Embarrassing bombs they may’ve been, however no less than The Flash and Shazam! Fury of the Gods acquired loads of publicity due to being the final gasps of the dying DCEU. Blue Beetle, then again, appears to be significantly flying underneath the radar on account of it popping out amid the actors’ strike and likewise its complicated declare as a obscure, ill-defined precursor to the incoming rebooted DCU.
In a courageous (and daring) try to embrace its curious canonical conundrum, then, the most recent featurette for the Warner Bros. film tries to make its lone wolf standing its predominant enchantment and USP. “Blue Beetle is a film that we’re constructing from the bottom up,” says star Xolo Maridueña within the behind-the-scenes sneak peek, which is a really well mannered allusion to the actual fact Jaime Reyes’ first cinematic outing may be very a lot by itself island within the vast world of DC.
“It has all of the motion, the world-building,” director Angel Manuel Soto continued, once more teasing that Blue Beetle exists in its personal self-contained nook of the multiverse. “It’s a film that invitations you to be a part of it.” After all, Soto himself is keen to discover its eponymous hero’s ties to the broader franchise in a possible sequel, what together with his outspoken want to realize a Batman crossover, even when it’s with George Clooney.
As for Maridueña, the Cobra Kai veteran has goals to stay within the DCU for a looong time but, with the actor admitting he’d stick round for 12 years if he had his say. Effectively, fortunately for him, James Gunn counts Jaime because the very first DCU character, so he might get the chance. Though that probably is dependent upon whether or not Blue Beetle will handle to shift the needle on the field workplace in any respect as soon as it crawls into theaters this Aug. 18.