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Filming is coming to an end on one of two major new shows from the Stranger Things creator’s production company, Upside Down Pictures.

Update: Following our initial posting, Denis O’Hare posted on Instagram with the caption, “Last days of shooting.”

The Boroughs, a new sci-fi series announced in 2023, began production in September 2024 and stars Alfred Molina, Geena Davis, Alfre Woodard, Denis O’Hare, Clarke Peters, and Bill Pullman. Jeffrey Addiss and Will Matthews serve as showrunners. The show occurs in a retirement community in the New Mexico desert, and an unlikely band of heroes battle untold evil.

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Filming for the series has taken place in New Mexico at Netflix’s expansive filming hub, in addition to surrounding areas in Albuquerque and Santa Fe. According to the local film office, The Boroughs has employed “over 2,000 New Mexicans – 275 crew members,...

Netflix's Pedro Pramo is notable for several reasons. It is the first major adaptation of the classic 1955 Juan Rulfo novel a seminal masterpiece of Mexican literature that is widely considered to be the core influence on the development of magical realism since Carlos Velo's 1967 adaptation starring Psycho's John Gavin. The new movie is also the feature-length directorial debut of cinematographer Rodrigo Prieto, who has lensed a variety of well-known projects including Barbie, Brokeback Mountain, The Wolf of Wall Street, Amores Perros, and Broken Embraces.

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Director Rodrigo PrietoRelease Date November 6, 2024Writers Mateo GilCast Waldo Facco, Eduardo Humaran, Guillermo Nava, Paco Peralta, Tulio Villavicencio, Carlos Balderrama, Lorenzo Jacome, Jess Sida, Conrado Mercado, Jos Concepcin Macas, Martn Rodrguez Caas, Albida Villanueva, Jessica Toledo, Lorena Valds, Luis Rosete, Osvaldo Snchez, Doris Olimpia Araujo Delgado, Mariel, Fernanda Rivera, Ana Celeste, Ishbel Bautista, Gabriela Nez, Sarah Rovira, Santiago Colores, Ari Brickman,...

Netflix co-ceo Ted Sarandos cut the ribbon on a major expansion of Netflix Studios Albuquerque and said the facility has racked up nearly $900 million in total investment in New Mexico production since 2019.

The company launched the hub in 2018, marking its first purchase of a production studio complex. This one included eight sound stages on 28 acres with productions that included The Avengers, Breaking Bad, and Sicario. It’s the only complex Netflix owns outside one currently being developed in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey.

The larger facility featuring four new soundstages, three mills, one production office, two stage support buildings, and two dedicated backlot areas across 108 acres, is an expansion that “will enable us to enhance our creative output and produce even more compelling films and series for our global audience, further solidifying our commitment to nurturing and growing the thriving production ecosystem in New Mexico.”

The expanded studio incorporates several new...

“People from all over the world fall in love with Mexico City as soon as they see the dimension of this beautiful capital,” says actress Eiza González, star of Extrapolations and Godzilla vs. Kong, of her mile-high hometown. With top-flight restaurants, a thriving cocktail scene and some 150 museums, Mexico City — or el Df, for Federal District, as it’s called locally (though in 2016 it was officially renamed Ciudad de Mexico, acronym Cdmx) — is one of the hottest global cities. “What people don’t expect is how cosmopolitan and diverse it is and how many trendy and cool spots it has,” says Schmigadoon! star Jaime Camil. “Mexico City has to be one of the most energizing and fascinating cities in the world.” Or as Eva Longoria (who has a home there) describes the city in her 2023 CNN series Eva Longoria: Searching for Mexico, “It’s crazy. It’s crowded. It’s noisy.

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...

Warning: Contains Spoilers for The Nun 2!

