This film, which has been a little low-key so far, will also be released in Italy on August 17th. Blue beetle. Among the few who have survived DC’s superhero film holocaust, between the cancellation of projects still in their early stages, the clean-sheets tackled by James Gunn after he joined the team, and the banning of completed films that Warner deemed too unpromising in a liquidity crunch , Blue beetle A “Latin American” film directed by Puerto Rican director Ángel Manuel Soto and written by Mexican Gareth Dunnett-Alcocer, based on a DC character of very ancient origin.
Created in 1940 by Charles Nicholas Woitkowski, published by Fox Comics and later by Charlton Comics, it was then bought by DC who entrusted it to Steve Ditko. In 2006, the third incarnation of the character was born, the alter ego of the Texan Jaime Reyes, participating in the saga of Infinite Crisis.
The film is based on this particular take, in which young Mexican-born LA actor Xolo Mariduena plays the role of Jaime Reyes, who you may remember from playing Miguel Diaz on the show. Cobra Kaisurrounded by Adriana Barras, Damian Alcazar, Raul Trujillo and Susan Sarandon, the only one in the cast who is not of Hispanic origin.
In the trailer for the movie below, Uncle Rudy says he thinks Batman is a fascist, and this has clearly caused quite a stir. Not to be too naive, a feeling that was probably meant to get people talking about the movie.
In any case, Director Soto issued a statement to comment on the matter:
We always wanted to enjoy the way Rudy talks about other superheroes. So we ask people who are angry to give us a chance. We’re just trying to have fun with the characters we like. And everyone in our film loves Batman, Superman and The Flash… And of course we critique them all, as we should. But that doesn’t mean we hate Batman. We love Batman.
What’s more, this isn’t the first time Batman has been identified as such, with particular reference to Frank Miller’s Batman, who is exactly the version of the Dark Knight that has most inspired recent cinematic versions of the superhero.