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Xolo Maridueña thanks Blue Beetle fans with first comments post-strike as Max premiere set for Friday

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Having originally been slated as an HBO Max Original alongside the since-cancelled Batgirl, Warner Bros. made the decision to bump director Ángel Manuel Soto’s DC superhero adventure Blue Beetle to the big screen, although its release this past August amid the WGA and SAG-AFTRA strikes meant that the cast were unable to promote the DC […]

Blue Beetle’s shockingly low box office performance proves the need for upcoming DC reboot

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Blue Beetle is one of the final films of the DCEU run, and it’s looking like that intended reboot is needed now more than ever. The film started its run with one of the weakest openers, earning just $25 million on its opening weekend – second place for worst DCEU openings. Running for about two […]

James Gunn confirms several characters who’ll carry over into the new DC Universe

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No matter how much DC Studios tries to change, some things will always stay the same. That includes some of the favorites from the previous era! Yes, in a new series of posts on social media, James Gunn is clarifying the comings and goings of the DC Universe line-up, and he dropped the information that […]

Blue Beetle director confirms Green Lantern Easter egg

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Blue Beetle isn’t as isolated of a DC Studios project as you think as director Angel Manuel Soto has confirmed the film connects to another cosmic DC character. In a recent interview, Soto lets fans in on the little secret that Green Lantern briefly appears at the film’s beginning. “There are a lot of Easter […]

Blue Beetle beats Barbie with second-lowest domestic DC debut at the box office

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The billion dollar box-office behemoth Barbie has finally been dethroned by DC’s superhero picture Blue Beetle, which took the top spot with just $25.4 million – a DC Extended Universe domestic low debut save for Wonder Woman 1984, which was released in theaters and HBO Max simultaneously during the pandemic with $16.7 million.  Coming into […]

Blue Beetle Review and DCEU Ranking – Flickering Myth TV

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In the latest Flickering Myth Movie Chat, we look at DC Studios’ Blue Beetle, and rank the best and worst movies of the DC Extended Universe… With the release of Blue Beetle, the DCEU could finally be over, but where does the latest DC Studios project line up next to the last decade of releases? […]

Movie Review – Blue Beetle (2023)

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Blue Beetle, 2023. Directed by Angel Manuel Soto. Starring Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Susan Sarandon, Raoul Max Trujillo, George Lopez, Elpidia Carrillo, Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo, Harvey Guillén, Gabrielle Ortiz, Yuli Zorrilla, Oshún Ramirez, Ayden Rivera, Marcus Nelson, Jorge Jimenez, and Becky G. SYNOPSIS: An alien relic chooses Jaime Reyes to be its […]

Blue Beetle director on James Gunn’s involvement with the new DC film

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With Blue Beetle arriving in theatres in just a few days, director Angel Manuel Soto has spoken on how much involvement new DC Studios heads James Gunn and Peter Safran had in the new DC film’s production and final product. The answer is: very little. In an interview with GamesRadar+, Soto clarified some of his earlier comments […]

Jaime Reyes takes the Scarab for a test dive in Blue Beetle clip

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With a little over a week to go until its release, Warner Bros. and DC Studios have shared a clip from Blue Beetle which sees a frustrated Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) put this trust in the Scarab and its powers to the test as he dives from a building; watch it below… Recent college grad […]