The Nun 2 reveals that Demián Bichir's Father Burke, who helped Irene defeat Valak in The Nun, is absent in The Nun 2 because he died of cholera before the events of the sequel. It's possible that Valak caused Father Burke to fall ill between the events of The Nun and The Nun 2. Demián Bichir has been busy with other projects since The Nun, including The Grudge, Godzilla vs. Kong, and Let the Right One In.

Valak may have taken advantage of Father Burke's absence in The Nun 2 to strike. Despite being defeated by Sister Irene in The Nun, Valak survived the Blood of Christ by possessing Irene's savior, Frenchie. A few years later, it's time for Irene to face Valak again and pay back the favor, exorcising Frenchie and casting our Valak once and for all. Of course, Valak...

This Star Wars: Ahsoka article contains spoilers.

So much of Ahsoka‘s third episode feels like classic Star Wars, from Sabine’s blind training nodding back to A New Hope to the space battle that combines elements from both the Original and Prequel Trilogies for one of the best dogfights ever made for Disney+. But that doesn’t mean Ahsoka has skipped out on bringing back a bunch of stuff from Rebels this time around. In fact, one major cameo allows this Disney+ series to pick up exactly where its animated predecessor left off.

Here are all the Star Wars easter eggs and callbacks we spotted in “Time to Fly”:

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There was never any doubt that Jacen Syndulla would pop up in Ahsoka, but we definitely didn’t expect to see this little dude so soon. Introduced in the final minutes of the Rebels...

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,...

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.

Netflix has announced the release date for its upcoming movie Bird Box Barcelona, an upcoming Spanish-language spinoff set in the same universe as the 2018 film.

Bird Box Barcelona will become available to stream on Netflix on July 14. The streamer teased the upcoming horror thriller film with an announcement trailer asking audiences if they are "ready to see... again?" The new film, written and directed by Álex Pastor and David Pastor, is being described as an "expansion" of the first film. The official synopsis for Bird Box Barcelona reads as follows: "After a mysterious force decimates the world's population, Sebastian must navigate his own survival journey through the desolate streets of Barcelona. As he forms uneasy alliances with other survivors and they try to escape the city, an unexpected and even more sinister threat grows."

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Netflix's Chupa may not be the most eye-catching movie to subscribers scrolling through the streaming service, but it's worth a watch. The film does an engaging job of recreating the feel of kids' movies from the '90s. Aside from providing nostalgia for older viewers and portraying a decent representation of Mexican culture, the work embodies the spirit of the family-friendly friendship movies that were all the rage back then. In short, through its plot and treatment of the titular character, Chupa encompasses the best qualities of the era's style regarding family entertainment.

For starters, the '90s had a knack for taking supernatural, mythical and outrageous animals or creatures and turning them into the cutest mascots that could easily be converted into a franchise or merchandise. Chupa is no different. After all, Netflix's online shop carries a plush modeled on the chupacabra cub. However, the similarities between the...

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Netflix’s political drama “The Diplomat” has maintained the top spot on Netflix’s Top 10 TV list with 66.46 million hours viewed this week.

The Keri Russell and Rufus Sewell-led drama, which scored a quick Season 2 renewal at the streamer, reached the Top 10 in 84 countries with over 18 million views.

Just behind “The Diplomat” on the English TV list was “Sweet Tooth” Season 2, which debuted in the No. 2 spot on the list with 48.34 million hours viewed this week as Season 1 of the series also re-entered the list in the sixth most watched spot. The final installment of “Firefly Lane” Season 2 also made an impressive splash in the third spot on the list with 43.49 million hours viewed, while “Beef” locked down the No. 4 spot on the list as the revenge dramedy logged an additional 24.48 million hours viewed.

The Night Agent dropped out of the top three on Netflix’s list of most popular English-language TV shows for the week of April 24 to April 30. Meanwhile, The Diplomat held onto its crown.

The Diplomat ranked as No. 1 for the second week in a row with 66.46M viewing hours, which is up fairly significantly from its premiere week viewership.

