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EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios are looking to continue telling Blue Beetle stories via an animated series currently in development, sources close to production tell Deadline. Miguel Puga (The Casagrandes) has been working on the project since early this year and will serve as the project…

EXCLUSIVE: A group of filmmakers are launching an AI film and animation studio and has snagged some A-list advisors. Eric Day, Benjamin Michel, and Nick Confalone have launched LA-based Late Night Labs with Poker Face star Natasha Lyonne and Blue Beetle director Angel Manuel Soto among its…

Xolo Maridueña received the Rising Star Award at the Critics Choice Celebration Honoring Black, Latino & AAPI Achievements. The Blue Beetle star was not able to make it to the event at the Fairmont Century Plaza but pre-recorded a message. “This is a very high honor for me,” Maridueña said in his…

Jaime Reyes might not be familiar with his new superpowers in DC’s Blue Beetle, but his family bands together to help him and face off against supervillain Carapax. Check out the final trailer in the video posted above for the DCU film hitting theaters on August 18. Xolo Maridueña stars as Jaime…

As the DC Universe enters a new era under Peter Safran and James Gunn’s vision, many projects were scrapped or left in development hell. However, Blue Beetle director Angel Manuel Soto says his film is part of the future that the DC co-heads are building. “We are part of the universe, we are part of…

Before there was New Kids on the Block and New Edition, Latin boy band Menudo was dominating the global stage with its bubble-gum pop sound and youthful vibrancy. Behind the scenes, however, everything was not as perfect as it seemed. In the HBO Max documentary Menudo: Forever Young, filmmakers Angel…

HBO Max will release Menudo: Forever Young, a new documentary about the Latin American boy band from filmmakers Angel Manuel Soto (Charm City Kings) and Kristofer Ríos (Havana Skate Days), on June 23. The premiere will follow the project’s debut at the 2022 Tribeca Festival on June 11. Menudo was formed by producer…

Deadline has confirmed that a new Transformers feature is in the works at Paramount though this new project is said to be separate from its main Transformer franchise, which includes the five installments directed by Michael Bay as well as the Bumblebee spin-off. Angel Manuel Soto, who made a splash with his Sundance…

Deadline has confirmed that Puerto Rican filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto has been tapped to direct DC Films and Warner Bros.’ Blue Beetle, the first superhero film that will be led by a Latino character. Created by Charles Wojtkowski for Fox Comics in 1939, the character Blue Beetle has had a number of superhero alter…

When Puerto Rican filmmaker Angel Manuel Soto was first introduced to the script for Charm City Kings, a story based on the Lotfy Nathan’s 12 O'Clock Boy documentary about urban dirt-bike riders in Baltimore, it immediately resonated with him “I was able to find a connecting point between Puerto Rico and how I grew up…