'Blue Beetle' Post-Credit Scene Explained: Will There Be a 'Blue Beetle 2'?

After some back and forth about when/how Blue Beetle was going to make it's entrance to the world (the film was originally scheduled for a release on Max), it was finally decided that we would get Blue Beetle where it belonged—which is in a theater. Starring Xolo Maridueña as the titular character Jaime Reyes who gets superpowers thanks to an alien biotechnology called the Scarab, Blue Beetle is a whirlwind adventure into the superhero life of Blue Beetle and the fight for greater good.

DC spoils us by giving us not just a mid-credit scene, but a post-credit scene as well, which continues to be an on-going theme in cinematic universes that has even expanded beyond that in various franchises or specific films were there could be a potential sequel. Let's start with the mid-credits scene in Blue Beetle as it has a way of teasing what we could see in the future should those sequels get the official green light.

For those unaware of the Blue Beetle comics, there's three different guys who have had the role as the superhero—Dan Garrett, Ted Kord, and Jamie Reyes. The second Blue Beetle, Ted Kord, was previously thought to no longer be alive, but we get confirmation in the film that he is indeed still around. In the mid-credits scene, we see the surrounding beetlenest of Kord, and a message being delivered through a computer. The sender of the message makes it clear that this is a message that is supposed to be delivered to Kord's daughter Jennifer, and ends with the confirmation that Ted Kord is indeed alive (they literally say it).

According to Yahoo UK, the plan is for Blue Beetle to be a trilogy with director Angel Manuel Soto telling the publication: "I don't think I would be here talking with you if I didn't think that way. The way the machine works, the [first] movie needs to make money for them to put more money in, but for us, we've always seen it that way. We love the story so much. We believe in the product so much. We believe in an actor so much. We couldn't help but think about where his journey was going to go while we were creating this film."

So if a part two is green lit, where could the storyline go? If the mid-credit scene is any indication, then the realization of Ted Kord being alive seems to be a potential direction a second film could go. In fact, there could be an entire movie based on tracking down his whereabouts with some sort of linkup between him and Jayme occurring where they wind up working together.

As per Deadline, Blue Beetle is set to open this weekend with with a $28M to $32M box office revenue, which means it will halt Barbie's three weekend streak. We'll have to see how the final numbers play out over the course of these next few weeks.