ANGEL MANUEL SOTO & GARETH DUNNET-ALCOCER

BLUE BEETLE

Directed by client ANGEL MANUEL SOTO
Written by client GARETH DUNNET-ALCOCER

Jaime Reyes suddenly finds himself in possession of an ancient relic of alien biotechnology called the Scarab. When the Scarab chooses Jaime to be its symbiotic host, he's bestowed with an incredible suit of armor that's capable of extraordinary and unpredictable powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes the superhero Blue Beetle.

About ANGEL MANUEL SOTO

A native of Puerto Rico, Angel discovered soccer and boxing at an early age, which inspired his first film EL PUGIL, an homage to the kids he had grown up with and the power of sports in economically repressed communities. Angel pursued his interest in art, studying architecture and eventually documentary filmmaking and writing. He began his career in entertainment as a TV producer and later focused on art direction at a local advertising agency. He made his feature directorial debut with LA GRANJA (The Farm), which sheds a thought-provoking light on the tough realities facing the people of Puerto Rico. He went on to create several groundbreaking narrative VR pieces such as DINNER PARTY and BASHIR’S DREAM, which have premiered to critical success at festivals.

About GARETH DUNNET-ALCOCER

Gareth is currently writing EL MUERTO for Sony Pictures starring Bad Bunny and directed by Jonás Cuaron. He recently wrote BLUE BEETLE for DC Film/WB, which is currently in post-production. Gareth previously wrote LET IT BLEED for Alfonso Gomez Rejon to direct with Ken Kao and Kevin Misher producing. He also penned the SCARFACE remake at Universal. Gareth has several TV projects in development with Amazon; a spy thriller with Junot Diaz and Angel Manuel Soto, also GIANT, a gritty western that Anonymous Content is producing.

The inspiration for Blue Beetle

“This is the first of many other communities being able to tell their stories in a way that feels authentic -- with the voices that should tell those stories, with the respect and honor those communities deserve. My goal is that everybody makes a movie. Why not? Everybody who wants to make it, make it and make your story. Hopefully, this opens the door for movies from Nicaragua, Venezuela, [and] from Argentina, stories that we don't hear about and that can enrich us and make us better humans [and] make us understand each other better. It starts a conversation that allows us to be in a global community and embraces our differences in a way that's exciting.” — Angel Manuel Soto

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