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In the wake of studio failures, it is unknown if Sony will greenlight Marvel Comics’ ‘Spider-Man’ spin-off "El Muerto! (The Aztec Zombie)”, to be directed by Jonás Cuarón, showcasing the ‘super’ wrestler ‘Luchador Juan Carlos Sanchez':

"... the powers of the super powered wrestler 'el Muerto', including endurance and rapid healing, have been passed down generation to generation. Each wrestler had to prove themselves to their oppressor, 'el Dorado', so that they could remain alive and keep their powers.

When 'Marcus Estrada' presented his son 'Juan Carlo's to 'el Dorado', Juan Carlos cowered in terror, unwilling to fight him. Marcus Estrada sacrificed his life to try and save Juan Carlos.

"Out of respect for his father's courage, el Dorado granted Juan Carlos ten years to travel and to become brave, and then to duel a masked wrestler and unmask him.

“Ten years later,...

Sandra Bullock almost had to bear the burden of an Oscar-nominated film on her shoulders despite her co-star being super supportive of her. George Clooney had very few shots in Alfonso Cuarón’s Gravity compared to Bullock. The filming carried the gravitas of the film and was very hard on Bullock, who was hanging from a scaffolding with 12 wires.

Sandra Bullock in a still from Gravity (2013) | Credits: Warner Bros.

The Blind Side actress wasn’t happy to be at the forefront of the movie during promotions. She felt the stress of the press putting the responsibility for the film’s success entirely on her. However, she asserted in an interview that she was only an actor in the film written and produced by someone else.

Sandra Bullock Was Not Happy To Take On The Sole Burden Of Gravity Sandra Bullock in a still from Gravity (2013) | Credits: Warner Bros.

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A few days from now, Alfonso Cuarón is all set to receive the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Locarno Film Festival for his stellar contribution to the industry, with a career spanning over 3 decades. Life really has come full circle for the Mexican filmmaker.

There was a time when everything wasn’t hunky dory for him. Things were going as wrong for him as they could at once. And then Gravity happened. But Cuarón reveals that at one moment, the Sandra Bullock-starrer almost didn’t happen.

Alfonso Cuarón always wanted to experiment with the horror genre

Alfonso Cuarón ll Image by Bruno Chatelin, licensed under Cc By-sa 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

While speaking before a packed crowd at the stylish outdoor Spazio Cinema in Locarno, Alfonso Cuarón got candid about his present, and past. And his one desire – making a horror film. He said,

“My aspiration is to one day do a horror film.

Paramount+ has boarded “Zorro” (working title), an adventure comedy series starring Jean Dujardin, the Oscar-winning actor of “The Artist,” as the iconic character of Diego de la Vega.

Created by Benjamin Charbit (“Gagarine”) and Noé Debré (“Dheepan”), the anticipated show was bought by Paramount+ for France, the U.K., Italy, Germany and Latin America.

In the eight-part series, Dujardin stars opposite well-known Italian comedian Salvatore Ficarra, and French actors, including Audrey Dana, André Dussollier, Eric Elmosnino and Grégory Gadebois. The show will premiere on Paramount+ before rolling out on the pubcaster France Télévisions.

The series unfolds in 1821 as Don Diego de la Vega becomes mayor of Los Angeles and has to face off a corrupt businessman, Don Emmanuel.

Marc Dujardin’s Le Collectif 64 and Julien Seul at Bien Sûr Productions are producing the series which is penned by Charbit, Debré and Emmanuel Poulain-Arnaud (“Le Test”). It’s directed by Jean-Baptiste Saurel...

'El Muerto' is reportedly back in development without Bad Bunny.Sony is said to have quietly resumed work on the upcoming comic book blockbuster - which follows the story of a superman luchador - but the musician and occasional WWE superstar won't be playing the masked wrestling hero.As reported by Variety, script revisions and Bad Bunny's tour dates mean the movie is in development without its former leading man.There had been delays due to the writers and actors strikes in Hollywood, which meant the film lost its place in the release calendar.Last year, Bunny - whose real name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio - was asked about the status of the film, and described the situation as "delicate" to Vanity Fair.He added: "I don't know what to say."A publicist later told the outlet he was no longer on board with the project.

Sandra Bullock in Gravity – Warner Bros. Pictures

Happy New Year from us all here at What’s on Netflix, and as always, the first of the month brings lots of new titles. Below, we’ll take you through all the 59 new movies that dropped today and nine series.

Over the past few days, Netflix has added some truly classic movies from the 1970s – we’ll have more on those in a separate article, but we’ll list the titles below.

For more on what’s to come throughout the rest of the month – check out our January 2024 preview, which we just updated today with a bunch more titles on the way, including After Everything: The Final Chapter.

