{
  "id": 4776942,
  "title": "Xolo Maridueña Was Not Sure Blue Beetle Would Ever Come Back, Until James Gunn Called Him About the ‘Superman’ Sequel: ‘The Most Humbled’",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/xolo-mariduena-was-not-sure-blue-beetle-would-ever-come-back-until",
  "topic": "culture",
  "section": "Culture",
  "published": "2026-09-01T03:42:11.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Variety",
    "slug": "variety",
    "url": "https://variety.com/2026/film/news/xolo-mariduena-blue-beetle-james-gunn-superman-sequel-1236847961/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Xolo Maridueña wasn’t sure what would become of Blue Beetle after he debuted as the DC crime fighter in a 2023 blockbuster. That was, until DC boss James Gunn called him about coming back for the “Superman” sequel, “Man of Tomorrow.” “I was in Japan with my friends; nobody knew anything,” Maridueña recalled on the […]",
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  "coverage": {
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}