It only took two years and a few months, but DC and Warner Bros. are finally moving forward with this Blue Beetle film that we hear about at the end of 2018. At the time, we knew that Garth Dunnet-Alocer, who had already worked on the next Scarface remake and Gina Rodriguez MS. Bullet, had written a script, but now we also know that Charm City Kings director Angel Manuel Soto stepped in to direct the film. It is in accordance with The wrap, who points out that this will be the first WB superhero film starring a Latin character, with Soto saying in a statement that it is “an honor” to be the only one to direct this film.
For those who don’t know Blue Beetle – or haven’t read comics in a few decades and only know one different Blue Beetle – this is just a little bit complicated. 80 years ago, there was a comic about a guy named Dan Garrett who fought crime like the Blue Beetle, and a few decades later, Charlton Comics got the rights to the character and (with the help of Steve Ditko) created a second Beetle Blue called Ted Kord. That was explicitly an imitation of Batman, with Nite Owl in watchmakers being a parody of his instead of the Dark Knight (they’re all Charlton characters with different names in that book), but a few decades later what DC swallowed Charlton Comics and integrated some of its characters into the DC Universe.
The Blue Beetle Ted Kord has been around for years, serving as a memorable part of the International Justice League team alongside none other than Batman, but in 2006 DC introduced a new and completely unrelated blue beetle named Jaime Reyes that he obtained your power of a blue alien / Magic beetle that stuck to your spine. He’s like Venom crossed with Cyborg, and he’s really cool.