Bad Bunny Is Joining the Marvel Universe
Singer and rapper Bad Bunny has had a meteoric rise to international fame, but he is swinging to all new heights by joining the Marvel universe as a Spider-Man villain. Bad Bunny is the latest star to be cast as an obscure side character in one of Sony Pictures' spinoff movies. According to a report by Deadline, he will play the super-powered wrestler El Muerto in an upcoming movie.
El Muerto is a Mexican wrestler from a long hereditary line of other heroes to hold that mantle and do battle with a mystical evil force. Bad Bunny will play the comics character Juan-Carlos Estrada Sanchez who inherited the power in Marvel Comics over a decade ago. In the story, Juan-Carlos is hesitant to accept the power from his father and he fails the test, but his father sacrifices his life to give him the mantle of El Muerto anyway. In the years that follow, Juan-Carlos is fighting to legitimize himself, and in the process, he becomes a rival of Spider-Man.
This is a major project for Sony and Marvel Studios, as El Muerto will be the first Latino superhero to make it to the big screen. He also joins Sony's growing slate of obscure Spider-Man spinoffs including the two Venom movies and this month's controversial Morbius movie. Sony also has plans for a Madame Web movie and a Kraven the Hunter movie.
Bad Bunny's meteoric rise to fame is also a huge asset to this project. The singer has shattered records in the music industry in the last few years and has won a Latin Grammy along the way. He will make his movie debut in July in the action film Bullet Train, so it makes sense that Sony was eager to lock him down for a bigger franchise.
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