Angel Manuel Soto directing Blue Beetle
Angel Manuel Soto is to direct 'Blue Beetle'. The 38-year-old filmmaker has been tapped to helm DC's first Latino superhero movie. Blue Beetle first appeared in Fox Comics in 1939 and was created by Charles Wojtkowski. The character bounced around various comic publishers during the 20th century before landing at DC during the 1980s. Soto's project will focus on the most recent incarnation of the superhero, who was introduced as Mexican-American teenage Jaime Reyes in 2006. His powers come from a scarab that binds to his spine and provides him with a powerful suit of blue alien armour that can...