BLUE BEETLE Director Originally Wanted to Direct a Bane Origin Movie

When Blue Beetle director Angel Manuel Soto set out on a mission to make a DC movie, Blue Beetle wasn’t his first choice. He originally want to make a move about the DC villain Bane and tell his origin story. During a recent interview with Den of Geek, Soto revealed this bit of information saying:

"I wanted to pitch ideas, and one of them was the Bane origin story. I always thought that there was something interesting in exploring his reality and how a character like that comes to be."

The story of Bane is definitely an interesting one, and I think fans would have been interested in seeing that movie. I actually think there would be more interest in a Bane film than a Blue Beetle film, but Warner Bros. really wanted that Blue Beetle movie more. Soto explained that WB told him:

"There's this character that we've been developing for a couple of years. The Blue Beetle, a Latino superhero."

So, Soto was hired to direct a Blue Beetle movie, which looks like it could be fun, but I’m just not sure if it’s going to be the big hit that the studio is hoping it would be. A lot of fans would love to see a Bane movie, though, and shared their thoughts on social media saying:

Y'all have no idea the type of man I would become if they made a Bane movie. https://t.co/xDFXLPFJZW

— Evan Von Doom 💀 (@EvanReadsComics) July 27, 2023

You know, I feel like Bane is probably one of the few villains that could absolutely warrant a solo film.
Explore his origins and rise to power in his own story- then have a Batman film where he enters the picture fully realised and ready for the Knighfall storyline.

— Speedhog58 (@speedhog58) July 28, 2023

With the joker being successful, I think a bane movie would’ve been good

— Ayman (@GuyWhoConquers) July 28, 2023

Then there’s one guy who is excited about the Blue Beetle movie saying:

If people just knew how cool blue beetles character is they would be all over this movie he's like top 5 favorite character for me

— little c 🎗 (@Littlec_yt) July 28, 2023

Blue Beetle is a super cool character, we’ll just have to wait and see if the movie they made about the character is actually good.

Bane first appeared in Batman: Vengeance of Bane #1 (January 1993). He was created by writers Chuck Dixon and Doug Moench, along with artist Graham Nolan.

Bane was born and raised in the fictional Caribbean republic of Santa Prisca. His father, Edmund Dorrance (also known as King Snake), was a revolutionary who had escaped the island's court system. However, the corrupt government decided that his young son would serve out the life sentence in the penitentiary, Pena Dura ("Hard Penalty"), instead. This made Bane's life extremely brutal from the start.

Growing up in the harsh conditions of the prison, Bane became a formidable fighter and tactician. His intellectual curiosity led him to educate himself extensively in various fields through books provided by the Jesuit priest who looked after him. He learned multiple languages, studied many academic disciplines, and became a master strategist and escape artist.

In the prison, Bane was subjected to experiments with a drug known as Venom. While many others had died from the Venom experiments, Bane survived and discovered that the drug vastly increased his physical strength, although he needed to take it every 12 hours or suffer debilitating side effects.

Yeah, a Bane origin story would make for a really good and fascinating movie.