DC’s "Blue Beetle" Gets Digital Release Date

DC’s "Blue Beetle" is hitting digital platforms after its August theatrical release. 

It will be available on Digital on September 26 and on 4K UHD Blu-ray and DVD on October 31. 

The movie was originally conceived for HBO Max, but then the studio pivoted to a theatrical release before production began.

It stars Xolo Maridueña as Jaime Reyes/Blue Beetle, Raoul Max Trujillo as antagonist Carapax the Indestructible Man, Adriana Barraza as Jaime’s grandmother, Nana, Damían Alcázar as his father, Elpidia Carrillo as his mother, and Belissa Escobedo as Jaime’s sister, Milagro, George Lopez as Jaime’s Uncle Rudy, Bruna Marquezine as Jenny Kord, and Harvey Guillén as Dr. Sanchez.

The movie also features Oscar winner Susan Sarandon as the villainous Victoria Kord, an original character made for the movie.

Despite Kord being an original character, her last name certainly rings a bell for the man who donned the alien suit before Reyes was Ted Kord, a genius scientist and occasional member of the Justice League.

"Blue Beetle" is centered around Mexican-American teenager Jaime Reyes (Maridueña) who gains strange armor and superpowers when an alien scarab-like machine fuses with his spine.

It follows recent college grad Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future only to find that home is not quite as he left it. As he searches to find his purpose in the world, fate intervenes when Jaime unexpectedly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology: the Scarab. When the Scarab suddenly chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he is bestowed with an incredible suit of armor capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.

The movie is based on characters from DC and marks the first live-action feature to be made about a Latinx character by Latinx filmmakers as well as the latest DC superhero to come to big screens.

Angel Manuel Soto directed from a screenplay by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer. John Rickard and Zev Foreman are producing, with Walter Hamada, Galen Vaisman, and Garrett Grant serving as executive producers.

The DC superhero movie was developed under the Walter Hamada run era of the studio. In DC canon, Blue Beetle is amigos with Booster Gold, another DC character who DC bosses Peter Safran and James Gunn are developing a TV series around.

The release also features a handful of special features, including:

• “Generations: Blue Beetle” – 4-part documentary

Told in distinct chapters, explore the journeys of actors and filmmakers bringing “Blue Beetle” to the big screen for the first time ever. Audiences will be immersed in the POV of filmmakers who showcase their experiences on set and in their creative studios making the story of this DC character a reality.

• Nana Knows Best – featurette

Witness Nana's transformation from an adorable 'abuelita' into a machine gun-wielding revolutionary, and stop in for a few of her most fun moments on set throughout production.

• Scarab Vision – 2-part featurette

Xolo Maridueña hosts this series of scene study walk throughs that showcases how the scarab works and the role it plays in some of Blue Beetle's most epic moments.