Harvey Guillén and More Join WB’s Next DC Film Blue Beetle

March 8, 2022

According to The Wrap, What We Do in the Shadows star Harvey Guillén has been tapped to join Xolo Maridueña in Warner Bros. Pictures’ upcoming DC film Blue Beetle. Further details about his character are being kept under wraps.

In addition, the studio has also welcomed the addition of two young actresses to the cast, including Brazilian star Bruna Marquezine (Breaking Through) and Belissa Escobedo (Sex Appeal, Hocus Pocus 2), with Marquezine set to portray the film’s female lead and love interest named Penny. As for Escobedo, she will be playing the young sister of Maridueña’s Jaime Reyes.

The Blue Beetle movie will be led by will be directed by Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) from a screenplay adapted by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (Miss Bala). Cobra Kai breakout Xolo Maridueña stars in Warner Bros. Pictures and DC Films’ first stand-alone Latino-led superhero movie as Mexican American teenager, Jaime Reyes.

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In the comics, Jaime Reyes was the third character in the comics to take on the mantle of the Blue Beetle following Dan Garret and Ted Kord. His powers came from a Blue Beetle scarab that grafted itself to the base of Jaime’s spine, allowing him to have a suit of extraterrestrial armor that can be modified to enhance his speed and strength, as well as create weapons, wings, and shields.

Originally set as an HBO Max original film, Blue Beetle is now scheduled for an exclusive theatrical release on August 18, 2023. It will be executive produced by Zev Foreman of Warner Bros. with John Rickard set as a producer.

Based on the titular DC hero created by Charles Wojtkowski in 1939, Jaime Reyes first appeared in 2006’s Infinite Crisis #5, followed by his own monthly series that debuted in May of 2006 with Blue Beetle #1. The third iteration of the hero was created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hammer,