One final note before we dig in. You may be expecting to see Black Sails on this list, but sadly, Netflix has seemingly pushed back the release date. More on this when we get it.

The Boys universe is expanding yet again with The Boys: Mexico, a new series offshoot from Blue Beetle writer Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer, Deadline has learned. Diego Luna and Gael García Bernal are set to executive produce and are considering taking on acting roles though neither would be major roles, sources shared exclusively with Deadline.

Details regarding the premise are being kept under wraps.

A search is currently underway for a co-showrunner to join creator, writer and executive producer Dunnet-Alcocer, who is now working on the script. The team behind The Boys: Mexico, which will be shot in the Latin American country, is working on budgets for the new series and they have yet to begin casting, sources said.

The Mexico-set offshoot comes from the main creative auspices behind the other series in The Boys franchise, the mothership’s developer Eric Kripke and his Kripke Enterprises, Seth Rogen and Evan Goldberg’s Point Grey Pictures,...

Chupa is a family-friendly fantasy film released on Netflix, following the story of a young boy who embarks on an adventure to protect a mythical creature. The movie features a cast of young newcomers, veteran performers, and notable stars including Christian Slater as the villainous Richard Quinn. Directed by Jonás Cuarón and produced by Christopher Columbus, Chupa combines Mexican culture and myth with family movie sensibilities, earning it a solid 68% on Rotten Tomatoes.

Netflix's family-friendly fantasy film Chupa stars a cast of young newcomers, veteran performers, and even a few notable stars. Chupa was released on streaming on April 7, 2023, and tells the story of Alex (Evan Whitten), a young boy who travels from Texas to Mexico to visit his extended family after his father has passed away. Once there, he meets his strange grandfather Chava (Demián Bichir), and his hip and energetic cousins Luna (Ashley Ciarra) and Memo (Nickolas Verdugo...

“Roma” producer Nicolas Celis’ of Pimienta Films is coming on board as lead producer of “Freeland,” the first English-language pic by “Emily in Paris” director Katina Medina Mora, Variety learned at Madrid forum Iberseries & Platino Industria.

To be co-written with Chilean scribe Julio Rojas, creator of podcast sensation “Caso 63” and a co-writer on Pablo Fendrik’s “El Refugio,” the project was put together by producer Nestor Hernández, a former Sony and HBO development exec for Latin America, who attended the San Sebastian Film Festival in September to present the project.

MadAvenue PR director Eva Herrero serves as an executive producer on the film.

“We have long been following Katina Medina Mora’s remarkable career and her impressive accomplishments over such a short time span,” remarked Celis who has been attending Iberseries to take part in a panel and to meet with contacts.

“I am also more than thrilled to...

It might be hard to believe that the director of a Harry Potter movie and Children of Men would be hard up for money, but that’s just the situation Alfonso Cuarón found himself in ahead of his next film, Gravity. Now, 10 years and just one movie on, the filmmaker is remembering how the screenplay came about just in time.

Speaking with Empire for a piece commemorating the 10th anniversary of Gravity, Cuarón remembered having to tell his son, Jonás, that the movie they had been collaborating on wasn’t going to be made and the clock was ticking for the team to deliver a script. “I was broke…and I really needed to put together something in order to pretty much survive.”

But it was just that sort of feeling of being lost that helped Cuarón and his son get the layout for Gravity down. “I said, ‘I’m feeling,...

Actor/rapper Bad Bunny recently confirmed that he is no longer attached to Sony's Spider-Man Universe movie El Muerto.

During an interview with Vanity Fair, the Puerto Rican musician was asked about El Muerto, which was removed from Sony's release calendar in June 2023. "I don't know what to say," Bad Bunny reportedly said after an awkward silence, referring to the situation as "delicate." The rapper's publicist, Sujeylee Solá, who previously wanted Bad Bunny to not answer the question, then chimed in with, "Obviously, it's out," revealing that the musician is no longer attached to El Muerto.

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Sony announced El Muerto during its CinemaCon 2022 presentation, with Sony Pictures Entertainment Motion Picture Group President Sanford Panitch referring to Bad Bunny at the time as "perfect casting" for the title character. Similar to Sony's other Spider-Man-less Marvel movies like Venom and Morbius,...

Exclusive: Chris Columbus’ production company 26th Street Pictures has optioned the David Michael Slater novel The Vanishing for film, tapping Jay Lender (SpongeBob SquarePants) to script an adaptation.

A work of historical fiction infused with magical realism, The Vanishing was published in the fall by Library Tales Publishing. The book tells the story of an invisible girl who must embark on a journey of redemption and revenge to save her best friend from the horrors of Nazi Germany.

While it’s not yet clear who all will produce the feature adaptation, Deadline understands that the deal bringing The Vanishing to 26th Street was completed well ahead of the WGA strike.

