DC: Does the Blue Beetle post-credits scene announce a sequel?

Warning – The following article contains spoilers as far as the post-credits scene of “The Blue Beetle” is concerned. Please continue if you haven’t seen it yet.

Is it still necessary to clarify that watching a superhero movie means staying until the end of the credits, under penalty of missing an extra scene or two? Since Iron Man made him a staple of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2008, he’s become a staple of comic book movies. And even the vast majority of current blockbusters.

Blue Beetle is no exception, hitting our theaters on Wednesday, August 16. From the DC catalog, which the character joined in the mid-’80s after the bankruptcy of his two previous publishers, the feature film is the first to hit theaters with a Latino superhero lead.

Or Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña), the third iteration of the hero after Dan Garrett and Ted Cord, both mentioned in Angel Manuel Soto’s feature film. which therefore contains a scene at the beginning of its end credits. whose content can be guessed well before the credits start.

What does the post-credits scene contain?

If Jaime Reyes is the protagonist of the story, the shadow of Ted Kord hangs over the film. Because the villain (Susan Sarandon) is none other than his sister and the hero falls in love with her daughter Jenny (Bruna Marchesin). Which successively evokes the death of the mother and the fact that the father left but never came back. A proposal that certainly intrigues and makes us think that the post-generic scene will reconsider its fate.

And this is it: we find ourselves in his (abandoned) mansion, and more precisely in his hidden lair, which houses the costumes of previous incarnations of the Blue Beetle. One of the supercomputer screens lights up and, if the image is blurry, a man’s voice is heard asking anyone who can hear him to tell his daughter Jenny that her father is alive.

“Ted Cord is alive and well”We understand that a close-up of one of the blue beetle’s clothes reminds us, if necessary, of the identity of the one we are talking about and whose face we cannot see.

Next ideas?

In an interview he gave us, Angel Manuel Soto wants to make sure this won’t be the last time we see Jaime Reyes and his family on the big screen. And the post-credits scene goes in that direction, opening the door to a sequel in which, imagine, the hero and Jenny go in search of Teddy.

Who might not even be on Earth, since the scarab that gives Jaime his powers is of extraterrestrial origin, both in the comics and in the movie script it inspired. But will a sequel ever see the light of day? Nothing is less certain.

At this point, two questions remain. Above all, at the box office, which often has a life-or-death impact on the future of a franchise. And a place in the future DC Universe that James Gunn and Peter Safran are currently building… and that Blue Beetle might be a part of. That’s what Angel Manuel Soto said to Total Film last June.

While Batman and Superman switch faces and the shared universe as we know it after Man of Steel is partially or completely remade, the Blue Scarab will therefore survive. And this is all the more possible because the film, even if it mentions other superheroes, is self-contained and has no cameos.

Who plays Ted Kord?

Today, even before the release of the first opus in the United States, his future remains uncertain. As well as the identity of Ted Kord’s translator, which we don’t see in the post-generic scene. A frequent technique in franchises to leave the option of choosing an interpreter in case of a sequel more popular with the general public. Like Ant-Man 2 with Michelle Pfeiffer, not in 1 while her character is present (and masked) in a flashback.

However, some have noted, in the scene where Jenny reminds her parents, that her father looks like Jason Sudeikis in the painting, which is a family photo. And it may just not be an impression, as Ted Lasso has been linked to the actor for the role May 2022. When the casting ad was looking for a stunt double for the Ted Cord character, he said he needed to look as close as possible to the attached photo.

The eyes were blurry, but it was hard to recognize Jason Sudeikis. after a few hours Entertainment Weekly denied this rumour. But the question comes before the movie, especially since the voice we hear in the post-credits scene sounds like it. Was it cut during editing to not promise something that won’t happen if a sequel doesn’t see the light of day?

Or is the number 1 target of the production who wants to enroll him in the second part and for the moment shows someone who looks like him (using a picture instead of a photo) before maybe he has him in real life? This corridor noise raises questions around the lining, but in any case, it will have to wait. If only to find out if Blue Beetle has a sequel.

Note, however, that there would be a discontinuity that would only make French speakers laugh if Jason Sudeikis (Ted) went from Lasso to (Ted) Cord.

The second post-credits scene?

Stay well until the end of the credits for the second bonus. Less important and intriguing because it’s a little rubbish: we re-enact the little cartoon Victoria Cord’s guards see on their screens when Rudy (George Lopez), Jamie’s uncle, fixes their signal to allow Jenny and her nephew to get the item. the need.