TRAILER: Blue Beetle, DC’s Newest Superhero

2023’s upcoming DCU film Blue Beetle; is set to follow teenager Jamie Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) who becomes a superhero when an alien scarab beetle attaches itself to him giving him armor and super abilities including enhanced strength and speed. The new trailer #1 released today offers fans first on-screen glimpse of the character and his first encounter with the alien scarab beetle.

• Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes, aka the Blue Beetle

• Raoul Max Trujillo as Carapax the Indestructible Man
• George Lopez as Uncle Rudy Reyes
• Elpidia Carrillo as Rocio Reyes, Jaime’s mother
• Damían Alcázar as Alberto Reyes, Jaime’s father
• Belissa Escobedo as Milagros Reyes, Jaime’s sister
• Adriana Barraza as Nana, Jaime’s grandmother
• Bruna Marquezine as Jenny Kord, Jaime’s love interest
• Susan Sarandon as Victoria Kord
• Harvey Guillén as Dr Sanchez

The movie marks the first DC movie to centre on a Latin superhero with Cobra Kai star Xolo Maridueña in the lead role of Jaime Reyes, who ends up bestowed with superpowers when he’s paired with an ancient relic of alien biotechnology.

Blue Beetle is set to hit theaters on August 18, 2023. Check out the trailer #1 below: