The biggest differences between Marvel and DC movies is that one incorporates comedy into their movies...and DC doesn't. That may be about to change, though!
Enter Booster Gold and Blue Beetle, the comedy odd couple of the comic book universe! Booster Gold is a janitor from the future that steals a time machine from a museum that he works at to travel back to our time, the "Age of Heroes," to become a hero himself. Blue Beetle is an insanely bright billionaire inventor, a la Tony Stark, but is a little funnier and pudgier than him. The two are amazing and hilarious when they team up!
The movie is said to be directed by Greg Berlanti. Does that name sound familiar to anyone? It should! He's part of the creative force behind Arrow and The Flash on the CW. Considering the success that these two shows have had, I think it's safe to say that they've placed this project in the proper hands.
The only real question is which Blue Beetle are they going to go with? Ted Kord was killed in the comic book universe and replaced by Jamie Reyes, who kind of just stumbles upon the Blue Beetle scarab and gains his powers. For this movie to work, though, I think that they need to go with Kord, because he is the one that has the best relationship with Booster Gold, and their back-and-forth's are hilarious! Of course, they could also make a hybrid between the two characters and meld them into one person (I mean Kord and Reyes.)
Early on, Berlanti wanted to use both of these characters in his television shows, but DC had turned down his request. Now it seems we know why, and how cool is it that Berlanti gets to be the one who directs it? He might not have been able to use them on television, but I can't wait to see his vision of them in a big budget action/comedy film!
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