Bad Bunny will star in new Spider-Man spin-off "El Muerto," becomes Marvel's first Latino live-action hero

Reggaeton superstar Bad Bunny will star in the new Spider-Man spin-off "El Muerto," becoming the first Latino lead in a Marvel live-action superhero movie, according to Sony Pictures. Sanford Panitch, president of Sony Motion Picture Group, made the announcement at CinemaCon in Las Vegas on Monday. 

"Sometimes we get lucky with the perfect casting, and I think that's what we've got here," Panitch said, according to Entertainment Tonight.

Bad Bunny, whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, is an avid wrestling fan and will play El Muerto, a hero wrestler, in the upcoming movie. The Puerto Rican artist appeared in Wrestlemania last year and named a song after wrestling icon Booker T in his "El Último Tour Del Mundo" album.