Angel Manuel Soto: Last News

A lot has happened in the world of DC superhero filmmaking since David Ayer released “Suicide Squad” back in 2016. “Justice League” was released with a ton of controversy.

Blue Beetle” director Ángel Manuel Soto is an eternal optimist. It was January 2020 when Soto’s coming-of-age story “Charm City Kings” debuted at the Sundance Film Festival, winning the U.S. Dramatic Special Jury Prize for ensemble acting.

Jaime Reyes might not be familiar with his new superpowers in DC’s Blue Beetle, but his family bands together to help him and face off against supervillain Carapax. Check out the final trailer in the video posted above for the DCU film hitting theaters on August 18.

Marking the DC superhero’s first time on the big screen, Warner Bros. Pictures’ “Blue Beetle” hits theaters later this summer.

Before there was New Kids on the Block and New Edition, Latin boy band Menudo was dominating the global stage with its bubble-gum pop sound and youthful vibrancy. Behind the scenes, however, everything was not as perfect as it seemed.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA on Monday announced its signing of Bruna Marquezine, the rising Brazilian actress who will next be seen playing the female lead in Warner Bros‘ anticipated Blue Beetle, the first live-action DC film to put a Latino superhero front and center.

DC superhero film Blue Beetle – check it out above.Directed by Angel Manuel Soto, the film follows teenager Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) who gains superpowers when an alien blue beetle scarab grafts onto his face and forms a powerful exoskeleton around his body.To reflect the character’s DC comic origins, the film boasts a predominantly Latino cast, including Cobra Kai star Maridueña in the lead role, alongside George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar and Belissa Escobedo as Jaime’s family.Susan Sarandon will play villain Victoria Kord, alongside Raoul Trujillo as Blue Beetle’s nemesis Carapax the Indestructible Man. Harvey Guillén, best known for playing Guillermo in TV series What We Do In The Shadows, will also star in an unknown role.A synopsis reads: “Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it.

From graduating college, to saving the world.

Todd Spangler NY Digital EditorWarner Bros. Discovery has been quietly culling content from HBO Max — including several Warner Bros.

Caroline Framke Chief TV Critic“Menudo: Forever Young” won’t mark the first time that members of Latin America’s iconic supergroup have tried to reveal the truth of what it took to be a part of it. As the new docuseries from directors Angel Manuel Soto (“Charm City Kings”) and Kristofer Rios (“Havana Skate Days”) details again and again, each time more revealing than the last, Menudo alums have been speaking plainly for years about the exhaustion, neglect and sexual abuse they allegedly suffered under the thumb of Edgardo Diaz, the man who masterminded the boy band.Over four episodes — two of which premiered at the Tribeca Festival, and all of which will be available to stream June 23 on HBO Max — “Forever Young” does its best to balance tributes to Menudo’s undeniable legacy with disturbing testimonies about the working conditions the group endured.

Cobra Kai star Xolo Mariduena transformed into the superhero Blue Beetle as he filmed scenes for the action movie in Atlanta on Wednesday.The 20-year-old performer filmed a scene in which he appeared to fall into a car.The forthcoming DC Comics-based movie has been in the works ever since the late 2010s and it is set to be released next summer. Doing his thing:Xolo Mariduena was spotted while working on the Atlanta set of Blue Beetle on WednesdayMariduena wore Blue Beetle's iconic costume while working on the set of the upcoming movie.At one point, the Cobra Kai cast member removed his helmet while being assisted by several cast members.

EXCLUSIVE: Emmy-nominated filmmakers Alex Fumero and Kareem Tabsch are partnering to form the production company Trojan Horse. The company will be based in Los Angeles and Miami.

Basic Instinct alum Sharon Stone will reportedly portray the villainous Victoria Kord in director Ángel Manuel Soto's superhero movie Blue Beetle, which will hit US theaters on August 18, 2023.It will mark the 64-year-old Oscar nominee's return to the DC Comics universe after playing villainous cosmetics mogul Laurel Hedare in Pitof's dismally-reviewed box office bomb, Catwoman.Fans are speculating that Sharon's new character will be a gender-swapped version of the rich and powerful elder Blue Beetle Ted Kord, who was reimagined in 2020 as a full-blown villain in the Suicide Squad comics. New gig! Basic Instinct alum Sharon Stone will reportedly portray the villainous Victoria Kord in director Ángel Manuel Soto's superhero movie Blue Beetle, which will hit US theaters on August 18, 2023 (pictured February 27)The Kord Industries sign literally glows over the film's first piece of concept art, which was unveiled October 16 at DC FanDome.The Wrap also reported that Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C., Jamestown) was cast on Tuesday as Carapax the Indestructible Man, an archaeologist-turned-villain with a robotic body.

Ethan Shanfeld Sharon Stone has been tapped to play villain Victoria Kord in DC’s upcoming “Blue Beetle,” its first superhero movie starring a Latino character, Variety confirms. Victoria Kord is a new character created for the film, which will premiere in theaters on Aug.

We’re hearing that the Basic Instinct actress will be playing Victoria Kord.

Brent Lang Executive Editor of Film and MediaBruna Marquezine will play Penny, the female lead and love interest in “Blue Beetle.” The superhero adventure makes history as the first DC Films production to star a Latino character.In addition, “Blue Beetle” has added Belissa Escobedo and Harvey Guillén to the ensemble. They join Xolo Maridueña, who is set to star in the lead role of Jaime Reyes, the alter ego of the Blue Beetle, a vigilante who has a scarab grafted onto his spine that gives him tremendous powers and the ability to emit blue energy.

EXCLUSIVE: We are hearing from sources that What We Do In Shadows star Harvey Guillén is in talks for a role in Warner Bros.’ upcoming DC movie Blue Beetle. Details of the role are under wraps.