The Bite Magazine - Spring/Summer 2023 - Issue 33

bitefilms F resh from the martial arts series Cobra Kai , Xolo Maridueña takes the title role of Jaime Reyes in DC Studios’ Blue Beetle . After graduating from college, Jaime returns home full of aspirations for his future but finds home is not entirely as he left it. As he seeks his purpose, he suddenly possesses an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab that chooses him as its symbiotic host. It bestows him with an incredible suit of armour, giving him extraordinary and unpredictable powers. The action film directed by Ángel Manuel Soto centres around Jaime, his family and the alien relic with comedic and awkward moments typical of a new superhero learn- ing the ropes and kick ass weaponry. As expected, when given a top-secret package to secure, you will have people after you. This happens to Jaime, but as he learns to manoeuvre the beetle suit, he conjures some state- of-the-art tech weaponry allowing him to have fun and zap the enemies. Joining Xolo Maridueña in the film is Adriana Barraza, Damían Alcáza, Elpidia Carrillo, Belissa Escobedo and George Lopez as his grandmother, Nana; father, Alberto; mother, Rocio; sister, Milagro and uncle, Rudy. Raoul Max Trujillo plays Conrad Carapax, with Oscar winner Susan Sarandon as Victoria Kord, Bruna Marquezine as Jenny Kord, and Harvey Guillén as Dr Sanchez. Soto directs from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer based on characters from DC Comics. Release Date: 18 August 2023 www.bluebeetle.movie https://youtu B lue B eetle