‘Blue Beetle’ Casting Call Goes Out For Jamie Reyes Aunts (EXCLUSIVE)

Exclusive, News June 25, 2022 11:44 am Caleb Williams
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Production on the upcoming Blue Beetle film has been underway for over a month. Set photos even leaked with star Xolo Maridueña as Jamie Reyes on Just Jared. However, as production has since moved to Puerto Rico to continue a new casting call has gone out. We at Knight Edge Media can exclusively confirm that DC Films is looking for two women to play Jamie’s Tia’s : 

[TIA MARU] – Character is female presenting, 30s-40s, Spanish speaker, to play Mexican, Friendly young Aunt. Welcomes her nephew back.

[TIA LETTY ] – Character is female presenting, 50- 60s, Spanish speaker, to play Mexican, Friendly Aunt who likes to dance.

Filming for these two roles will begin the week of July 4th in Puerto Rico. Angel Manuel Soto is directing the film with a screenplay from Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer.

Blue Beetle will hit theaters August 18, 2023

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Caleb began his film and television news reporting career during high school in 2008 by creating Superhero Movie News and part-time writing on ComicBookMovie.com. Eventually, he started Omega Underground with Christopher Marc in 2015. Breaking some major news stories throughout the industry and gaining recognition as a respectable film reporter on social media.

Caleb eventually sold Omega Underground and all its assets to Geeks World Wide, LLC in 2018 and became a staff writer for them for about a year. Finally, Caleb left GWW to begin Knight Edge Media from scratch in November 2019 while finishing his Bachelor’s degree. Knight Edge Media has become a premier website destination for nerdy film and television casting, trailers, reviews, and production updates from the project’s announcement to its final worldwide release. Knight Edge Media has also been known for breaking several exclusive news stories throughout the website’s history.

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