Report: Susan Sarandon Now Set to Play the Villain in DC’s Blue Beetle

The upcoming DC Universe movie Blue Beetle has added Susan Sarandon as foremost antagonist Victoria Kord, the Wrap stories. Previously Sharon Stone was in talks to affix the movie in the identical function; Kord is a brand new character created for the film.

Sarandon is not any stranger to taking part in the villain as she chewed up the surroundings in Disney’s 2007 musical Enchanted in an iconic evil queen flip. So we’re excited to see her make the soar into the comedian e book film universe as a baddie. Blue Beetle’s solid is packing fairly the ensemble along with her addition. Sarandon joins star Xolo Maridueña (Cobra Kai) within the title function, in addition to Harvey Guillén (What We Do within the Shadows), George Lopez (The George Lopez Show), Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C.), Bruna Marquezine, and Belissa Escobedo (Hocus Pocus 2, American Horror Story).

Blue Beetle was created by Keith Giffen, John Rogers, and Cully Hamner who has over time developed from just a few completely different characters within the comics. This model of the hero will likely be Jaime, a younger Mexican American who finds an historical scarab that attaches to him and offers him superpowers. We’re right here for daring reimaginings of characters that get to play in the identical sandbox as different DC characters.

Originally slated for a direct to HBO Max launch, Blue Beetle is at the moment scheduled to open in theaters on August 18, 2023. Angel Manuel Soto (La Granja) is directing from a script by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (Miss Bala). With inclusive field workplace successes like Crazy Rich Asians and the resurgence of the DC comedian e book movie viewers with The Batman in re-opened theaters, this looks as if the appropriate transfer.

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