Release Date=18 August 2023
Blue Beetle is an upcoming American superhero film based on the DC Comics character Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle, produced by DC Studios and the Safran Company, and directed by Angel Manuel Soto from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer. It is intended to be the 14th film in the DC Extended Universe (DCEU). The film stars Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle alongside Becky G, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, and George Lopez.
Development of a film featuring Reyes began by the end of November 2018 with Dunnet-Alcocer attached. Soto was hired to direct the film in February 2021 for the streaming service HBO Max. Maridueña was cast that August, and the film was changed to have a theatrical release in December. Further casting took place in early 2022, before filming took place from late May to mid-July in the Atlanta metropolitan area at Wilder Studios in Decatur, Georgia, as well as in El Paso, Texas and Puerto Rico.
| Directed by | Angel Manuel Soto |
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| Written by | Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer |
| Based on | Characters from DC |
| Produced by | John RickardZev Foreman |
| Starring | Xolo MaridueñaBecky GAdriana BarrazaDamián AlcázarRaoul Max TrujilloSusan SarandonGeorge Lopez |
| Cinematography | Pawel Pogorzelski |
| Edited by | Craig Alpert |
| Music by | Bobby Krlic |
| Production companies | DC StudiosThe Safran Company |
| Distributed by | Warner Bros. Pictures |
| Release date | August 18, 2023 |
| Country | United States |
| Languages | English,Spanish. |