{"id":250297,"date":"2023-08-09T14:45:32","date_gmt":"2023-08-09T06:45:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wonderful-indigo-elk.62-72-47-242.cpanel.site\/more-things-to-look-forward-to-in-blue-beetle-according-to-filmmakers\/"},"modified":"2023-08-09T14:45:32","modified_gmt":"2023-08-09T06:45:32","slug":"more-things-to-look-forward-to-in-blue-beetle-according-to-filmmakers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/uptownmanila.com\/more-things-to-look-forward-to-in-blue-beetle-according-to-filmmakers\/","title":{"rendered":"More Things To Look Forward To In \u201cBlue Beetle,\u201d According To Filmmakers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>While we\u2019re all excited to hear our very own Inka Magnaye voice the Scarab in the Philippine release of \u201cBlue Beetle,\u201d there are many other things to look forward to about the all-new Super Hero movie from Warner Bros. Pictures and DC. Read on to find out what \u201cBlue Beetle\u201d filmmakers think will get moviegoers even more excited!<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-223344\" src=\"https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/blue-beetle-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"870\" height=\"576\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/blue-beetle-1.jpg 870w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/blue-beetle-1-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/blue-beetle-1-768x508.jpg 768w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/blue-beetle-1-100x66.jpg 100w, https:\/\/pageone.zyndk8.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/blue-beetle-1-696x461.jpg 696w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 870px) 100vw, 870px\" \/><\/p>\n<h3>Focus on family<\/h3>\n<p>Says director \u00c1ngel Manuel Soto of the close-knit Mexican-American Reyes family at the center of the film, \u201cIn this origin story, the family \u2013 contrary to other superhero movies where the hero keeps the secret from everybody around him \u2013 the secret really happens in front of the family. So, Gareth [Dunnet-Alcocer, screenwriter] always said, \u2018Good luck trying to hide a secret from your mom in a Latino household, they always know!\u2019 And we kind of like embraced that, so this made for a very unique journey where the family is part of the adventure, not a group of people or an object of rescue, but on the contrary, an integral part of the construct of this superhero.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/j6hxeDmcaME\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h3>The humor<\/h3>\n<p>\u201cIts tone is\u2026 it has to be funny,\u201d says Mexican-born screenwriter Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer \u201cI\u2019ve never met a Mexican person that wasn\u2019t funny, so there\u2019s no way the movie wouldn\u2019t be funny. But what kind of funny it is, is wonderful, and I think it\u2019s really inspired by the tone of the early Blue Beetle comics, where you have a hero that\u2019s fallible.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>Fun with superpowers<\/h3>\n<p>Jaime Reyes\u2019s experience as a new hero in a brand new suit is unique. \u201cCan he fly? Yes. Is he strong? For sure. Are there big action sequences? Absolutely,\u201d says producer John Rickard. \u201cBut it\u2019s the special abilities of the suit, which are unlike anything else in the DCU, that make it so ridiculously cool, because it allows Blue Beetle endless superpowers. He\u2019s literally a 20-something who has a suit that can create anything he can imagine. And so, what does this young kid do with these powers? He pulls from what he knows: pop culture. Things he knows in his everyday life. Our action sequences in \u2018Blue Beetle\u2019 are definitely inspired by a lot of gamer combos, which makes it feel like a video game come to life. Those who know will know.\u201d<\/p>\n<h3>An all-original city for a new Super Hero<\/h3>\n<p>In the comics, Jaime Reyes and his family live in El Paso, Texas, but the studio thought it would be a better idea to create an entirely new setting \u2013 a new place unique to the world of Blue Beetle called Palmera City.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey thought it might make sense to give Jaime and Blue Beetle his own unique city, much like Superman has Metropolis, The Flash has Central City. We loved this idea,\u201d says producer Zev Foreman.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt suddenly got brighter; it suddenly got more colorful. It suddenly got the idea of water and how it combines with this place. The idea of the different sides of a place like Miami, in terms of the people that live there, the wealth that\u2019s there, other things. It provided so many awesome opportunities to create a really unique environment in a superhero genre. And, again, it starts to inform the sounds, the music, the feeling, the lighting, all of these things, and I think it was an amazing choice.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In \u201cBlue Beetle,\u201d recent college grad Jaime Reyes (Maridue\u00f1a) returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it.<\/p>\n<p>As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab.<\/p>\n<p>When the Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the Super Hero Blue Beetle.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlue Beetle\u201d opens exclusively in cinemas August 16.<\/p>\n<h3>About \u201cBlue Beetle\u201d<\/h3>\n<p>From Warner Bros. Pictures comes the feature film \u201cBlue Beetle,\u201d marking the DC Super Hero\u2019s first time on the big screen. The film, directed by Angel Manuel Soto, stars Xolo Maridue\u00f1a in the title role as well as his alter ego, Jaime Reyes.<\/p>\n<p>Starring alongside Maridue\u00f1a (\u201cCobra Kai\u201d) are Adriana Barraza (\u201cRambo: Last Blood,\u201d \u201cThor\u201d), Dam\u00edan Alc\u00e1zar (\u201cNarcos,\u201d \u201cNarcos: Mexico\u201d), Elpidia Carrillo (\u201cMayans M.C.,\u201d the \u201cPredator\u201d films), Bruna Marquezine (\u201cMaldivas,\u201d \u201cGod Save the King\u201d), Raoul Max Trujillo (the \u201cSicario\u201d films, \u201cMayans M.C.\u201d), with Oscar winner Susan Sarandon (\u201cMonarch,\u201d \u201cDead Man Walking\u201d), and George Lopez (the \u201cRio and \u201cSmurf\u201d franchises). The film also stars Belissa Escobedo (\u201cAmerican Horror Stories,\u201d \u201cHocus Pocus 2\u201d) and Harvey Guill\u00e9n (\u201cWhat We Do in the Shadows\u201d). Soto (\u201cCharm City Kings,\u201d \u201cThe Farm\u201d) directs from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (\u201cMiss Bala\u201d), based on characters from DC. John Rickard and Zev Foreman are producing, with Walter Hamada, Galen Vaisman and Garrett Grant serving as executive producers.<\/p>\n<p>A Warner Bros. Pictures Presentation, A Safran Company Production, \u201cBlue Beetle,\u201d in cinemas starting August 16, is distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.<\/p>\n<p>Join the conversation online and use the hashtag #BlueBeetle #TeamKhajiDa<\/p>\n<h6>Source:<br \/>\nWarner Bros. 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