{"id":2001979,"date":"2023-08-16T00:06:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-16T04:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-superhero-blue-beetle-brings-latino-family-team-to-big-screen\/"},"modified":"2023-08-16T00:08:14","modified_gmt":"2023-08-16T04:08:14","slug":"dc-superhero-blue-beetle-brings-latino-family-team-to-big-screen","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-superhero-blue-beetle-brings-latino-family-team-to-big-screen\/","title":{"rendered":"Latino family team joins big screen with DC superhero &#8216;Blue Beetle&#8217;."},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fdc-superhero-blue-beetle-brings-latino-family-team-to-big-screen%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2001979&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>By Danielle Broadway and \u200dRollo Ross<\/p>\n<p>LOS ANGELES (Reuters) \u2013 \u200b   \u200d Xolo Mariduena quickly learned that he\u2063 and his character in the latest DC Studios film \u201cBlue Beetle\u201d have one big thing in common \u2014 \u200cthey cannot hide anything from their families. <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1\" style=\"min-width: 320px; min-height: 50px;  text-align: center;\">  \t<script>  \t\tgoogletag.cmd.push(function() { googletag.display('div-gpt-ad-1663871513696-art-1'); });  \t<\/script>  <\/div>\n<div class=\"ad-slot__ad-label\">Advertisement<\/div>\n<\/p>\n<p>The \u201cCobra Kai\u201d actor plays \u200bcollege graduate-turned-superhero Jaime Reyes, the first Latino superhero\u200d in a DC movie,  who finds it impossible to keep his alter-ego a secret. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere\u2019s no hiding from mom and dad that I\u2019m Blue Beetle. As a Latino,\u2063 I know that there\u2019s no secrets in my family, so I felt it resonated with me\u2063 and the fact that the superhero in this movie is really the family,\u201d Mariduena told Reuters last month before film \u200cpromotion was halted by the Screen Actors Guild strike. <\/p>\n<p>In \u2062the film, Jaime\u200d returns to his hometown of Palmera City\u200d after graduating from college and has his\u2064 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dc-superhero-blue-beetle-brings-latino-family-team-to-big-screen\/\" title=\"Latino family team joins big screen with DC superhero 'Blue Beetle'.\">life turned\u200c upside<\/a>\u200d down when he is\u2062 chosen by a blue\u200d scarab\u2063 from\u200b an alien planet to become the Blue Beetle.<\/p>\n<p>Jaime bonds with the scarab, which transforms into protective armor for him. He\u2062 must ensure\u200d the scarab does not fall into the wrong hands \u200cwhile also trying\u200d to protect \u2062his family. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cBlue Beetle\u201d arrives in theaters on Friday and also features\u200d comedian George Lopez as \u200bUncle Rudy and Susan Sarandon as the main villain.<\/p>\n<p>Focusing on the importance of a Latino family was \u2064always a top priority for the \u2064Puerto Rican director of the Warner Bros\u2063 film, Angel Manuel Soto. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe resilience of our people is represented in\u200d each of those characters, \u2063from the dad to the mom to the sister and when \u200cit comes to the uncle, for example, Uncle Rudy is inspired \u200b100 percent on the uncle\u2063 of the writer (Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer) who passed\u200d away last year,\u201d Soto \u2063told\u2062 Reuters. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cHe wanted \u2063to immortalize him in this film and bring this dark brown energy to the \u200cfamily.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For Soto, making the\u2062 film would not have been possible without emerging equity in \u2063entertainment. As the most\u200b underrepresented group in\u2064 the industry, Latino talent is keen \u2062to change their narrative.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, Variety reported \u2063that \u200b27 Latino Hollywood\u200b organizations signed an open letter calling on the community\u2062 to amplify Latino work,\u200c especially \u201cBlue Beetle.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mariduena believes that \u201cBlue\u2063 Beetle\u201d is \u201cjust \u2064the first\u200b step\u201d to hopefully open the door for other Latino superheroes to reach \u200bthe big screen. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>  (Reporting by Danielle Broadway and Rollo Ross; Editing by Mary Milliken \u2064and Rosalba O\u2019Brien)<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/entertainment\/dc-superhero-blue-beetle\/attachment\/film-screening-of-blue-beetle-in-los-angeles\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/entertainment\/dc-superhero-blue-beetle\/attachment\/file-photo-world-premiere-of-the-film-barbie-in-los-4\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/entertainment\/dc-superhero-blue-beetle\/attachment\/film-screening-of-blue-beetle-in-los-angeles-2\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/entertainment\/dc-superhero-blue-beetle\/attachment\/film-screening-of-blue-beetle-in-los-angeles-3\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.oann.com\/entertainment\/dc-superhero-blue-beetle\/attachment\/film-screening-of-blue-beetle-in-los-angeles-4\/\"><\/a><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Trump promises an Irrefutable \u2064Report, while\u200c Brian Kemp says Georgia\u2019s Election are secure.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>The \u200d45th president has been indicted for the\u2062 4th time this year, as anticipated.\u200b Trump denies any wrongdoing in Georgia and\u200b has teased a forthcoming report that he claims will \u200dlead to new charges being dropped and result\u2064 in his \u2018complete exoneration.\u2019<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>The death toll in\u2062 Maui rises to at least 99 with hundreds still missing. The fatalities are expected to increase.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Officials in Fulton County, GA say the \u201cfictitious\u201d indictment that appeared on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/illinois-becomes-1st-state-with-law-that-protects-child-influencers\/\" title=\"Illinois pioneers child influencer protection law.\">county clerks website<\/a>,\u2063 \u00a0hours earlier \u200dwas a \u2018sample working document\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Sheila Dang (Reuters) \u2013 Social media company X, formerly known as Twitter, delayed access to links to content on the Reuters\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Felix Onuah ABUJA (Reuters) \u2013 Google \u2064plans to train 20,000 Nigerian women and youth in digital \u2064skills and provide a grant\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Patrick Wingrove (Reuters) \u2013 Amazon.com said\u200b on Tuesday its online \u200bpharmacy will <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/japans-policymakers-hold-fire-as-yen-enters-intervention-range\/\" title=\"Japan's policymakers remain cautious as the yen approaches the intervention threshold.\">automatically apply manufacturer-sponsored coupons<\/a> to more than 15 insulin\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>By Christopher Bing and Raphael Satter\u2064 WASHINGTON (Reuters) \u2062-Republican U.S. Representative Don Bacon late on Monday said the FBI had warned him\u2026<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In &#8220;Blue Beetle,&#8221; Xolo Mariduena discovers a shared trait with his character &#8211; both can&#8217;t keep secrets from their families. Playing Jaime Reyes, the first Latino superhero, the &#8220;Cobra Kai&#8221; actor realizes the importance of family ties in the latest DC Studios film. 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