Blue Beetle Director Explains Idea for Bane Origin Movie | Angel Manuel Soto Interview
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- Опубликовано: 15 сен 2024
- In this Blue Beetle Interview we get some DC news as director Angel Manuel Soto explains his idea for a Bane Origin movie giving us exclusive new details on what his Bane solo movie would look like.
“Blue Beetle” is a milestone film for the superhero genre. Within the narrative of the DCU, Blue Beetle himself is the first hero to be brought aboard by James Gunn and also the big screen's first Latino superhero. Xolo Maridueña debuts as Jamie Reyes, who accidentally fuses with the Scarab, an ancient alien biotechnical relic to become the Blue Beetle. However, Blue Beetle wasn't the director's initial pitch.
Soto was reported to have also pitched movie about the iconic Batman and DC villain Bane. During our conversation, Soto offered more details about his thoughts on the character, his fascination and passion for him, and what his Bane looks like. "As far as Bane goes, it feels like he's very misunderstood," said Soto, who related Bane to the misrepresentation that Latin audiences have often been faced with in American cinema. "We are used to being introduced to the world in movies as villains. It's almost a given that we're born that way. When we talk about the history of Latin America, nobody dares to question what happened before."
Several core elements of his ideas for the Bane film ultimately found their way into Soto's approach to the character of Carapax (Raoul Trujillo) in “Blue Beetle.” "Much like Carapax, Bane's a product of his environment," said Soto. "He is, in his own right, a hero. That's how I pitched it. DC appreciated it, but they called me in because they wanted 'Blue Beetle.' While I was working on Carapax, I thought, I don't know if I’ll ever make a Bane movie. Let me take what I loved about Bane, about the backstory that I wanted to explore, and give it to Carapax. It's the history of the Caribbean, the Antilles, a history that's been brushed off. I think that what Bane represents is the history of interventionism in Latin America and the Caribbean."
Of course, Soto could not give away every aspect of his Bane pitch, but he did tease one key idea: "maybe Carapax and Bane both came from Pago Island." Given that standalone movies about DC villains have been shown to work - "Joker" in particular - and since Soto has a clear plan of how to integrate his Bane film into the larger world of DC, hopefully, James Gunn and Peter Safran will use the success of the director's first film in this universe to let him give it a shot.
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Bane's creator Chuck Dixon groaned at Soto's take in this interview. I concur. All signs (tracking, etc.) point to Blue Beetle being a flop. If it does, it couldn't happen to a better person.
As of today, Blue Beetle has only made $83,633,855, with a $104,000,000 budget (not including marketing). Keeping in mind that theaters keep 20-50% of the ticket sales, it is indeed a major flop.
Bane's creator has confirmed that his backstory has nothing to do with American interventionism, but hey, modern comic book movies are no stranger to changing backstories so I'm fine with that interpretation (plus Angel is Puerto-Rican so it's his own history). Still, Blue Beetle is a much better pick and better fits the bigger picture of DC universe. Rare W for DC team.
I could see a bane solo film some time in the future
I'm excited for Blue Beetle and would love to see a Bane film.
Indeed
I love comic books but I believe that alot of us politicize them. Their fantasy stories. I think alot of us forget that the characters aren't real.
I was going to pass on BB until I watched this interview. Hope it's better than Shazam 2.
Please see it
Nah a Bane movie directed by Angel Manuel Soto with Alex Livinalli as Bane would be Tuff
What can you do with bane really
His greatest ever comic book moment is breaking the Bats back..that's it really
Why are people hating the movie?
Cuz DC hasn’t had the best track record recently. Black Adam flopped, Shazam 2 flopped, and Flash flopped
I can already tell this movie is gona flop when the director is yet another wannabe rich hippie preaching/lecturing politics through his media/entertainment. I don’t go to superhero movies to learn about politics I go for sci-fi fun lmao Hollywood is a mess.
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@@ghostly310 oh wow the Blue Beetle fanboy disagrees what a surprise 😂 keep huffing that copium buddy
@@KhornateBRZRKR not even a blue beetle fanboy the pic is just tuff and the movie looks good better than all of marvel Disney plus shows💀
@@ghostly310 Sorry, but he was completely right. The film is already showing at the box office even worse than the initially expected bad figures.