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An Oscar-nominated filmmaker known for such titles as Adventures in Babysitting, Home Alone and Mrs. Doubtfire, as well as multiple Harry Potter films,...

Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse star Marvin Jones III was reportedly in talks to reprise his role as Tombstone in El Muerto before Sony pulled the film from its release calendar.

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Sony was circling Jones and former WWE wrestler Sasha Banks for roles in El Muerto. While it is unknown what role Banks would have played, Jones was expected to portray the crime lord Tombstone, a Spider-Man villain that he previously voiced in the 2018 Oscar-winning animated feature Into the Spider-Verse. The actor is also known among comic book fans for playing kingpin Tobias Whale in The CW superhero television series Black Lightning.

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What Happened With El Muerto?

Sony announced El Muerto during its CinemaCon 2022 presentation, with actor/rapper Bad Bunny attached in the lead role. While plot details for the project remain unknown, the film...

Even as Sony looks to the likes of Kraven The Hunter as the future of its Spider-Man-based spin-off universe, it is having to pump the brakes on others. The studio has announced it is taking the Bad Bunny-starring El Muerto off its release schedule.

The reason? Chalk up another film impacted by the ongoing writers' strike, plus complications from its musician star's touring schedule.

El Muerto debuted in a 2006 issue of Friendly Neighborhood Spider-Man, written by Peter David, and illustrated by Roger Cruz. The character, real name Juan Carlos, was a super powered wrestler who originally fought Spider-Man in a charity wrestling where he nearly unmasked the hero before being stung by Spider-Man, with a paralyzing poison. After being saved from the hospital by the web-spinner when Muerto’s oppressor El Dorado came to claim the wrestler’s life, the two would team up to defeat Dorado.

Jonás Cuaron is aboard to direct,...

We had learned back in April of last year that music superstar Bad Bunny would be starring as Marvel Comics character El Muerto in a solo movie for Sony, a role that was hand-picked by Bad Bunny himself. THR brings us an update on the project this afternoon, revealing that Sony has now removed the planned upcoming movie from its current release schedule.

THR reports, “The feature project, which had Jonás Cuarón, the son of filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, in the director’s chair, was slated for a Jan. 12, 2024 release date but Sony announced Wednesday that it had taken the title off its release schedule.”

Cited in the report, Bad Bunny’s touring schedule and the ongoing WGA Strike are likely the main reasons why Sony has put a stop to El Muerto pre-production at this time.

The site also notes that professional wrestler Mercedes Varnado (aka Sasha Banks) was being eyed for a role,...

Sony has removed “El Muerto,” a Marvel movie about a luchador supervillain starring Bad Bunny, from its theatrical-release calendar. The “Spider-Man” baddie’s standalone film was previously scheduled for January 12, 2024; now, per Sony, it’s “Tbd.”

An individual with knowledge of the project told IndieWire that “El Muerto” is still in development, but with the writers strike ongoing and the musician’s tour dates, rescheduling the release is complicated. “El Muerto” isn’t the first superhero movie to be impacted by the WGA strike, but there are enough challenges here to wonder if “El Muerto” will be re-slotted, or if it’s down for the count.

This morning, Sony emailed press with three updates to its domestic release calendar:

Seth Rogen’s “Dumb Money” has been moved up from October 20, 2023 to September 22, 2023. “The Book of Clarence” is being pushed back from that September 22 date to January 12, 2024. The “El Muerto” release date is now considered “Tbd.

Sony is placing Bad Bunny’s Marvel film, El Muerto, in a headlock. The studio is pulling the Spider-Man Universe movie from its release schedule, painting a grim picture of what is supposed to be the first live-action Marvel film led by a Latino character. According to Deadline, El Muerto is still in development, but Bad Bunny’s tour schedule and the ongoing WGA strike make scheduling a nightmare. El Muerto was supposed to enter the cinematic ring in theaters on January 12, 2024.

Marvel hired Jonas Cuarón to direct El Muerto, with Gareth Dunnet-Alcocer writing the script. Jonás Cuarón is the son of filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, whose 2018 film Roma won Best Directing, Best International Feature, and Best Cinematography prizes at the Academy Awards.

El Muerto, aka Juan-Carlos Sánchez, was a super-powered wrestler who initially fought Spider-Man in a charity wrestling match. He nearly unmasked Spider-Man before being accidentally stung by the...

Well, it seems Spider-Man might have one less foe to worry about.

“El Muerto,” part of Sony’s Spider-Man Universe (as it is now known) and starring international music sensation Bad Bunny as a somewhat obscure character, has been removed from the studio’s upcoming release calendar. The movie, which is scheduled to be directed by Jonás Cuarón, was originally scheduled to be released on Jan. 12, 2024.

