In just a few short years, James Gunn and Peter Safran’s DCU has sparked roughly 3,000% more rumor mill tidbits than actual confirmed news, with only a handful of productions to balance the laundry list of announced projects. The biggest current production is no doubt for the 2027 release Man of Tomorrow, which got a boost of attention after reports surfaced claiming that Xolo Maridueña is reprising Blue Beetle in the movie, sparking questions about the 2023 superhero movie’s canonical placement.
Fans of the comics’ Jamie Reyes have been waiting for ages to hear any kind of firm updates about Maridueña’s potential return, spurred on by Gunn previously addressing the character himself exists in the DCU, so this news is a breath of fresh, blue air. However, the initial wave of excitement kinda-sorta made it easy to gloss over the less-than-positive news about another project announced long ago: the Blue Beetle animated series.
