‘Blue Beetle’ Trailer Shows Xolo Maridueña Getting Transformed into an Exoskeleton Blue Suit

Warner Bros. Pictures have revealed the first trailer (watch above) for the DC Comics superhero film, ‘Blue Beetle,’ which is currently scheduled to be released in the theaters on August 18, 2023, worldwide.

The trailer shows Xolo Maridueña's teenage character Jaime gaining incredible superpowers and a suit when an alien Blue Beetle "Scarab" enters his body, forming a powerful exoskeleton suit around his body as they launch into space through the roof of their house.

In the movie, Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña), a recent college graduate, returns home with high hopes for his future, only to discover that his home has changed. As he searches for his place in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unintentionally acquires an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. When the Scarab unexpectedly selects Jaime as its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever altering his destiny as the superhero Blue Beetle.

The film stars Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle, Bruna Marquezine as Penny: Jaime's love interest, Belissa Escobedo as Milagros Reyes: Jaime's younger sister, George Lopez as Rudy: Jaime's uncle, Adriana Barraza as Nana, Elpidia Carrillo as Rocio, Damián Alcázar as Alberto, Raoul Trujillo as Carapax the Indestructible Man, Susan Sarandon as Victoria Kord, and Harvey Guillén.

Angel Manuel Soto (“Charm City Kings,” “The Farm”) directs from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (“Miss Bala”), based on characters from DC. The director’s creative team behind the scenes includes director of photography Pawel Pogorzelski (“Midsommar,” “Hereditary”), production designer John Billington (“Bad Boys for Life”), editor Craig Alpert (“Deadpool 2,” “The Lost City”), Oscar-nominated costume designer Mayes C. Rubeo (“Jojo Rabbit,” the “Thor” films), visual effects supervisor Kelvin McIlwain (“The Suicide Squad,” “Aquaman”) and composer Bobby Krlic (“Midsommar,” the “Snowpiercer” series). A Warner Bros. Pictures Presentation, a Safran Company Production, “Blue Beetle” soars into theaters only internationally beginning August 2023 and in North America August 18, 2023. It will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures.