“Blue Beetle,” DC Films’ first superhero movie starring a Latino character, won’t suffer the same fate as “Batgirl,” and his Warner Bros. Discovery’s “full support,” according to the film’s director, Angel Manuel Soto.
“I’m not going to lie. There was concern, anger, fear at first,” Soto said in an interview with NPR focusing on Latino superheroes. Studio execs assured Soto who added, “They told me not to worry, the film has their full support.”
“Cobra Kai” breakout Xolo Maridueña is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle.”
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In the same interview with NPR, Maridueña added that he is a combination of both a DC and Marvel superhero.