

Blue Beetle Costume screencap courtesy Jimmy Leszczynski.

You'll be successful by centralizing and focusing on a few characters at a time. I'm excited to see what James Gunn does because he does ensemble cast better than anyone in terms of how you can have multiple characters that are brand new, and you care about each one of them. DC feels more like storytelling was like, "We're going to do this thing over here," although now the plan is to unify it somewhat more. The Marvel Universe is much more linear or connected, specific, and one thing hinges on another. The way they work is a bit different, too, like Mike was saying. That's one of the bigger things I've noticed between the two.īoutté Jr: It's my tone, and it is different. They bring on different artists who don't always like to meld in the same way but offer different voices, which is cool. Each project has a new director and usually a different head with a different taste. Uwandi: One of the differences is that Marvel is centralized, which allows them to have consistency going from project to project, whereas DC at the time is not so much. What do you find the biggest differences between Marvel and DC? Pictures' action adventure "BLUE BEETLE," a Warner Bros. XOLO MARIDUEÑA as Blue Beetle in Warner Bros. The film follows Jaime Reyes ( Xolo Maridueña), who becomes an alien symbiotic host through a mysterious artifact, bestowing the recent college graduate with a suit of armor capable of extraordinary powers, forever changing his destiny as he becomes a superhero. and Uwandi spoke to Bleeding Cool about a variety of topics, including comparing their work in DC and Marvel, how they're adjusting to the increased demand in the streaming era, what other genres they hope to do, and how they're adapting to the current strikes. While promoting their latest film in Warner Bros' Blue Beetle, Boutté Jr. As work became readily available in the streaming era, so have the demands from major studios to keep up to the point where it alienated overworked writers and performers as their labor agreements expired, resulting in the current WGA & SAG-AFTRA strikes. All three have had some of the biggest high-profile projects, including DC, Marvel, Star Wars, and Godzilla, spanning several blockbuster franchises throughout their careers. Phillip Boutté Jr., Mike Uwandi, and Aldis Hodge combined their wealth of experience in Hollywood to create 9B Collective to help spotlight POC artists and talent for new opportunities.
