Xolo Maridueña Officially Returning to Play BLUE BEETLE in SUPERMAN Sequel MAN OF TOMORROW
One of the only DCEU holdovers to make it into the new DCU is finally making his reappearance in DC under James Gunn in the Superman sequel Man of Tomorrow. Blue Beetle star Xolo Maridueña is returning to the role after starring in the headlining 2023 film directed by Ángel Manuel Soto.
Maridueña joins the previously announced cast that includes David Corenswet as the Man of Steel, Nicholas Hoult playing Lex Luthor, Lars Eidinger as Brainiac, Rachel Brosnahan as Lois Lane, Skyler Gisondo as Jimmy Olsen, Sara Sampaio as Eve Teschmacher, Isabela Merced as Hawkgirl, Nathan Fillion as Guy Gardner, Edi Gathegi as Mister Terrific, and Adria Arjona as Maxima. Aaron Pierre will also join the cast as John Stewart aka Green Lantern.
The Blue Beetle film focused on the third character to play the titular superhero in the comics, Jaime Reyes, a popular El Paso teen. Maridueña’s Blue Beetle is shown as a recent college graduate who returns home to figure out what he wants to do with his life.
While taking a job alongside his younger sister Milagro (Belissa Escobedo), he disagrees with Victoria Kord (Susan Sarandon), of the infamous Kord Industries, while defending Victoria’s beautiful niece, Jenny (Bruna Marquezine).
The Kord family drama blows up after Jaime, unknowingly, finds himself holding an alien scarab that has the power to turn special holders into Blue Beetle.
It’s very rare for the one who possesses the scarab to turn into the superhero, but it miraculously works for Jaime, thus ruining Kord Industries’ plans for world domination. The film follows Jaime’s adventures from an unemployed pre-law graduate with no prospects to giving Kord the battle of a lifetime.
Production on Man of Tomorrow has been ongoing since April in Atlanta and continues through the summer. The film is slated for a 2027 release.
via: Deadline