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Matt Donnelly Senior Film WriterSaban Films has secured worldwide distribution rights to Jason Momoa’s forthcoming Western “The Last Manhunt.”Featuring a largely Native American ensemble cast, the movie follows the true story of the outlaw Willie Boy. Set in 1909, when a reputed murder sparks a Shakespearean tragedy, Momoa’s Willie accidentally shoots his love interest’s father after a confrontation gone wrong. With President Taft coming to town, a local sheriff leads two Native American trackers seeking justice for their fallen tribal leader.The story is based on an oral history of the Chemehuevi tribe.

Xolo Maridueña is set to reprise his Blue Beetle role in an animated series from DC Studios.

AMC has announced an extensive guest cast for Dark Winds Season 3, led by Jenna Elfman (Dharma & Greg, Fear the Walking Dead) and Bruce Greewood (The Fall of the House of Usher, The Resident).

Rudie Obias editor If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, Variety may receive an affiliate commission. It seems that “Blue Beetle” has come full circle. The superhero movie was originally slated as an HBO Max (now simply known as Max) streaming release, but then moved to a theatrical run during development.

DC’s latest addition to superhero cinema, Blue Beetle (★★☆☆☆), seems to thread together two disparate films that the makers struggle mightily to fuse into a satisfying, cohesive whole.At its most successful, the movie, directed by Ángel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings), introduces Mexican college grad Jaime Reyes, played by Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña, along with Jaime’s loving, but financially imperiled family. Dad Alberto (Damián Alcázar), mom Rocio (Elpidio Carrillo), younger sister Milagro (Belissa Escobedo), crazy conspiracy theory-addled uncle Rudy (George Lopez), and feisty matriarch Nana (Adriana Barraza, who almost steals the show) all rally around Jaime when a mysterious sapphire-blue scarab latches onto his body and consciousness, making him an unwilling host to a “world-destroying weapon.” Time spent with Jaime and the Reyes family, steeped in authentic Latino culture, humor, and relationships, plays like the warmly comic pilot episode of a sitcom I’d gladly binge.Each episode could include a flashback to the adventures of Nana Reyes, which, based on the hints she drops, would be as thrilling and dangerous as anything Jaime encounters in his new scarab-assisted superhero form as Blue Beetle.That brings us to the other, less successful counterpart to the Meet the Reyes Family sitcom: the relatively lame-ass origin story of another DC Comics hero that’s so clearly intended as a setup for future appearances that it fails to do anything interesting with the character’s big-screen debut.

Jordan Moreau “Barbie” has reigned over the box office with a historic, hot-pink theatrical run over the past four weeks, but now it’s facing its biggest challenge yet: DC’s latest superhero film, “Blue Beetle.” The comic book film, led by “Cobra Kai” star Xolo Maridueña, picked up $3.3 million in Thursday previews at the domestic box office. It’ll be a close box office battle between “Barbie” and “Blue Beetle” (both from Warner Bros.), but the latter is tipped to come out on top in its opening weekend. “Blue Beetle” is projected to make between $25 million to $32 million this weekend, while “Barbie” is poised to add $17 million to $20 million in its fifth week.

Blue Beetle has been released – check it out below.Directed by Ángel Manuel Soto, the DC superhero outing follows Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) who gains superpowers after an alien Blue Beetle scarab grafts onto his body and gives him a powerful exoskeleton.The film is the first live-action superhero film with a Latino lead, with Xolo Maridueña (Cobra Kai) taking up the mantle. Other members of the cast include Bruna Marquezine, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo and Susan Sarandon.Bobby Krlic, also known under his stage name The Haxan Cloak, composed the score for Blue Beetle.

director Ángel Manuel Soto knew that making the first major superhero movie with a Latino lead would require a pitch-perfect cast. That included the voice of the alien Scarab, which becomes the Blue Beetle's exoskeleton supersuit when it attaches to host Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña).So, whom did he cast? None other than Mexican-American pop superstar Becky G!«I really wanted to work with Becky G,» Soto raved to ET's Ash Crossan in a recent interview.

Angelique Jackson Amid the ongoing Hollywood strikes, Warner Bros. and DC Studios launched “Blue Beetle” on Tuesday night in Los Angeles with a star-free “fan screening” in lieu of a splashy blue-carpet premiere. Despite the fact that the film’s actors — including Xolo Maridueña, Bruna Marquezine, George Lopez and Oscar winners Adriana Barraza and Susan Sarandon — could not attend due to the SAG-AFTRA strike, there was still plenty of fanfare outside the TCL Chinese Theatre in Hollywood.

As the DC Universe enters a new era under Peter Safran and James Gunn’s vision, many projects were scrapped or left in development hell. However, Blue Beetle director Angel Manuel Soto says his film is part of the future that the DC co-heads are building.

From graduating college, to saving the world.

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.

Sharon Stone is joining the superhero universe…as a DC villain!