"His situation is one that we can all relate to. In place of the original’s art deco noir aesthetic, Batman Returns goes full baroque fairytale. And stepping into the Beetle supersuit was like "a young nerd's fantasy," Maridueña said. "We wanted them to feel like not only are they there, but they help him to get to the place of being the next superhero."īatman has Gotham City and Superman has Metropolis, so Solo designed Palerma City for Blue Beetle, a neon-lit place that's Miami in the 1980s and a melting pot of Latino communities. "We talked about good luck hiding something from your Latina mother," Soto said. were back in theatres with Batman Returns, and the noirish Batman: The Animated Series (199295) debuted on television that fall.
Unlike other do-gooders, though, Jaime doesn't have a secret identity and his relatives are on the ride with him. Batman Returns broke ground with its portrayal of the Penguin as it was the first to consider the Penguin as more of a deformed monster scorned by society rather than a rich debutante, thereby. Xolo Maridueña stars as Jaime Reyes, a Mexican American youngster who becomes one with an alien scarab that gives him an armored suit and superpowers, and Soto wanted an origin story that was "as authentic as possible and deals with this character as he has to navigate this refusal to the call." Director Angel Manuel Soto and stars Xolo Maridueña and Bruna Marquezine were on hand to introduce an extended "Blue Beetle" trailer and also talk about the film (in theaters Aug.
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