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The project has been in development since last year, when Sony brass was impressed with his performance in Brad Pitt’s “Bullet Train.” Quickly they looked for a starring vehicle for the Puerto Rican superstar and came upon El Muerto — a character known as Juan-Carlos Estrada Sanchez, who serves as a luchador and has a special mask that grants him superpowers.

El Muerto, the Spider-Man spinoff starring Bad Bunny, is well, muerto. At least for the time being.

The feature project, which had Jonás Cuarón, the son of filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón, in the director’s chair, was slated for a Jan. 12, 2024, release date, but Sony announced Wednesday that it had taken the title off its release schedule.

Muerto was to have been the first live-action Marvel project to star a Latino character. El Muerto is an antihero and the son of a luchador, or Mexican wrestler.

The project had not even started shooting, so making that date would have been either a race or a non-starter. Sources say the project fell victim to the ongoing writers strike; the script needed additional work as of mid-spring, but services could not be rendered in time.

The feature was also not yet cast but sources say that the studio was making choices and had...

Bad Bunny-headlined Spider-Man spinoff El Muerto seemingly just locked in its shooting start date.

El Muerto will apparently kick off principal photography in Los Angeles on Aug. 7, according to the production's listing on film and TV industry website productionlist.com. It's currently unclear how long filming is expected to last, nor is it known whether El Muerto will undertake any other location shooting outside L.A. Also worth noting is that Sony is yet to officially confirm El Muerto's filming window, which means this information should be taken with a grain of salt for now.

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Sony announced El Muerto at CinemaCon 2022, with Bad Bunny's casting in the titular role unveiled as part of this announcement. The film is part of Sony's Spider-Man Universe, which (as its name suggests) consists of projects featuring Spider-Man characters that Sony currently holds the rights to.

We've seen Scarlett Johansson in many great roles, but there are a couple she missed out on in years past. Recently, Johansson said how she had auditioned but been passed over for roles in Iron Man 2 and Gravity, respectively to Emily Blunt and Sandra Bullock. In a new interview with Entertainment Tonight to promote her upcoming film Asteroid City, Johansson shed some new light on her Gravity audition, recalling how it was basically nothing more than sitting on a chair in a space suit and pretending as if there were no gravity.

"I did a screen test for the movie Gravity, that Sandra Bullock is fantastic in, but I had to be in like the full whole space suit thing, and sort of pretend I was kind of like floating in space... even though I was just sitting in a chair with a helmet on," as Johansson remembered.

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Shawn Ryan‘s “The Night Agent” continues to be Netflix’s most-watched English language television series, inching up on “Bridgerton” as the streamer’s most-watched television series of all time, but it received some competition from the second weekend of Lee Sung Jin‘s limited series “Beef.” Read on for the Netflix Top 10 (Week of April 10) viewing chart analysis.

With 90 million global viewing hours last week, “The Night Agent” continues to be one of Netflix’s biggest hits, remaining in the Top 10 in 89 countries, although the first season of “Beef” topped the charts in the United States and “Love is Blind” Season 4 was Canada’s top series. “The Night Agent” is currently Netflix’s #6 series of all time with 605.6 million hours viewed globally, passing “Stranger Things” Season 3.

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“Beef” received 70.3 million viewing hours globally, with an odd mix of countries from Estonia to the...

It has to be tempting for Lionsgate’s ‘”John Wick: Chapter 4,” Amazon’s “Air,” and Universal’s “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” to accelerate their PVOD releases: The home market is dying for something new to watch.

After 60 days in theaters, Disney released “Ant-Man and the Wasp: Quantumania” today and it immediately went to #1 at iTunes; expect other charts to follow suit. For now, “Avatar: The Way of Water” (Disney) repeated as #1 at Vudu and Fandango for a third week, with recent releases “65” (Sony), “Creed III” (MGM), and “Shazam: The Way of Water” (Warner Bros. Discovery) rotating second through fourth spots on all three charts, all at $19.99. The only new title is “The Jesus Revolution” (Lionsgate), for sale at $19.99.

Lionsgate release windows follow no set pattern. “Jesus” had seven weekends in theaters before home release, but “John Wick 4” was offered for pre-sale to great success parallel to its March 24 theatrical debut.

It’s like a Mexican E.T. featuring a mythical dog-thing with wings. Charming kids’ movie Chupa, directed by Gravity writer Jonás Cuarón, is the story of a young boy called Alejandro (Evan Whitten) whose father has died, who travels to Mexico to stay with his grandfather (Demián Bichir) and cousins and befriends a strange creature.

This creature is a baby chupacabra who’s been separated from its parents and has taken refuge in Alex’s grandfather’s barn. But all is not well – Christian Slater’s government funded scientist has been tracking the chupacabras, believing they have healing qualities that he’d be able to harness.

Will Alex be able to help reunite little Chupa with his family before the ruthless scientist gets his hands on him? And might he learn some lessons about family on the way? You’ll have to watch the film to find out.

