The first Blue Beetle trailer finally has a solid release date, if a new report is to be believed.The report comes via reputable scooper Daniel Richtman. It claims that Blue Beetle's trailer will drop on Monday, April 3, 2023, and will run for 2 minutes and 27 seconds. Neither DC Studios nor Warner Bros. Pictures have publicly commented on the report. As such, any online buzz regarding the first Blue Beetle trailer's release date and runtime should be taken with a grain of salt for now.
Fans have been clamoring for their first official look at Blue Beetle in action ever since principal photography on the DC Universe blockbuster wrapped in July 2022. Anticipation for the Blue Beetle trailer further intensified in mid-March 2023, after star George Lopez hinted that it would debut in the near future. Lopez, who portrays Blue Beetle protagonist Jaime Reyes' Uncle Rudy, tweeted that the trailer was "coming soon" and insisted fans would "love" it. Lopez's tweet also included a photo of him alongside director Angel Manuel Soto and co-stars Xolo Maridueña and Harvey Guillen, whom he dubbed "The Beetles."
BTS Blue Beetle Footage Surfaces Online
Until the Blue Beetle trailer drops, fans will have to content themselves with the range of unofficial set photos and videos currently doing the rounds online. One such behind-the-scenes clip captures Maridueña suited up as Blue Beetle, deftly dismounting from the roof of a badly damaged car. The footage garnered widespread kudos from DCU devotees on social media, who praised the Blue Beetle costume's fidelity to its comic book counterpart, as well as the range of motion it affords Maridueña. Maridueña later thanked fans for their kind words about his Blue Beetle outfit via a heartfelt message and selfie shared on Instagram.
Whether fans will react as positively to the film itself remains to be seen, especially as it is apparently one of several upcoming DC Studios projects intended to lay the groundwork for the revamped DCU. DC Studios co-chair and co-CEO James Gunn said as much during a recent presentation, emphasizing that Blue Beetle will be the first DCU installment to premiere after the June 2023 release of franchise-wide soft reboot The Flash. Gunn also talked up Blue Beetle's merits aside from helping reset the DCU, describing it as "a fantastic film about a kid who is a marvelous part of the DCU."
Blue Beetle arrives in theaters on Aug. 18, 2023.
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