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Blue Beetle (2023)

Blue Beetle is a superhero-action film that follows college graduate Jaime Reyes as he inherits the powers of a mysterious alien relic known as the Scarab, bestowing him with a powerful exosuit that gives him unearthly capabilities. Now an inheritor of a power he isn't sure he deserves, Jaime will become a hero to protect the ones he loves.

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Blue Beetle
PG-13
Adventure
Sci-Fi
Action

Director
Angel Manuel Soto
Release Date
August 18, 2023
Studio(s)
DC Studios , Safran Company
Distributor(s)
Warner Bros. Pictures
Cast
Xolo Mariduena , Susan Sarandon , Raoul Max Trujillo , Harvey Guillen , George Lopez , Elpidia Carrillo , Bruna Marquezine
Writers
Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer
Franchise(s)
DC Extended Universe
Main Genre
Action
Story By
Cully Hamner, John Rogers, Keith Giffen

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