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Netflix always seems to know when it has a potential hit. Although the action-comedy sequel “Murder Mystery 2,” starring Adam Sandler and Jennifer Aniston, was probably a no-brainer, the continuing success of the spy thriller series “The Night Agent” certainly must be a nice surprise. Read on for the Netflix Top 10 (Week of April 3) viewing chart analysis.

Last week, Season 1 of “The Night Agent” spent its third weekend as the #1 English language series on the streamer with 130.5 million global hours viewed, which was enough to put it into Netflix’s all-time most popular English shows in ninth place with 515.6 million total hours viewed worldwide. The show is in the top 10 in 92 countries, many of which it remains in the #1 spot. Wisely, Netflix has already greenlit a second season.

Season 4 of “Love is Blind” follows in second place with 43.1 million viewing hours. The season finale of the popular reality TV series will drop this coming Friday,...

Jonás Cuarón's Netflix film Chupa was filmed in various locations. The film follows a 13-year-old boy named Alex visiting his extended family in Mexico after his father's death. His time there sees him cross paths with the infamous folklore monster, the Chupacabra, a development which serves as the basis of the movie's story.

The folklore connections of the Chupacabra are inherently important to the Netflix movie. The mythological creature the animal in the movie shares its name is deeply rooted in Latin American culture, hence why Chupa is set primarily in Mexico. Thanks to the bond formed between the legendary beast and the main character, Chupa was able to take viewers on an eventful and dangerous journey through Mexico.

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“65” (Sony) and “Shazam: Fury of the Gods” (Warner Bros. Discovery), both $19.99, were the sole new entries on VOD charts on an otherwise static week. However, three’s a trend: The new titles join last week’s “Creed III” in arriving on PVOD in 28 days or fewer after their theatrical releases.

As home-release strategies evolve, it’s clear that distributors love that lucrative PVOD revenue. At the same time, these charts reinforce the idea that playing in theaters elevates these titles.

“65” was a modest theatrical performer ($31 million in 31 days), but with its sci-fi genre and Adam Driver as the lead it can draw early home viewers. And since Sony doesn’t own a streamer, it has more incentive to maximize VOD.

“Shazam” sequel after 21 days is atypical for Wbd, especially for a DC title. After Wbd ended its disruptive same-day theatrical/HBO Max strategy, the studio said any theatrical...

One of Sony's upcoming Spider-Man spin-off movies for 2024, El Muerto, gets a disappointing update. In April 2022, a surprising Spider-Man spin-off film was revealed to be in the works. Based on an incredibly obscure Spider-Man character, Bad Bunny was cast as the lead in El Muerto. The character has only appeared in two issues of Marvel Comics but is now headed for the big screen.

However, it appears the El Muerto movie may be facing some setbacks. Bad Bunny recently did an interview with Time in which El Muerto was briefly discussed. With a January 2024 release date set, the actor revealed that filming has actually not started. Bad Bunny's publicist clarified later on that El Muerto was "at a standstill" and that it remains in development. A Sony representative declined to comment on the situation.

Will Sony's El Muerto Release Date Be Delayed?

Aside from the movie's Jan. 12, 2024 release date,...

The primary purpose of this roundup is to highlight films new to streaming platforms that could potentially contend for awards. But some weekends there are no new releases that could credibly be considered awards contenders. This is one of those weeks. But we don’t take the week off. Instead, we highlight the best of what’s new on streaming, whether it’s a contender or not. This week’s picks include a notable new release and three older Oscar contenders.

The contender to watch this week: “Fatal Attraction”

Before the Paramount+ adaptation starring Lizzy Caplan and Joshua Jackson premieres at the end of April, revisit this classic for a dose of bunny-boiling electricity. “Fatal Attraction” was the third-highest-grossing release of 1987, eventually earning six Oscar nominations, including Best Picture. People have been arguing about the movie’s messages ever since, but it’s hard to find performances as invigorating as...

Ready to fall in love with a cuddly little Chupacabra? Because you will if you watch Netflix’s new film “Chupa.”

“Chupa” stars Evan Whitten as Alex, a kid living in the United States whose mom sends him to visit his grandfather (Demián Bichir) in Mexico for spring break. (This is in the early 1990s.) While in Mexico, he befriends a Chupacabra – an ancient creature from Mexican folklore, who he dubs Chupa. Together, he and his cousins hide Chupa and outwit a nefarious operative trying to capture the creature for use in the biomedical field and attempt to return Chupa to his family.

It’s a terrific little movie, clearly indebted to the Amblin movies of the 1980s and early 1990s, with some fun performances and an absolutely adorable creature in Chupa.

TheWrap spoke to director Jonás Cuarón, who talked about those reference points, figuring out how to film the...

