The DC movie leftover Blue Beetle is on Netflix, where it belongs

Two years ago, DC’s cinematic universe was in the midst of an unexpected yearlong funeral procession. After setting a post-pandemic release schedule that amounted to the company’s most ambitious single-year slate ever, with four movies planned for release in 2023, the news dropped that DC was restructuring, and had handed control over DC’s movie slate to James Gunn and Peter Safran. A fresh reboot of the entire DC cinematic universe was in the works. Suddenly 2023’s Shazam! Fury of the Gods, The Flash, Blue Beetle, and Aquaman and the Lost Kingdom looked like dead superheroes flying, or maybe like action figures at a fire sale.