Overview
- Reports on Tuesday, July 14, 2026, confirmed that Xolo Maridueña will return as Jaime Reyes, aka Blue Beetle, in James Gunn’s Man of Tomorrow.
- Man of Tomorrow is in production in Atlanta and features a large ensemble led by David Corenswet as Superman, Nicholas Hoult as Lex Luthor and Lars Eidinger as Brainiac, with the film scheduled to open July 9, 2027.
- James Gunn has previously called Blue Beetle “the first DCU character,” and the casting formalizes DC Studios’ approach of selectively folding some DCEU-era figures into new continuity while retconning or reshaping other elements.
- Blue Beetle’s 2023 solo film earned positive reviews and later streaming viewership despite underperforming at the box office with about $130.8 million worldwide, and a previously announced 2024 Blue Beetle animated series has shown no public updates.
- The return of Maridueña’s Jaime Reyes both preserves Latino representation from the earlier film and raises questions to watch for, including official DC Studios confirmation of his role size and how much of the original Blue Beetle story will remain canonical.