Juan Luis Guerra makes his directorial debut with a film about a Caribbean superhero: what character will Luis Fonsi play?

The famous Dominican singer Juan Luis Guerra presented the animated film this Monday in Santo Domingo Captain Vespahis first foray into the world of cinema, for which He surrounded himself with his closest friends and the “most beautiful voices”. who knows.

“I was mad because this day would come, five and a half years had passed with this question in mind”, said the Dominican artist, 66 years old, in relation to this project of which he is a producer and which will reach 33 countries around the world, including the United States, Brazil and Spain, where on June 7.

According to the trailers, it is a colourful, action-packed film, with numerous nods to the protagonists – including Juan Luis Guerra -: “Captain Vespa it is an animation in which values ​​and the importance of accepting differences prevail,” the producers told a EFE Agency.

The song was inspired The beesclassic by the Central American artist, centered on a Caribbean superhero who fights for good. “He IS a very beautiful character,” Guerra said in a recent interview for Scoreboard. “He IS a Latin hero, we might say, and everyone will like him,” he said.

He was present at the presentation of this film, which is expected to be historic for animated cinema in the Dominican Republic due to its great impact and because it was shot exclusively in the Caribbean country. The Colombian actress Karen Martínezwho said she felt “too honored” when they thought of her for the project.

And they were part of the game too The Puerto Rican Luis Fonsi and Mexican Joy Huertato which he gave voice My love, the main song of the film and written by Juan Luís Guerra. They emphasized that they said “yes” immediately when they were asked to participate in the film.

“After five years of waiting, Every time I saw Juan Luis I asked him about the film“, explained Fonsi before confirming it, however He voices the main character, Captain Wasp.“the real captain” is the Dominican artist.

Although they stressed that the working group was “very small” compared to other international productions and this one Juan Luis Guerra confirmed that he “knew nothing about this world” Before launching himself into the cinematic universe, the singer said that it was “a blessing” to be able to reunite all his friends who helped him at all times, which for him was “a dream”.

All the artists emphasized that the production team made the adaptation process very easy for them and that they all enjoyed this filming that lasted so many years. “We started with music in 2019,” confirmed Jonnathan Meléndez, director of the film together with Jean Guerra, son of Juan Luis Guerra.

Juan Luís Guerra thus wanted to evaluate the “enormous difficulty” of the preparation Captain Vespa to enjoy this moment and denied that he was thinking of another film.

The Dominican Republic and Bolivia will be the first two countries where this animation will be launched April 4, and then reach 31 other countries around the world.