You might expect a mythical creature like the Chupacabra to only appear in low-budget Syfy horror movies, but Deadline is reporting today that Gremlins writer/Home Alone director Chris Columbus is attached to produce what sounds like a family-friendly movie centered on the creature for Netflix. The project is set to be directed by Jonas Cuaron.
This looks to be an E.T.-style adventure film, rather than any sort of creature feature…
“The film follows a teenager, who while visiting his family in Mexico, 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.”
Cuaron (Desert), in addition to directing, will also be writing a new draft of the script based on an original script from Marcus Rinehart, Sean Kennedy Moore and Joe Barnathan.
