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Blue Beetle trailer is here 

Xolo Maridueña plays the eponymous superhero

Aswin Devan

DC Universe's upcoming superhero film, Blue Beetle's trailer, dropped on Tuesday. Directed by Angel Manuel Soto, The film features Xolo Maridueña, who is best known for appearing in the Karate Kid spinoff series Cobra Kai as the eponymous superhero. 

Jaime Reyes, AKA Blue Beetle, is a DC comics superhero created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner. According to the Blue Beetle mythos from the DC comics, a scarab beetle of alien origin bonds with a teenager by the name of Jaime Reyes and gives him an extraterrestrial suit that bestows him extraordinary powers.

Here is the trailer 

Although the character has been present in other comic books since 1939, the DC Comics version of the Blue Beetle made its first appearance in the Infinite Crisis' 3rd issue in 2006. Blue Beetle is also a member of Teen Titans and the Justice League.

Based on the script written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, the film also stars Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo, George Lopez, Elpidia Carrillo, Raoul Trujillo, Damián Alcázar, and Susan Sarandon.

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