{"id":314185,"date":"2021-08-03T05:19:34","date_gmt":"2021-08-03T02:19:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/cobra-kais-xolo-mariduena-in-talks-to-star-as-the-blue-beetle-film\/"},"modified":"2021-08-03T05:19:34","modified_gmt":"2021-08-03T02:19:34","slug":"cobra-kais-xolo-mariduena-in-talks-to-star-as-the-blue-beetle-film","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cobra-kais-xolo-mariduena-in-talks-to-star-as-the-blue-beetle-film\/","title":{"rendered":"#Cobra Kai&#8217;s Xolo Maridue\u00f1a in Talks to Star as the Blue Beetle \u2013 \/Film"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_84 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2409ace08cd\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a2409ace08cd\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/cobra-kais-xolo-mariduena-in-talks-to-star-as-the-blue-beetle-film\/#The_History_of_Blue_Beetle\" >The History of Blue Beetle<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<p>&#8220;<strong>#Cobra Kai&#8217;s Xolo Maridue\u00f1a in Talks to Star as the Blue Beetle \u2013 \/Film<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-690183\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/Xolo-Mariduena-Cobra-Kai-700x392.jpg\" alt=\"Xolo Mariduena Cobra Kai\" width=\"700\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/Xolo-Mariduena-Cobra-Kai.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/Xolo-Mariduena-Cobra-Kai-360x202.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/>We\u2019ve seen an animated, Afro-Puerto Rican version of Spider-Man in <em>Into the Spider-Verse<\/em>, and several other supporting Latino characters in DC and Marvel <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/watch-movies-tv-seriess\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"8\" title=\"Watch Movies &amp; TV Series\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">movies<\/a>. However, DC\u2019s first Mexican-American lead hero, <strong>Blue Beetle<\/strong>, has his own <strong>HBO Max<\/strong> film on the way, and\u00a0now,\u00a0<strong>Xolo Maridue\u00f1a<\/strong>\u00a0(<em>Cobra Kai<\/em>),\u00a0an actor of Mexican, Cuban, and Ecuadorian heritage,\u00a0is in negotiations to star.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/cobra-kai-star-xolo-mariduena-in-talks-to-star-as-latino-superhero-blue-beetle-for-hbo-max-exclusive\/\">The Wrap<\/a> reports that\u00a0Maridue\u00f1a is in talks to take on the lead as Jamie Reyes\u00a0in <em>Blue Beetle<\/em>. If all goes well, the film should begin production in early 2022.\u00a0As we reported last month, <em>Blue Beetle<\/em> will likely head straight to HBO Max along with <em>Batgirl,\u00a0<\/em>which has already cast <em>In the Heights <\/em>actress Leslie Grace as its titular heroine, Barbara Gordon.<\/p>\n<p><em>Charm City Kings<\/em> director <strong>Angel Manuel Soto<\/strong> will helm <em>Blue Beetle<\/em> and\u00a0Mexican-born screenwriter <strong>Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer<\/strong> will handle the <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">script<\/a>. Dunnet-Alcocer also wrote the actioner <em>Miss Bala<\/em>\u00a0starring Gina Rodriguez, and he had a hand in early drafts of the script for the upcoming <em>Scarface<\/em> remake before the Coen Brothers and Luca Guadagnino took over.<\/p>\n<p><!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post --><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-690166 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/Blue-Beetle-700x392.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"700\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/Blue-Beetle.jpg 700w, https:\/\/d13ezvd6yrslxm.cloudfront.net\/wp\/wp-content\/images\/Blue-Beetle-360x202.jpg 360w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 700px) 100vw, 700px\" \/><\/p>\n<h2><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"The_History_of_Blue_Beetle\"><\/span>The History of Blue Beetle<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>There are three different incarnations of the Blue Beetle character in DC Comics. I\u2019m not as familiar with Jamie Reyes, having grown up before his debut back when the character of\u00a0Ted Kord held the mantle of the post-<em>Crisis on Infinite Earths<\/em>\u00a0Blue Beetle II. It was this version of the character who also helped inspire the hero Nite Owl in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons\u2019s landmark 1986 comic book series,\u00a0<em>Watchmen<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>The first Blue Beetle was\u00a0Dan Garrett, originally created for the Golden Age publisher Fox Comics in 1939 before it went out of business and the rights passed to Charlton Comics. Ted Kord made his first appearance at Charlton in 1966 before it, too, went out of business and the rights passed to DC.<\/p>\n<p>It was a full fifty years later,\u00a0in <em>Infinite Crisis<\/em> #3 \u2014 cover-dated February 2006 \u2014 that Jamie Reyes made his first appearance. So there is a long history with this character going back to the World War II era, and it will be interesting to see if HBO Max incorporates any of that in its <em>Blue Beetle<\/em> series, or if it will be making a fresh start with Jamie as the first Blue Beetle.<\/p>\n<p>In some ways, focusing on the newer version of the character, who only has fifteen years of comics history behind him, might actually be beneficial. There is less\u00a0baggage with this Blue Beetle and Jamie Reyes represents a step in the right direction in terms of bringing underrepresented minorities to the screen. Or is it less of a minority and more of a silent majority here?\u00a0As The Wrap notes:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><!-- SlashFilm_300x250_In_Post_2 --><\/p>\n<p>According to the MPAA, in 2017, Hispanic\/Latino audiences had the highest per-capita attendance at the movies, going to the movies an average of 4.5 times a year. Latinos make up 18 percent of the population, and they buy 24 percent of the movie tickets sold in the United States. It is also worth noting, superhero movies tend to draw the most diverse audiences as Latinos made up 22 percent of the audience for \u201cWonder Woman\u201d and 21 percent of the audience for \u201cSpider-Man: Homecoming.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>If nothing else, Reyes\u2019 background might make him more of a relatable everyman in the vein of Spider-Man. In the comics, he\u2019s just a kid who stumbles across the Blue Beetle scarab on the way home from school, only to have it attach itself to him and form a suit of armor around him that gives him superpowers.<\/p>\n<p>With Marvel running point on solo superhero films\u00a0powered by\u00a0Black and Asian leads, it\u2019s high time DC stepped up to bring a Latino hero to the big screen, too. 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