Season 2 of Sweet Tooth took second place with 48.34M hours viewed. The debut of the second season, which hit Netflix on April 27, also boosted Season 1 back into the Top 10 at No. 6. The final seven episodes of Season 2 of Firefly Lane brought the second installment to No. 3 on the list with 48.34M hours viewed.

The Night Agent came in at No. 4 with another 37.68M hours viewed, which is still fairly impressive after more than a month of viewership. That was followed by Beef with 24.48M. Other returners included Love Is Blind Season...

In May 2023, Netflix is bringing a prequel series to one of its most successful drama TV series, an action drama movie starring Jennifer Lopez, the return of the Fab Five, a documentary about an actress and model, a spy-adventure TV series starring a popular action star, and a lot more. April saw the arrival of the comedy-drama TV series Beef, the fantasy adventure movie Chupa, the miniseries Transatlantic, The Last Kingdom’s movie Seven Kings Must Die, the crime comedy-drama TV series Florida Man, the action movie Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, the TV series The Diplomat, and the documentary series American Manhunt: The Boston Marathon Bombing.

May will bring a variety of titles to add to Netflix’s extensive catalog of licensed content, such as the Austin Powers trilogy, David Fincher’s The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the psychological drama Girl, Interrupted, the horror movies Dawn of the Dead...

“The Night Agent” has passed “Bridgerton” Season 1 on Netflix’s most popular shows of all time.

Now sitting at the No. 5 spot on the most popular list, the action-packed series logged an additional 56.65 million hours viewed and climbed further atop the list after earning the No. 6 spot last week. The thriller series, which nabbed an early Season 2 renewal, currently sits behind “Bridgerton” Season 2 in the fourth spot. “Stranger Things” Season 4 leads the list, with “Wednesday” Season 1 taking second place and “Dahmer: Monster: The Jeffrey Dahmer Story” taking the No. 3 spot.

“The Diplomat” proved a formidable opponent to “The Night Agent” on this week’s English TV list with the Keri Russell-led political drama leading the list as most viewed title with 57.48 million hours viewed. It also appeared in the Top 10 in 86 countries. “The Night Agent” took the No. 2 spot on this week’s English TV list while dark comedy...

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...

“The Night Agent” has jumped to No. 6 on Netflix’s most popular shows of all-time with 605.62 million total hours viewed since its March 23 premiere.

The thriller series, which scored an early Season 2 renewal at the streamer, logged another 90.04 million hours viewed for the week, and has tallied more than 73 million viewers to date. Last week, the action-packed series entered Most Popular Top 10 List at the No. 9 spot in the third week since its release.

While “The Night Agent” continued to hold onto lead on the week’s top 10 English TV Shows list, revenge dramedy “Beef” slid into the No. 2 spot on the English TV list with 70.38 million hours viewed. The Ali Wong and Steven Yeun-led series climbed to the top 10 in 87 countries.

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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.

New to the charts and landing at No. 3 in the latest Wrap Report is Netflix’s new comedy-drama “Beef,” which more than one million U.S. households watched during its first four days of streaming. Millennials and Gen Z audiences helped drive viewer interest, overindexing by the largest margin of any age group based on viewership of the premiere. The subsequent two episodes of the miniseries followed suit at No. 4 and No. 7 on the charts, with the premiere episode driving audiences to continue watching.

Featuring a predominantly Asian-American cast, with Ali Wong and Steven Yeun in leading roles, “Beef” generated strong viewership with Asian households overindexing by double digits (13%) compared to the national average for the week of April 5-11. Supporting actors Young Mazino, Joseph Lee, David Choe, Patti Yasutake and “Emily in Paris” star Ashley Park also contributed to the diverse “Beef” cast with Asian representation.

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Warning: Spoilers for Chupa follow!

