Jonás Cuarón (Desierto) the son of director Alfonso Cuarón, is set to direct Sony Pictures’ upcoming Marvel film project El Muerto. Bad Bunny, a.k.a. Benito A Martínez Ocasio, is set to star in the film and the script is being written by Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer (Blue Beetle).
El Muerto is another character running around in the Spider-Man universe and he will be the first Latino character to lead a Marvel film. El Muerto is an antihero also known as Juan Carlos Estrada Sanchez, the son of a luchador who finds himself next in line to inherit the ancestral power of El Muerto, which is the powers and a mask worn by a super-powered wrestler.
El Muerto was first Introduced in 2006's Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man #6, his real name is Juan-Carlos Sanchez and he’s a Mexican luchador who wears a magical mask and he’s destined to face off with the mystical wrestling god El Dorado. “The powers and mask of the super-powered wrestler el Muerto have been passed down from generation to generation. Each wrestler had to prove themselves to their oppressor, el Dorado, so that they could remain alive and keep their powers. When Marcus Estrada presented his son Juan Carlos to el Dorado, Juan Carlos cowered in terror, unwilling to fight him. Marcus Estrada sacrificed his life to try and save Juan Carlos. Out of respect for his father's courage, el Dorado granted Juan Carlos ten years to travel and to become brave, and then to duel a masked wrestler and unmask him.”
Bad Bunny previously teased the film saying: "It's crazy. It's something that I can't believe it yet. I'm very happy about this character, about this opportunity to be the first Latin [lead]. It's not about I'm gonna be the first Latino making a role, it's gonna be about the first Latino main character, is the important thing. So it's something huge, and it will be epic. I know that people are gonna be proud of my work.”
El Muerto is one of a few Marvel films being developed at Sony. Some of the other film projects include Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor Johnson, to be released in theaters on October 6, 2023, and Madame Web, starring Dakota Johnson, which will be released on February 16, 2024.
Sony Pictures will release El Muerto in theaters on January 12th, 2024.
Source: The Wrap
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