Xolo Maridueña Provides Update On The Upcoming ‘Blue Beetle’ Movie

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Warner Bros and DC have so many projects in development for the next two years. One of them is the first-ever Blue Beetle movie. Cobra Kai star Xolo Maridueña was cast as the titular character last year, and Angel Manuel Soto signed to direct. Although it was announced as the HBOMax exclusive, last month it was announced that the movie will have a regular theatrical release, and WB announced that the movie will be released on August 18, 2023.

Maridueña first talked about the Blue Beetle movie on DC FanDome last October, where the first concept art was revealed. The movie is still in pre-production, so it’s still too early to see the official first look at the titular character in the suit, but Maridueña now revealed that he already tried the suit on, sharing his excitement for the start of production soon.

“We’ve done two suit fittings.They’re hoping that I get more buff by the time we actually start filming. But I’ve seen the suit, and it looks awesome. […] Honestly, it feels like I’ve skipped a few stepping stones. “Cobra Kai” has been such a wonderful opportunity, (and) it feels a little bit intimidating being this is my first movie and it’s in a realm that’s totally different than anything I’ve ever worked on. I’m nervous, but I’m excited. It’s gonna be important, not only for Latinos and to see people of color, brown people, represented onscreen, but also show a story that we haven’t really seen before.” — Xolo Maridueña for USA Today

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DC Movie ‘Blue Beetle’ Will Be Released In Theaters In 2023

Last October, both Batgirl and Blue Beetle movies were presented as HBOMax exclusives. Although it was later announced that Blue Beetle will have a regular theatrical release, Batgirl is still set to be an exclusive for the streaming service. Batgirl started production recently and it’s set to be released on HBOMax by the end of this year, while Blue Beetle will start production soon, and it will be released on August 18, 2023.

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Lukas Abramovich is a freelance writer and photo and video editor based in Croatia. He's also a web designer and holds a Master’s degree in general Computer Science from the Faculty of Informatics based in Pula, Croatia. Since 2018, Lukas has worked on several portals writing about movies, TV shows, and video games. He's currently writing articles for two of them: Fiction Horizon and Comic Basics. He also has a YouTube channel in his native language, and the content there is mostly reviewing popular movies and TV shows. Lukas also has an Instagram page where he once used to post fan-made posters he made, which is something he would like to continue working on, as photo and video editing are also some of his passions. Lukas is a big movie lover who is okay with watching any kind of movie. His favorite movie is Michael Curtiz's Casablanca, but he's a loyal follower of Marvel and DC movies, as well as several other blockbuster franchises he's been following for years; Star Wars, Fast & Furious, Mission: Impossible, and James Cameron's Avatar are only some of them. His favorite director is Christopher Nolan, with Quentin Tarantino and Denis Villeneuve as honorable mentions. Lukas is also a big fan of four fantasy multimedia franchises; The Wizarding World, A Song of Ice and Fire, The Witcher, and The Lord of the Rings. He calls them "the four rulers of the fantasy genre." He loves to write about anything spawned from those franchises (books, games, movies...), as well as anything branded with the Marvel or DC logo. Video games and their adaptations are also something he follows faithfully since he's a big fan of story-driven single-player games like Assassin's Creed, The Last of Us, Uncharted, etc. His favorite video game ever is Red Dead Redemption 2.

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