00:00Blue Beetle director Angel Manuel Soto shared a powerful message ahead of a recent screening
00:11of the film that marks DC's first Latino-led superhero movie.
00:15The filmmaker said at a fan event at the TCL Chinese Theater in Hollywood on Tuesday,
00:30The new movie sees Xolo Mary Duenia stars Jaime Reyes, a college student who gains a super-powered
00:45suit of armor following an interaction with an alien scarab, forever changing his future
00:49as he becomes the Blue Beetle.
01:00The movie makes history as the first live-action studio superhero film to center on a Latino
01:05superhero made by a Latino director.
01:08During the fan event, Soto added that the film's cast and writer couldn't be there due to the
01:12ongoing actors and writer's strikes.
01:14He said,
01:15Blue Beetle hits theaters on August 18th.
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