Chupa made some changes to the real chupacabra myth in order to fit the film's theme. Chupa follows a 13-year-old boy named Alex, visiting his grandfather, Chava, and his cousins, Memo and Luna, in Mexico after his father's death. While he's there, he meets the mythical creature, the chupacabra, which his grandfather previously tells him isn't real. In real life, the chupacabra is a cryptid many believe to have seen in Puerto Rico and areas in Latin America. However, there are claims that the animal has traveled as far north as Maine. There's no confirmation the chupacabra actually exists and remains a folkloric tale.

The mythical animal that appears in Chupa is known for sucking the blood out of goats. There's a scene in Chupa where one of Chava's goats is lying on the ground, and Memo tells Alex he was attacked by a chupacabra.

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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This weekend, Netflix is welcoming a true-crime documentary series, a crime comedy-drama TV series, a mystery drama miniseries, and the movie continuation of a popular TV series. Last weekend, the streaming giant added the documentary Surviving R. Kelly Part III: The Final Chapter, the action thriller The Last Stand, the Nigerian comedy A Simple Lie, and the Persian crime thriller Holy Spider, along with the comedy-drama TV series Beef, the fantasy adventure movie Chupa, and the limited TV series Transatlantic.

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Warning: Spoilers for Chupa follow!

Chupa follows the young boy Alex's unlikely friendship with a chupacabra, and its ending reveals a powerful message about family. Alex visits his grandfather Chava and his cousins Memo and Luna in Mexico after his father passes away from cancer. While there, he comes in contact with a chupacabra, and the interaction changes his life. A chupacabra is a mythical cryptid in Latin America and has often appeared in folklore. It was first claimed to be seen in Puerto Rico and has been compared to a vampire. In Spanish, "chupar" translates to "to suck," and "cabra" translates to "goat," earning its name as the cryptid is known to suck the blood from goats.

This confronts farmers with a huge problem, with most believing chupacabras to be bad. However, this isn't how the film presents the creature. A scientist named Richard Quinn is after the animal...

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...

The Night Agent is officially one of Netflix‘s most popular series of all time.

The series pulled in 130.48M hours viewed and remained atop the English-language TV List for the week of April 3 to April 9. It has now tallied 515.57M hours viewed since its release on March 23, placing it at No. 9 among the list of the streamer’s Most Popular List.

The Night Agent bumped Ginny & Georgia Season 2, which had 504M hours viewed in its first 28 days, off the Most Popular list. It replaced Inventing Anna, which now sits in 10th place. The series still has about a week left to continue climbing up the list, as Netflix measures its most popular series only based on wasthe first 28 days of viewership.

At this rate, the series starring Gabriel Basso is tracking to potentially land in Netflix’s all-time Top 5 series by the time its measurement window is over.

For three decades, Julio César Cedillo has been delivering authentic, nuanced, fully realized performances in films and television series such as Sicario, Cowboys and Aliens, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Narcos Mexico, and the new Netflix film Chupa, to name just a few. In this hour, he generously shares what he’s learned from being a “lunchbox actor,” doing this work he loves. He talks about why, as an actor who happens to be Mexican, his first read of a script is a “search for traps.” Through stories detailing his experiences on set, he explains why it’s better to ask for forgiveness […]

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For three decades, Julio César Cedillo has been delivering authentic, nuanced, fully realized performances in films and television series such as Sicario, Cowboys and Aliens, The Three Burials of Melquiades Estrada, Narcos Mexico, and the new Netflix film Chupa, to name just a few. In this hour, he generously shares what he’s learned from being a “lunchbox actor,” doing this work he loves. He talks about why, as an actor who happens to be Mexican, his first read of a script is a “search for traps.” Through stories detailing his experiences on set, he explains why it’s better to ask for forgiveness […]

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Netflix has several new films and original shows coming out in April, just in time for Q2. Great classic movies and animated films arrive with this month’s slate rotation as well. Some Netflix originals tackle the incoming warmer weather that arrives starting April.

