Bad Bunny’s Marvel Movie Just Took A Big Step Forward

If you’re a superhero fan, does the name El Muerto call a bell? Probably not, as the character has just ever appeared two times in the pages of Marvel Comics, however in April, it was revealed that rap artist and Bullet Train star Bad Bunny will star in an El Muerto movie embeded in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe. Now that entry in the lineup of upcoming superhero movies has actually taken a huge advance by employing its director and author.

Per The Wrap, Desierto’s Jonás Cuarón has actually been tapped to helm Bad Bunny, while Miss Bala’s Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer will pen the script, This will be Dunnet-Alcocer’s 2nd time working within the superhero category, as he likewise composed the upcoming DC movie Blue Beetle. With a director and author now on board with the lead star, El Muerto moves closer to lastly beginning production, with the objective being to provide the 5th entry in Sony’s Spider-Man Universe at the start of 2024. 

El Muerto will be the very first Marvel motion picture to star a Latino character, in addition to Bad Bunny’s very first time leading his own motion picture. Although the Grammy-winning rap artist, whose genuine name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, had a bit part in F9, he made his very first huge cinematic splash previously this year in Bullet Train, which saw his character, Wolf, and Brad Pitt’s Ladybug getting into a memorable fight. In addition to El Muerto offering him the chance to flaunt his superhero chops, Bad Bunny is likewise appearing opposite Camila Mendes and O’Shea Jackson Jr. in American Sole.

Introduced in 2006’s Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6, El Muerto, a.k.a. Juan-Carlos Estrada Sanchez, was a luchador who accepted the El Muerto mantle after his dad passed away in a fight with El Dorado, who interrupted the routine essential for Juan-Carlos to acquire his bequest. Afforded an additional 10 years to train, Juan-Carlos required to beat and unmask a masked hero, and he picked Spider-Man as his target. However, ultimately the superpowered luchador and Web-Slinger signed up with forces to beat El Dorado.

Needless to state that due to the fact that El Muerto has, as soon as again, actually just appeared in 2 comics problems up until now, it’s safe to state that Jonás Cuarón and Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer will have a great deal of unlimited freedom with adjusting the character for the cinema. Plus, although this franchise is called Sony’s Spider-Man universe, similar to with the Venom films and Morbius, it’s skeptical that any version of the Webbed Wonder will turn up in El Muerto. Other upcoming films in the franchise consist of Kraven the Hunter, Madame Web and Venom 3.

El Muerto opens in theaters on January 12, 2024. however if you’re questioning what’s coming earlier on the cinematic horizon, reviewed our 2022 release schedule and 2023 release schedule.