Sony Pictures has positioned Jonás Cuarón as the director for El Muerto, which will star Bad Bunny, also called. as Benito A Martínez Ocasio, Deadline has learned.
Cuarón, the son of Oscar winner Alfonso Cuarón, is known for the 2015 gripping film Desierto. El Muerto is in early advancement, and Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer is writing the cursive.
El Muerto is a character within Spider-Man’s universe, and the film would mark the first time a Latino character leads a Marvel live-action film. He is an antihero and the son of a luchador next in line to inherit the ancestral power of “El Muerto.,
Bad Bunny said earlier this year at Cinemacon about his involvement in El Muerto. “I love wrestling. I grew up watching wrestling, and I’m a wrestler. I’m a former champion, so this is why I love this character. I think it’s the perfect role for me, and it will be epic.”
Although Bad Bunny is best known for his Grammy-winning music, he has been getting more include in the acting world.
He had an arc in the Netflix series Narcos: México, playing Arturo “Kitty” Páez. Earlier this year he made his big-screen debut in Bullet Train, where he was directed by David Leitch and shared screen credits with Brad Pitt, Aaron Taylor-Johnson, Andrew Koji, Michael Shannon, and Sandra Bullock, among others.
As Bad Bunny gets set to become a Marvel star, the expanding Sony Pictures universe of Marvel characters also added J.C. Chandor’s Kraven the Hunter, starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson.
Sony Pictures is expected to release El Muerto in theaters on January 12, 2024.