This weekend, Netflix is adding a comedy-drama TV series, a fantasy adventure movie, and a TV series based on a novel. Last weekend, and as it does on the first days of every month, Netflix added a variety of licensed content, most notably Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy, the Bourne trilogy starring Matt Damon along with The Bourne Legacy, the comedies Zombieland, How to Lose a Guy in 10 Days and Not Another Teen Movie, Danny DeVito’s Matilda, Christopher Nolan’s Inception, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Psycho, along with the Australian comedy-drama TV series Wellmania, the comedy series Unstable, and the comedy mystery movie Murder Mystery 2.

This weekend, Netflix won’t add as much licensed content as last week, but it will add a variety of titles, such as the documentary Surviving R. Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter, the action thriller The Last Stand, the Nigerian comedy A Simple Lie,...

Chupa is a Netflix movie directed by Jonás Cuarón starring Evan Whitten and Demian Bichir.

The chupacabra is a legend about an animal that feeds on the blood of goats. Coming all the way from Mexico, the story has become a classic horror story.

This time, Jonás Cuarón gives the story a more youthful twist and turns it into a heartwarming tale of friendship and adventure in the style of the 80’s and those charming and forgettable films that followed in the wake of E.T.

It’s fun to see Christian Slater again.

Chupa (2023) Movie Review

Chupa is a youth film created with all the 80’s machinations of these movies that, without inventing anything new at all, makes them work again to perfection demonstrating that the formula, although already very worn, still works with the passage of time.

One of those naive and charming movies that has its fascinating...

“Chupa” is a Netflix movie directed by Jonas Cuaron and released on April 7, 2023. Jonas Cuaron is the son of Alfonso Cuaron, a Mexican filmmaker who has won Best Director, Best Film Editing, and Best Cinematography Oscars. “Chupa” is a heartwarming tale of Alejandro, aka Alex (Evan Whitten), who is going through grief because of the death of his father, who died of cancer, and Chupa, or the mythical creature Chupacabra, who, due to the fault of man, has been displaced from his family. Alex lives in Kansas City and studies at Lakewood Middle School, where he doesn’t interact with any of his classmates but engages himself in playing a game on the Game Boy, for which he is called weird and teased with words like ‘Taquito.’ Alex feels out of place and isn’t able to brave this situation at school. Nevertheless, his mother offers him a trip to...

Jonás Cuarón creates a family adventure film based on Latin America’s folklore about a mythical creature. It’s very “Amblin-esque” according to him. So why make a movie about Chupacabras, why make it a family adventure, and really, why call it “Chupa?” The word has a different connotation in both the Latin and Filipino culture.

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According to legend, the chupacabra is a fearsome, blood-sucking beast — a lean and intimidating animal you wouldn’t want to come across feasting on your livestock at night. Not so the cub three kids nickname “Chupa” in Mexican director Jonás Cuarón’s family-friendly Netflix movie. This one looks like a fuzzy-wuzzy baby lynx, with inquisitive amber eyes and a pair of awkward azure wings it still hasn’t learned how to use. A single glimpse of this oversized kitten and you’ll want one for your own, if not the plush version to snuggle up with at night.

That’s a pretty radical reimagining of a mythical monster usually discussed in horror terms, but an inspired way to bring a sense of Amblin-esque wonder south of the border, attempting to do for a legendary Latin American creature what films like “E.T.” did for extra-terrestrials — which is to say, turn...

April is Halfway-to-Halloween, and this month embraces horror offerings accordingly. While The Pope’s Exorcist, Beau is Afraid, Renfield, and Evil Dead Rise ensure a robust theatrical slate for horror in April, the TV premieres get even more extensive. Of course, it doesn’t stop there. The new releases coming to streaming this month keep the Halloween spirit alive and well.

Here are ten noteworthy horror titles available for streaming in April 2023 on some of the most popular streaming services, along with when/where you can watch them.

Chupa – Netflix (April 7)

Chupa. Evan Whitten as Alex in Chupa. Cr: Netflix © 2023

The vampiric Chupacabra gets re-envisioned in Netflix’s fantasy film Chupa. The Nun’s Demián Bichir stars in this family adventure that sees a teen boy discover an adorable Chupacabra cub. Christian Slater also stars. Chupa is directed by Jonás Cuarón (Desierto), son of acclaimed filmmaker Alfonso Cuarón.

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"Chupa" is a new fantasy adventure film directed by Jonás Cuarón, starring Demián Bichir, Evan Whitten, Ashley Ciarra, Nickolas Verdugo and Christan Slater, streaming April 7, 203 on Netflix:

"...after discovering a 'chupacabra' creature living in his grandfather’s shed while visiting in Mexico, a teenage boy and his cousins accompany the creature on an adventure..."

