| Title | Blue Beetle | |
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| | Genre: | Comedy | | MPAA Rating: | PG-13 | | Runtime | 02:07:00 | | Release Date (USA): | August 18, 2023 | | Director: | Angel Manuel Soto | | Main Cast: | Xolo Maridueña, Adriana Barraza, Damián Alcázar, Raoul Max Trujillo, Susan Sarandon, George Lopez | | Summary: | After Jaime Reyes graduates from college and returns to his hometown Palmera City, he is chosen to become a symbiotic host to the Scarab, an ancient alien biotechnological relic that grants him a powerful exoskeleton armor, turning him into the superhero Blue Beetle. |
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James Gunn has said it’s part of the DCU but does not consider it the first DCU film.
BB also has references to Man of Steel, so no, it's the second to last film of the DCEU
Gunn has confirmed that BB is the first character of the rebooted universe, for which Superman will be the first film.
https://www.cbr.com/james-gunn-blue-beetle-part-of-new-dcu/
I can see why, it's well done, fun, and has multiple deep cuts to comics history.