A New Superhero Comes To The Rescue In ‘Blue Beetle’ Trailer

When Dead & Company returns to the road this summer for the band’s final tour, it will be without original Grateful Dead drummer Bill Kreutzman.

Chris Willman Senior Music Writer and Chief Music Critic Drummer Bill Kreutzmann, one of the founders of the Grateful Dead and a member of spinoff group Dead and Company, will not be a part of the latter group’s farewell tour this summer, the band announced in a social media post Saturday. Although fans might assume his exit could be health-related, since he has had to sit out some Dead and Company shows in recent years, the group declared that was not the case in its post, and added that he is not retiring from music. Rather, the statement said, Kreutzmann’s departure was due to a “shift in creative direction.” No further explanation of what that might mean was forthcoming in the statement.

post on the band’s Instagram Saturday, Kreutzmann, along with bandmates Bob Weir, Mickey Hart and John Mayer, said the drummer will sit out their final summer tour. “Every day, things change,” the band said. “After many long discussions and some good old-fashioned soul searching, we are letting you know that our brother Bill Kreutzmann will not be joining us on our final summer tour.”A post shared by Dead & Company (@deadandcompany)A founding member of The Grateful Dead, Kreutzmann formed the group alongside Weir, Jerry Garcia, Dana Morgan Jr.

Zack Sharf Digital News Director James Gunn announced on Twitter that pre-production on “Superman: Legacy” has begun. The 2025 comic book tentpole will be the official launch of the new DC Universe as supervised by Gunn and his DC Studios co-head Peter Safran. “I’m honored to be a part of the legacy,” Gunn wrote alongside a photo of the “Superman: Legacy” script cover page. “And what better day than Superman Anniversary Day to dive fully into early pre-production on ‘Superman: Legacy’? Costumes, production design, and more now up and running.” Gunn has been keeping fans updated on “Superman: Legacy” every step of the way. The film was confirmed in January when Gunn and Safran revealed the first slate of film and television titles for their new DC Universe. In addition to “Superman: Legacy,” films such as “Supergirl: World of Tomorrow” and “The Brave and the Bold” (a Batman and Robin movie) are also in development. Gunn is writing and directing his “Superman” movie.

Manchester United have been dealt a bitter blow after defender Lisandro Martinez was ruled out for the rest of the season.

New details are emerging about what happened to lead to Drake Bell being declared missing and “endangered.”

New Order have announced details of a UK and European tour, with Confidence Man due to support – see full dates below.The new dates follow a run of shows in North America in March which included a performance and in conversation key-note speech with the band at the SXSW Festival.The band also performed earlier in the same week as part of Austin City Limits Live at the Moody Theater.New Order will begin their upcoming tour on September 21 at Copenhagen Royal Arena, before heading to Amsterdam, Paris, London, Dublin and Glasgow. They finish up in Leeds at the First Direct Arena on October 7.Tickets for the tour will be on sale this Friday, April 14 at 9.30am.

EXCLUSIVE: UTA on Monday announced its signing of Bruna Marquezine, the rising Brazilian actress who will next be seen playing the female lead in Warner Bros‘ anticipated Blue Beetle, the first live-action DC film to put a Latino superhero front and center.

Timothée Chalamet is ready to play Bob Dylan on the big screen and he will be doing his own singing.

“Indiana Jones and the Dial of Destiny” during the Lucasfilm Studio Showcase at the Star Wars Celebration convention in London on Friday.Described as the final film in the franchise, “Indiana Jones 5” finds Harrison Ford reprising his iconic role as the legendary hero archaeologist grapples with a new era (1969) and new characters (Phoebe Waller-Bridge plays his goddaughter Helena Shaw). The globe-trotting trek will take Indy to Morocco and Sicily.

Princess Beatrice rubbed shoulders with Swedish royalty as she once again turned out to support the World Dyslexia Assembly. The 34-year-old royal, eldest daughter of Prince Andrew and Sarah Ferguson, has long been a champion of people with dyslexia - having been diagnosed with the learning difficulty at a young age.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor U.S. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY), Senator Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and 13-Time Grammy winner Pharrell Williams will be honored by the Recording Academy at its annual Grammys on the Hill Awards, taking place on April 26. The event is intended to bring together congressional leaders and music makers to recognize those who have led the fight for creators’ rights, and the three will be honored for their contributions to support music creators. Special guests and attendees will be announced in the coming weeks.  “Grammys on the Hill is a celebration like no other, spotlighting music’s unifying power as we bring together our nation’s leaders with some of the most renowned artists in the world,” said Harvey Mason jr., CEO of the Recording Academy. “It’s a privilege to honor Pharrell alongside Senate Majority Leader Schumer and Senator Cassidy, all of whom have fought tirelessly for pro-music policy that protects the creatives that make up our community.”