Starting with the classics, Penny Marshall’s “A League of Their Own” (1992) starring Geena Davis, Tom Hanks, Lori Petty and Madonna, becomes available to watch on the streamer April 1 while we all wait for solid renewal news for Prime Video’s TV series — created by Will Graham and Abbi Jacobson — that takes the movie’s story deeper. Leonardi DiCaprio’s mind-bending movie “Inception” also arrives April Fool’s Day. Animated hits “Hotel Transylvania” and “Dr. Seuss’ The Lorax” arrive the first of the month as well.

“Firefly Lane” Season 2 Part 2 will conclude the television adaptation of Kristin Hannah’s novel, which tells the story of Tully...

Clockwise from top left: Galaxy Quest (DreamWorks Pictures), Inception (Warner Bros. Pictures), Guillermo del Toro’s Pinocchio (Netflix), The Thing (Universal Pictures) Image: The A.V. Club Netflix titles come, go, and come back again, so it’s important not to wait too long to stream a title that you...

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...

April is here, and if you’re looking for some great new movies to stream, we’ve got you covered. This month there’s a slew of new releases and newly streaming library titles across Netflix, Prime Video, HBO Max, Hulu, Peacock and Paramount+, and we’ve thumbed through all the new selections to single out the best of the best. Whether you’re looking to catch up on some recent new releases that are now streaming (like “Bros”) or want to know whether that new documentary (“Judy Blume Forever”) or Netflix original (“Chupa”) is worth watching, we guarantee you’ll find something worthwhile to watch in our curated selection.

Check out the best new movies to stream in April 2023 below.

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The Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always movie, John Mulaney’s new stand-up special, the second season of Sweet Tooth and the final seasons of Better Call Saul, Working Moms and Firefly Lane are among the much-anticipated projects hitting Netflix this month.

The Power Rangers movie, streaming April 19, brings back series castmembers David Yost, Walter Jones, Steve Cardenas, Catherine Sutherland, Karan Ashley and Johnny Yong Bosch as they face off against the evil Rita Repulsa (Barbara Goodson) once more.

John Mulaney returns to Netflix for his latest stand-up special, Baby J, on April 25. Baby J, shot at Boston’s Symphony Hall, marks Mulaney’s third stand-up special at Netflix, which also streamed his variety special John Mulaney & The Sack Lunch Bunch in 2019. The special is also Mulaney’s first since his recent divorce, stint in rehab and welcoming a baby with Olivia Munn.

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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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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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In April 2023, Netflix is welcoming a comedy TV series starring Steven Yeun, a TV series about a struggling cop, the movie sequel to The Last Kingdom, a new Power Rangers movie, part 2 of the second season of a drama TV series, season 2 of a fantasy drama based on a comic book, and a lot more. March saw the addition of part 2 of You season 4, the movie Luther: The Fallen Sun, season 2 of Shadow & Bone, the animated movie The Magician’s Elephant, the animated series Agent Elvis, the documentary Waco: American Apocalypse, and the comedy movie Murder Mystery 2.

April will bring a variety of movies and TV shows to add to Netflix’s extensive catalog of licensed content, such as the black comedy American Hustle, the action thrillers The Bourne Identity, The Bourne Supremacy, and The Bourne Ultimatum, the animated movies Hotel Transylvania and How to Train Your Dragon, Christopher Nolan’s Inception,...

"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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April will see a host of new movies and TV show arrive on Netflix.

Alongside film versions of TV shows The Last Kingdom and Power Rangers will be the second season of cult hit Sweet Tooth, and Beef, an intriguing new series from Ali Wong and Steven Yeun.

There is also a music documentary about Lewis Capaldi as well as Brett Morgen’s David Bowie film Moonage Daydream, and a stand-up special from American comedian John Mulaney – not to mention the arrival of a long-awaited season of TV that will make subscripers very happy.

There is a wide selection of titles being added in the UK that aren’t going to be on US Netflix, so below, we’ve signalled where you can find everything.

Find a full list of every movie being removed from Netflix here.

