Blue Beetle's DCU Show Gets Cautious (Yet Hopeful) Update From Star 8 Months After Return Confirmation

Blue Beetle

WhileBlue Beetleupdates have been limited since the initial announcement , ScreenRantrecently caught up with Xolo Maridueña at this twelvemonth ’s Saturn Awards , where he was ask if there was any new entropy to share about the DCU project . As Maridueña is presently finishing promotingCobra Kaiseason 6,the DC headliner teased that the creative team is"working really hard on it"while stressing that he expect more things to go forwards after the release ofSuperman , express the following :

No hand . I can say that they ’re do work really firmly on it . The whole DC fam has been really receive to Blue Beetle and that character , so I ’m really appreciative of that . We ’re amaze hard at work on Cobra Kai , this last time of year of Cobra Kai , so I have n’t had a chance to chirrup too much on what ’s going on over in the Blue Beetle world . But I can say that after Superman , I ’m hoping that the head gate open for the possibility of how vainglorious [ that world could be].They’re busy at work , aboveboard , so I ’m glad we ’re both father to do our things decently now , so I ’ll be quick for the call whenever it bechance at DC .

What Xolo Maridueña’s Blue Beetle Comments Mean For The DCU

While James Gunn and DC Studios have yet to comment ontheBlue Beetleanimated boob tube show , Miguel Puga is attach as the showrunner , with bothBlue Beetledirector Angel Manuel Soto and the cinema author Gareth Dunnet - Alcocer , put to executive produce . As it was already substantiate by Gunn antecedently that Maridueña would be mix intothe DCU as Blue Beetle , it ’s unclear why the DC Studios co - CEO has yet to address Jaime ’s upcoming animated series . But pass on that Maridueña is partake in new update aboutBlue Beetle , it definitely seems like his DCU series has been greenlit .

However , it also come along that theBlue Beetleseries may be further along , as Maridueña revealed toThe Directthat"We’re dispatch hard this liven project , hop to get this settled out this twelvemonth to show everyone next class . “IfBlue Beetleends up premiere in 2026 , it would stigmatise the quaternary confirmed DCU project for DC Studios , alongside theSupergirlandClayfacemovies , as well as theLanternsTV show . That would also advise that theBlue Beetleshow is also close to throw its retort mold locked in , along with perhaps an animation studio attached .

Our Take On Xolo Maridueña’s Blue Beetle Comments

With all of Maridueña ’s latestBlue Beetleteases , it will be exciting to see how the DCU wreak Jaime into the new franchise , both through and exterior of his new TV show . Even if it may have scramble at the box office , theBlue Beetlefilm in 2023 made a corking case for the reference getting a proper barb inthe DCU ’s Chapter 1 : " Gods and Monsters " . Hopefully , more news about theBlue BeetleTV show will emerge sooner rather than later , especially if the plan is to start production this yr .