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Netflix did not think things through when it chose the title for Chupa, but that mistake actually exposes a larger platform problem. The Netflix film follows a young boy who befriends a chupacabra. The animal is a folklore legend reportedly seen in Puerto Rico, but the film takes place in Mexico, where the young boy, Alex, finds the animal in his grandfather's shed. Unfortunately, Netflix shortening the film's name to Chupa was a terrible idea because it has an inappropriate meaning. The animal is typically known for sucking the blood out of livestock like goats - a major problem for farmers.

The chupacabra gets its name from the Spanish words chupar, meaning "to suck," and cabra, which means goat. Unfortunately, chupar on its own can be confused for a sexual act, which does not work well with the theme of Netflix movie Chupa, especially because it is rated PG and aimed at children.

Spanish-speaking viewers have pointed out an unfortunate translation issue with Netflix’s new family adventure film, Chupa.

The film, which is set to be released by the streaming service on 7 April, is about a mysterious chupacabra – inspired by a mythical creature in South American folklore that sucked the blood of goats. It was written and directed by Jonás Cuarón, son of Oscar-winning director Alfonso Cuarón.

Chupa follows Alex, a young boy from Kansas City who visits Mexico to meet his family. While visiting his grandfather’s ranch, he befriends a baby chupacabra, which he calls Chupa.

Spanish-speaking social media users have pointed out that “chupa” literally means “suck” or “to suck”.

The trailer actually addresses the word’s meaning, with one character pointing out that Alex’s nickname for the chupacabra means “sucker”, suggesting it could be interpreted as “bad”. Alex’s dad says he likes the nickname.

However, others...

"Chupa" is a new fantasy adventure film directed by Jonás Cuarón, starring Demián Bichir, Evan Whitten, Ashley Ciarra, Nickolas Verdugo and Christan Slater, streaming April 7, 203 on Netflix:

"...after discovering a 'chupacabra' creature living in his grandfather’s shed while visiting in Mexico, a teenage boy and his cousins accompany the creature on an adventure..."

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Director Jonás Cuarón reimagines the terrifying mythical beast as a cute and furry little creature in Netflix’s Chupa. The two-minute trailer for the family-friendly adventure confirms this incredibly adorable baby chupacabra looks nothing like a goat-killing, nightmare-inducing monster.

“I was a small kid when the legend started. When the idea came of turning [the myth] on its head and using it to tell a family adventure, I was immediately excited,” said Cuarón in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “I’ve always been a huge fan of E.T. and believe that stories like that are so powerful because they play on the idea of kids being misunderstood by adults. Chupa might be a monster but he’s the only one that truly understands what Alex is going through. The bond between a boy and a creature is so pure, like with a pet, it transcends language.”

Chupa stars Demián Bichir,...

"He'll be our little secret." Netflix has revealed the official trailer for an adventure movie titled Chupa, rated PG even tough it's only going to be streaming on Netflix for its release in April. This is the latest from Mexican director Jonás Cuarón, Alfonso Cuarón's son - his debut feature was Desierto from a few years ago. While visiting his family in Mexico, teenage Alex gains an unlikely companion when he discovers a young chupacabra hiding in his grandpa's shed. In order to save the mythical creature, Alex and his cousins must embark on the adventure of a lifetime. Directed by Jonás, and produced by 26th Street Pictures' Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe, Chupa is a nostalgic journey through myth, memory, and the making of one's own personal legend. This stars Evan Whitten as Alex, along with Demián Bichir, Christian Slater, Ashley Ciarra, Nickolas Verdugo, Adriana Paz,...

How far would you go to save something you love? The new film “Chupa” ventures into familiar territory, exploring the bonds between a boy and an unlikely friend. In this care, teenager Alex travels to Mexico hoping to connect with his extended family. What he finds instead is a legendary creature in need of protection. The film hails from Jonás Cuarón (“Desierto”), the son of director Alfonso Cuarón.

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Evan Whitten as Alex in ‘Chupa’ (Photo Credit: Netflix © 2023)

Although Netflix’s family adventure Chupa is inspired by the legend of the chupacabra, director Jonás Cuarón was determined to make the creature at the heart of his film much less fearsome than the mythical creature. “Our goal was to create an incredibly cute creature based on a terrifying legend,” said Cuarón in an interview with Netflix’s Tudum. “The mythical creature was described as a hairless dog with wings and sharp teeth. Chupa is furry and incredibly cute.”

The first photos from Chupa confirm this creature, at least as a youngster, is anything but terrifying.

Cuarón added: “I’ve always been a huge fan of E.T. and believe that stories like that are so powerful because they play on the idea of kids being misunderstood by adults. Chupa might be a monster, but he’s the only one that truly...

The vampiric Chupacabra gets re-envisioned in Netflix’s upcoming fantasy film Chupa. The streaming service’s first look images reveal the cryptid’s cuter side.

