Sharon Stone is in talks to play Victoria Kord, the principle villain in DC Comics’ forthcoming movie Blue Beetle, stories The Wrap. She joins a stacked forged that features Cobra Kai’s Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle, the also-just-announced Raoul Max Trujillo (Mayans M.C., Apocalypto) as Carapax the Indestructible Man, George Lopez as Uncle Rudy, and Harvey Guillén (What We Do in The Shadows).

Stone is a veteran actor who broke out in 1992 with the erotic thriller Basic Instinct. Her work hasn’t actually let up within the almost 30 years she’s been on display screen, and he or she’s garnered each Academy and Emmy nods alongside the way in which. I nonetheless fondly bear in mind 2004’s Catwoman as a campy traditional; Stone performs reverse Halle Berry as the sweetness HBIC Laurel Hedare, out for blood (and the key to everlasting youth). She’ll subsequent be seen on the second season of HBO’s The Flight Attendant.

Kord is a brand new character created for the movie, and it’s unknown what her character will probably be like in addition to “evil,” and “portrayed by an incredible actress.” There is a tie-in right here to one of many Blue Beetles of previous points—Ted Kord. The identify is ripe for teaser theories, which I’ll fortunately depart to Reddit to work on till the movie drops. The plot of the movie itself will comply with Jaime Reyes, a working-class Mexican-American teenager as he discovers a mystical object (possible the Blue Beetle Scarab, per the comics) that offers him entry to a superpowered go well with.

Slated to direct is Angel Manuel Soto, the breakout Puerto Rican director of Charm City Kings. He has acknowledged that authenticity and a real connection to the characters has pushed his casting, and the unimaginable slate of Latines already linked to the mission verify that he’s not messing round in the case of correct, respectful illustration. Soto mentioned to The Wrap, “initially, my goal with finding the family was to be able to have an authentic group of people, not just as authentic on the Latino side, but authentic on the accents and authentic on the experience overall.”

Blue Beetle is ready to be launched theatrically on August 18, 2023.

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