Jennifer Lopezteams up withBack to the Future(1985) director Robert Zemeckis for her next movie. And actor and a singer, Lopez remains as active as ever in Hollywood and beyond. Her most recent acting gig was as the lead inUnstoppable(2024), a sports docudrama for Prime Video, but she also has a strong working relationship with Netflix, having starred in bothThe Mother(2023) andAtlas(2024), both of which position her front and center as an action star.
Now,Deadlinereports thatLopez is teaming up with Zemeckis her her next project, which will be an adaptation ofThe Last Mrs. Parrishby Liv Constantine. The film, which is in development at Netflix, is currently in the writing stage, with Oscar nominee Andrea Berloff and Oscar nominee John Gatins penning the screenplay. It doesn’t yet have an expected release date. Check out a synopsis for the film below:
The story follows a con artist (Lopez) who targets a wealthy couple — the Parrishes — as her next victims. She infiltrates the pair by befriending the wife and seducing the husband, with the master plan of becoming the next Mrs. Parrish, only to discover that the wife’s life is far more complicated than she could have imagined.
Lopez will produce the film Nuyorican Productions alongside Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina. Liza Chasin produces for 3dot Productions, with Molly Sims for Something Happy Production. On board as executive producers are Margaret Chernin of 3dot, along with Lynne Constantine and Valerie Constantine, Jack Rapke and Derek Hogue.
The Last Mrs. Parrishwas a hit, selling more than one million copies and becoming a Reese Witherspoon book club pick.
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The Motherreviewsmay have been generally negative from critics, but that film was a major viewership hit on Netflix. It was, for a time, in the streamer’s top 10 movies of all time list, though it has since fallen out. Lopez’s second collaboration with the streamer,Atlas, was met with even more negative reviews, and it spent several weeks at the top of Netflix’s weekly top 10 list. These Netflix collaborations are on top of Lopez’s role inShotgun Wedding(2022) for Prime Video, which was also a hit despite poor reviews.
Lopez, then, is a proven audience draw even if she hasn’t had a critical success in some time. Zemeckis, on the other hand, is coming off ofHere(2024), which was neither a critical success nor a box office hit. The response to his previous movie,Pinocchio(2022), was negative as well, buthe does have an Oscar win under his belt, taking home the Best Director statue forForrest Gump(1994), which also won for Best Picture. WithThe Last Mrs. Parrish, both Lopez and Zemeckis have an opportunity to break their poor critical trends.
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Though critics haven’t liked many of Lopez’s recent projects, it’s clear that audiences have. Even when the material isn’t good,Lopez’s presence is seemingly enough to make a movie worth watching, and this bodes well forThe Last Mrs. Parrish. The film was on fairly sure footing without being based on popular source material, but the fact the novel was such a hit means it will also appeal to the readers who enjoyed it.
Zemeckis' recent track record isn’t promising, butForrest Gump, and other movies likeBack to the Future,Flight(2012), andCast Away(2000) suggest he certainly has the capacity to make great films. It remains to be seen how theThe Last Mrs. Parrishwill fare with audiences and critics, but theLopezproject seems sure to be a buzzy one.