The Nun’s Demián Bichir stars in this family adventure that sees a teen boy discover an adorable Chupacabra cub. Christian Slater (Heathers, Interview with the Vampire) also stars.

Look for this adorable take on the Chupacabra legend when Chupa debuts on Netflix on April 7, 2023.

In the film: “Shy 13-year-old Alex (Evan Whitten) flies from Kansas City to Mexico to meet his extended family for the first time. There he meets his grandfather and former lucha libre champion Chava (Bichir), energetic, wrestling-obsessed cousin Memo (Nickolas Verdugo), and fearless, hip cousin, Luna (Ashley Ciarra). But just as Alex begins to get his bearings, he discovers a mythical creature living under his grandfather’s shed: a young chupacabra cub, which he recognizes from stories of the feared,...

Bad Bunny, aka El Conejo Malo, took to the 2023 Grammys stage on Sunday night, where his Un Verano Sin Ti made history as the first Latin album to be nominated for album of the year. The release was 2022’s most-listened-to album.

The artist opened the show with a Un Verano Sin Ti mashup of tracks “El Apagon” and “Despues de la Playa,” with a brass section and conga drummers. The musician danced through the tables on the floor, before making his way to a circular, lit stage in at the front of the room.

The artist, whose full name is Benito Antonio Martínez Ocasio, has taken home two Grammys in the past: one for best música urbana album for El Último Tour Del Mundo and his first one for best Latin pop or urban album for Yhlqmdlg.

While he was shut out of record and song of the year for...

Based on a true story, “Cassandro” is the best possible vehicle for its star Gael García Bernal, who gives an extraordinarily physical performance as Saúl Armendáriz, a scrappy gay outsider who enters the strange world of Mexican Lucha Libre wrestling.

In the first scenes, where we see Armendáriz competing under the name El Topo, director Roger Ross Williams — the documentarian behind “The Apollo” and “God Loves Uganda” making his fiction-film debut here — confidently and swiftly sketches in a milieu in which homoeroticism and fear of homosexuality are in some peculiar kind of headlock with each other.

Armendáriz takes taunts from hulking wrestlers backstage and dishes them right back, and out in the ring his preordained defeat at the hands of his brawny opponent is so sexually charged that the homoeroticism isn’t subtext; it is practically text. “El Topo bites the pillow!” his opponent cries, and the crowd roars its approval.

Netflix has unveiled its 2023 feature film slate, consisting of 49 titles.

The streamer’s feature slate has slimmed down significantly from 2022, when 86 films were announced. It should also be noted that nine of the films on today’s list were originally set for release as part of last year’s lineup. Those titles are Dev Patel’s feature directorial debut Monkey Man, Jennifer Lopez actioner The Mother, George C. Wolfe’s civil rights drama Rustin, John Ridley’s Shirley, the Adam Sandler vehicle Spaceman, the Jamie Foxx-starring They Cloned Tyrone, the starry comedy We Have a Ghost, Kenya Barris’ first feature You People and South Korea’s Jung_E.

In addition to several of those titles, Netflix has revealed premiere dates for works by such acclaimed filmmakers as David Fincher (The Killer), Zack Snyder (Rebel Moon), David Yates (Pain Hustlers) and F. Gary Gray (Lift) and by TV titans like...

Donald Glover is attached to star in and produce a movie based on Spider-Man villain Hypno-Hustler, based on Sony’s Universe of Marvel Characters.

Michael Murphy, the son of actor and comedian Eddie Murphy, is attached to write the script. The untitled project is in very early development.

Hypno-Hustler is a rather villain who first appeared in 1978’s “Peter Parker, the Spectacular Spider-Man” #24, and was created by Bill Mantlo and artist Frank Springer. The character’s unmasked name is Antoine Desloin, and he is the lead singer of the Mercy Killers. Hypno-Hustler uses hypnosis equipment in his instruments to rob the audience. In the comics, Spider-Man was able to defeat Hypno-Hustler by removing his headphones, causing him to become a victim of his own hypnosis.

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Antonio Banderas famously portrayed the masked vigilante in 1998’s film The Mask of Zorro and its 2005 follow-up The Legend of Zorro. Banderas recently opened up about being game for a third installment of the franchise and who he would like to pass on the torch to play the titular character.

“Yes, I would, I would consider that possibility, why not?” Banderas told ComicBook of starring in a third film. “Yeah, I think today, I said something like that to somebody. They asked me about Zorro. If they called me to do Zorro, I would do what Anthony Hopkins did for me, which is to pass the torch.”

Banderas said that he would like to see his Uncharted costar Tom Holland behind the mask.

“I did Uncharted with him, and he’s so energetic and fun, and he’s got this spark too,” Banderas said. “Why not?”

Back in 2016, director Jonás Cuarón...