DC superhero film Blue Beetle – check it out above.Directed by Angel Manuel Soto, the film follows teenager Jaime Reyes (Xolo Maridueña) who gains superpowers when an alien blue beetle scarab grafts onto his face and forms a powerful exoskeleton around his body.To reflect the character’s DC comic origins, the film boasts a predominantly Latino cast, including Cobra Kai star Maridueña in the lead role, alongside George Lopez, Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar and Belissa Escobedo as Jaime’s family.Susan Sarandon will play villain Victoria Kord, alongside Raoul Trujillo as Blue Beetle’s nemesis Carapax the Indestructible Man. Harvey Guillén, best known for playing Guillermo in TV series What We Do In The Shadows, will also star in an unknown role.A synopsis reads: “Recent college grad Jaime Reyes returns home full of aspirations for his future, only to find that home is not quite as he left it.

The Last of Us star Bella Ramsey celebrated with a post about their own journey. On Twitter, the actor wrote a sweet message to their childhood self along with a note to the trans and nonbinary community. "Happy TDOV to this little dude!" Bella wrote in a post that included a photo from childhood. "I didn't know the word non-binary in this picture.

#FoxNews pic.twitter.com/bATTXtXad1“But we’ve already seemed to— not to litigate the case here because we haven’t seen the indictment, so we don’t know all that’s in it,” Faulkner continued. But, at least some of it, if it’s touching on what you’re talking about, um, let’s watch for a second.”As the journalists watched the footage, Faulkner mentioned that outside of security and Trump’s legal team, the reality star-gone-politician appeared to be alone. “This is a big moment for the United States,” Faulkner said.

“Blue Beetle” movie is finally here, as an ancient artifact “the scarab,” takes hold of Jaime Reyes and transforms the teenager into a superhero.The kicker is that Reyes’ “transformation” isn’t a solo affair as in most comic book origin stories, but he transforms into an armored superhero in front of his family, a Latino family nonetheless!Upon his transformation, the suit thrusts Reyes into the atmosphere and the teenager soars into space within seconds while he ponders his fate.“Cobra Kai” breakout and fan favorite Xolo Maridueña stars in the title role of Jaime Reyes in “Blue Beetle,” DC Studios’ first superhero movie centered on a Latino character. Maridueña previously said that “Blue Beetle” is a combination of both a DC and Marvel superhero.“He’s kind of like a fusion of Green Lantern and Iron Man,” Maridueña said.

debuted on Monday, giving fans the first look at Xolo Maridueña as the titular superhero, aka Jaime Reyes. When he comes into possession of an alien Blue Beetle scarab, which grafts onto him to form a powerful exoskeleton super suit, Jaime becomes the newest hero on the DC Comics cinematic roster.The trailer gives fans a look at Jaime getting used to his Blue Beetle powers, learning to fly, fight and conjure up any weapon he wants — just by thinking about it.Of course, with great power can come a price, as Victoria Kord (Susan Sarandon) warns in the trailer.«The scarab may have chosen you,» she declares of the Beetle, «but it belongs to me.»The film also stars Harvey Guillén, George Lopez, Bruna Marquezine, Belissa Escobedo, Adriana Barraza, Elpidia Carrillo, Damián Alcázar and Raoul Trujillo.Watch the full trailer and read the full plot synopsis below!In January, newly appointed co-chairman and CEO of DC Studios James Gunn explained how fits into the larger vision he and Peter Safran have for the future of the DC cinematic universe.“I think that we’ve gotten lucky with the next four movies because we have , which leads into , which resets everything, which then goes into  which is totally disconnected (from everything that came before) and can be a part of the DCU, which goes into , which leads into  our first big project," he explained.

The first trailer for DC’s Blue Beetle is finally here!

Blue Beetle” film. Warner Bros. has revealed the first trailer for the upcoming comic book film, showing “Cobra Kai” star Xolo Maridueña taking flight as the superhero.Maridueña stars as Jaime Reyes, the third person to take up the mantle of the Blue Beetle in the DC comic books. In the trailer, when Jaime goes for a job interview, he’s handed a mysterious alien scarab inside a fast food container. He waits to open the container until he’s with his family, at which point the scarab attaches itself to Jaime’s body and transforms into a super suit — a surprising subversion of the classic comic book trope that the titular superhero has to hide his identity from his family and friends. In “Blue Beetle,” they know Jaime’s a superhero from the start.

What is happening with the current DCEU now that James Gunn is taking over and changing the entire direction of DC Studios? Well, there are four DCEU films still to be released this year, and one of them, “Shazam! Fury Of The Gods,” has already tanked. That likely means the end of that franchise.