Draft:Untitled Blue Beetle animated series

An untitled Blue Beetle series is an upcoming American animated television series based on DC Comics featuring the character Blue Beetle. Produced by DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation, it will be a television series in the DC Universe (DCU). Miguel Puga serves as showrunner and director, with Cristian Martinez as writer.

Puga was developing the series by early 2024.

Background
James Gunn and Peter Safran were announced as the co-chairs and co-CEOs of the newly formed DC Studios at the end of October 2022. A week after starting their new roles, the pair had begun developing an eight-to-ten-year plan for a new DC Universe (DCU) that would be a "soft reboot" of the previous DC Extended Universe (DCEU). They said some cast members would return from DCEU projects, and a "rough memory" of some events would remain. Gunn added that the then-upcoming DCEU film Blue Beetle (2023) was disconnected from previous DCEU entries and could connect to the DCU, which was reiterated by the film's director Ángel Manuel Soto, who said it was part of future DCU plans. Gunn and Safran soon clarified that Xolo Maridueña's Jaime Reyes / Blue Beetle would continue in the DCU but the film itself would stand on its own.

Development
In June 2024, DC Studios and Warner Bros. Animation were revealed to be developing an animated television series focused on Blue Beetle for the DCU. It was expected to build off the film but tell its own story, and had the potential to lead to Maridueña starring in a DCU film if successful. Miguel Puga had been working on the series since early 2024 and was expected to serve as showrunner and director. Cristian Martinez was set as writer, with the film's director Soto, writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, and producer John Rickard all serving as executive producers. Galen Vaisman, an executive producer on the film, was overseeing the series for DC Studios.

Casting
When development of the series was revealed in June 2024, contracts with the main cast were said to be "in flux" but DC Studios had received positive responses when asking the film's cast about returning to reprise their roles. Gunn and Safran expected characters to be portrayed by the same actors across mediums, including animation, within the DCU.