Bad Bunny is already a musical superstar, and soon, he'll be a real-life superhero!The performer is set to join Sony's Marvel Universe as El Muerto, a masked wrestler who inherits powers from his mystical masks.
Sony Pictures Motion Picture Group president Sanford Panitch announced the news at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Monday, adding that the casting makes Bad Bunny the first Latino lead in a Marvel superhero film,«Sometimes we get lucky with the perfect casting, and I think that's what we've got here,» Panitch raved, to which the performer, real name Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, had to agree.«I love wrestling, I'm a pro wrestler, I don't know if you know,» Bad Bunny told the CInemaCon crowd, referencing his Wrestlemania debut. «This is why I love this character.
I think it's the perfect role, to me. It will be epic.» is set to debut in theaters on Jan. 12, 2024. See Bad Bunny Land a Diving Crossbody In WrestleMania Debut Bad Bunny Says He Hasn't 'Gotten Used' to His Fame How Bad Bunny Landed a Role in the Final Season of 'Narcos: Mexico' .
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