Beverly Hills Chihuahua is a 2008 American
adventure comedy film produced by
Walt Disney Pictures, the first in the
Beverly Hills Chihuahua series. It is directed by
Raja Gosnell and was released on October 3, 2008. The films stars
Piper Perabo,
Jamie Lee Curtis and
Manolo Cardona as the human leads and
Drew Barrymore,
George Lopez and
Andy Garcia in
voice-over roles. The plot centers on a
Chihuahua, Chloe, who gets
dognapped in
Mexico and has to escape from an evil
Doberman, El Diablo, with a help from a lonely
German Shepherd, Delgado and a hyperactive male Chihuahua, Papi, who has a desperate crush on her. A sequel,
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 2, was released on
direct-to-DVD on February 1, 2011, and
Beverly Hills Chihuahua 3: Viva la Fiesta! was released on September 18, 2012.