LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: Demián Bichir attends Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: (L-R) Evan Whitten, Nickolas Verdugo, Ashley Ciarra, Demián Bichir, and Christian Slater speak onstage during Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: Jonás Cuarón speaks onstage during Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: Demián Bichir attends Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: (L-R) Demián Bichir and Evan Whitten attend Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: Evan Whitten attends Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: (L-R) Joe Barnathan, Marcus Rinehart, Sean Kennedy Moore, and Jonás Cuarón attend Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: Jonás Cuarón speaks onstage during Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: (L-R) Demián Bichir and Christian Slater attend Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: Christian Slater attends Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: (L-R) Demián Bichir, Christian Slater, Jonás Cuarón, Michael Barnathan, Racheline Benveniste, Director, Original Film at Netflix, Anna Barnathan Barry, and Ivanna Martinez, Creative Executive, Netflix, attend Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: (L-R) Demián Bichir, Christian Slater, and Jonás Cuarón attend Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: (L-R) Demián Bichir, Ashley Ciarra, Christian Slater, Nickolas Verdugo, Evan Whitten, and Jonás Cuarón attend Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix) 
LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA – MARCH 26: Jonás Cuarón attends Netflix’s “Chupa” Premiere at Netflix Tudum Theater on March 26, 2023 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Charley Gallay/Getty Images for Netflix)
See The Photos From Netflix Special Los Angeles Screening Event for CHUPA
Today, Netflix hosted a Special Screening Event for CHUPA at the Netflix Tudum Theater in Los Angeles complete with photo opportunities and family fun activities.
Director Jonás Cuarón was in attendance and joined by stars Demián Bichir, Evan Whitten, Christian Slater, Ashley Ciarra, and Nickolas Verdugo.
Producer Michael Barnathan also joined, in addition to Writers Sean Kennedy Moore, Joe Barnathan, Marcus Rinehart and Executive Producers G. Mac Brown, Anna Barnathan Barry and Brendan Bellomo.
Influencers including Patty Rodriguez (@PattyRodriguez), Kathy Copcutt (BelAirMommie – @livewithkathy), Jennifer Wright (@stylishlysocial), Veronica Navarro (@the.real.la.mama), Danny Zion (@MrBiggsMenu), Alan Balde (@IAm.Yankee), Angelica Celaya (@AngelicaCelaya1), Amy Tan (@amytangerine), Celeste Wright (@celeste_wright) and Vince Lee (@mrvlstyle) also attended.
DIRECTOR: Jonás Cuarón
SCREENPLAY BY: Sean Kennedy Moore & Joe Barnathan & Marcus Rinehart
CAST: Demián Bichir, Evan Whitten, Christian Slater, Ashley Ciarra, Nickolas Verdugo, Adriana Paz, Gerardo Taracena, Julio Cesar Cedillo
Synopsis | 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 (Demián 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, full-grown chupacabra, fabled to feed on farmers’ livestock. Alex soon learns that his new friend “Chupa” has a secret history with his family, and that dogged, dangerous scientist Richard Quinn (Christian Slater) is hunting the misunderstood creature to try and harness his powers. To protect Chupa from impending danger, Alex sets off on the adventure of a lifetime, one that will push the bonds of his newfound family to the brink, and remind him that life’s burdens are lighter when you don’t have to carry them alone.
Directed by Jonás Cuarón (Desierto), and produced by 26th Street Pictures’ Chris Columbus, Michael Barnathan and Mark Radcliffe (The Christmas Chronicles), CHUPA is a nostalgic journey through myth, memory, and the making of one’s own personal legend.
