photography Pawel Pogorzelski (“Midsommar,” “Hereditary”), production designer John Billington (“Bad Boys for Life”), editor Craig Alpert (“Deadpool 2,” “The Lost City”), Oscar-nominated costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo (“Jojo Rabbit”, “Thor” films), visual effects supervisor Kelvin McIlwain (“The Suicide Squad”, “Aquaman”) and composer Bobby Krlic (“Midsommar,” “Snowpiercer” series). Presented by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Safran Company production, "Blue Beetle" soars in theaters only internationally starting August 2023 and in North America August 18, 2023. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.