EXCLUSIVE: Warner Bros. Animation and DC Studios are looking to continue telling Blue Beetle stories via an animated series currently in development, sources close to production tell Deadline. Miguel Puga ( The Casagrandes ) has been working on the project since early this year and will serve as the project’s showrunner and director with Cristian Martinez ( Women of the Movement , Good Trouble ) set as writer.
Angel Manuel Soto and Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer , director and screenwriter of the 2023 film, respectively, will executive produce alongside John Rikard who served in the same capacity on the film. Galen Vaisman, who was an EP on the film, will oversee the animated TV series for DC Studios. Related Stories Festivals 'The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim' Anime First Look Takes Annecy By Storm As Peter Jackson And Fran Walsh Unveiled As EPs Casting Mikaela Hoover & Christopher MacDonald Join 'Superman' D.
C. Studios and Warner Bros. Animation declined to comment for this story.
L to R: Miguel Puga, Angel Manuel Soto and Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer Many things are still in flux including contracts for any main cast, however, multiple have been approached and DC has received a positive response regarding returns. Deadline understands the animated series will build on the movie, developed under DC Studios’ previous regime, but will divert from telling the same story. Instead, the show will create its own story which, in success, could potentially lead to a return to the .