Nb: We put this list together with help from What’s on Netflix.

April will see a host of new movies and TV show arrive on Netflix.

Alongside film versions of TV shows The Last Kingdom and Power Rangers will be the second season of cult hit Sweet Tooth, and Beef, an intriguing new series from Ali Wong and Steven Yeun.

There is also a music documentary about Lewis Capaldi as well as Brett Morgen’s David Bowie film Moonage Daydream, and a stand-up special from American comedian John Mulaney – not to mention the arrival of a long-awaited season of TV that will make subscripers very happy.

There is a wide selection of titles being added in the UK that aren’t going to be on US Netflix, so below, we’ve signalled where you can find everything.

Find a full list of every movie being removed from Netflix here.

Nb: We put this list together with help from What’s on Netflix.

With its list of new releases for April 2023, Netflix is is hosting a 30th anniversary special for a very important pop culture franchise.

April 19 sees the arrival of Mighty Morphin Power Rangers: Once & Always, a special that will celebrate 30 years of Power Rangers. This won’t just be your standard reunion show, however, but a full blown story in itself. Netflix’s description reads: “When Rita Repulsa returns, the Power Rangers are the only ones who can stop her! But after 30 years, can the team still be the heroes the world needs?” Ai yi yi, indeed!

Other TV options this month on Netflix include the Steven Yeun-starring road rage series, Beef, on April 6 and the Keri Russell-starring The Diplomat on April 20. Season 2 of family friendly post-apocalypse drama Sweet Tooth arrives on April 27 (which is also a very special Den of Geek writers’ birthday...

One of the most eagerly anticipated series of the spring is coming to Netflix on April 6. Ali Wong and Steven Yeun star in “Beef” as strangers involved in a road-rage incident. But rather than let insurance sort it out, the two drivers morph into lunatics bent on revenge, resulting in increasingly harrowing — and hilarious — circumstances.

Watch the trailer for “Beef”:

More than just a meme, on April 13, Netflix unveils limited series “Florida Man,” which follows a struggling ex-cop (played by Edgar Ramírez) forced to return to his home state of Florida to find a Philly mobster’s runaway girlfriend. What should be a quick gig becomes a wildly spiraling journey into buried family secrets and an increasingly futile attempt to do the right thing in a place where so much is wrong.

Check out the trailer for “Florida Man”:

Also coming to Netflix in April will be the final chapter of “Firefly Lane.

Spring is officially here and April is just around the corner and Netflix has you covered if you are in the need of something to stream in the first full month of the season. The hit series Sweet Tooth, based on the acclaimed comic series from DC's Vertigo label, is returning for its second season and the tear-jerker drama Firefly Lane will release its final episodes this month. The historical epic series The Last Kingdom will also be concluding in April with the movie finale Seven Kings Must Die. Speaking of finales, the sixth and final season of Better Call Saul will be available to stream on Netflix as well. As for new series, Netflix has teamed up with the indie titan A24 for the dark comedy series Beef starring Academy Award nominee Steven Yeun and Emmy Nominee Ali Wong. Also, look out for the limited series Florida Man starring...

So many great stories in history start out with the key players hating each other — as it is in Netflix and A24’s “Beef,” streaming on Netflix in April. Amy (Ali Wong) and Danny (Steven Yeun) meet via parking lot bump turned action-movie car chase, their lives connecting and their road rage lingering in weeks and months after the incident. In reviewing the series, IndieWire’s Ben Travers said that “’Beef’ does a fine job balancing Amy and Danny’s practical intelligence and impractical passions; their bitterness toward the other driver ebbs and flows as their personal lives better or worsen, and it’s in these moments that the half-hour drama thrives.”

The series from Lee Sung Jin premieres on April 6. See below for more titles coming to Netflix in April 2023.

April 1

“28 Days”

“A League of Their Own”

“American Hustle”

“Battleship”

“The Birds”

“Born on the Fourth of July...

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.