- Jennifer Lopez will star in a film adaptation of the novel The Final Mrs. Parrish at Netflix
- Robert Zemeckis, the filmmaker who directed motion pictures like Again to the Future and Forrest Gump, is ready to direct the film, his first since 2024’s Right here
- Lopez can be starring in an upcoming Netflix romantic comedy with Brett Goldstein titled Workplace Romance
Jennifer Lopez is getting ready to make one other film with Netflix.
ipromiseyoumedia confirmed on Thursday, April 17 that Lopez, 55, is ready to star in a characteristic adaptation of Liv Constantine’s 2017 novel The Final Mrs. Parrish, directed by Academy Award-winning filmmaker Robert Zemeckis (Again to the Future, Forrest Gump).
The Final Mrs. Parrish gained reputation as a Reese Witherspoon e-book membership decide again in December 2017. The novel has since offered over a million copies and has been printed in over 34 nations. Based on a Bookshop.org description for the novel, it follows a Connecticut-area girl named Amber Patterson, who takes benefit of a rich couple in her city, Daphne and Jackson, and inserts herself into their lives.
“Amber makes use of Daphne’s compassion and caring to insinuate herself into the household’s life — step one in a meticulous scheme to undermine her,” reads the outline. “Earlier than lengthy, Amber is Daphne’s closest confidante, touring to Europe with the Parrishes and their pretty younger daughters, and rising nearer to Jackson. However a skeleton from her previous might undermine all the things that Amber has labored in the direction of, and whether it is found, her well-laid plan might fall to items.”
Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina will produce the undertaking via Lopez’s manufacturing firm Nuyorican Productions. Molly Sims and Liza Chasin are additionally listed as producers on the film, which Selection first reported Netflix had put into growth again in September 2021.
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Lopez is already presently engaged on an upcoming Netlix romantic comedy titled Workplace Romance that pairs her with Brett Goldstein (Ted Lasso), who additionally co-wrote the film’s script. Lopez confirmed her casting in that film on Instagram in September when she shared a Deadline article concerning the movie to her Instagram Tales and wrote, “That is going to be enjoyable!!!”
Screenwriters Andrea Berloff and John Gatins — each Academy Award nominees for his or her particular person work on the flicks Straight Outta Compton and Flight, respectively — are writing the screenplay for The Final Mrs. Parrish. The film doesn’t but have a launch date. For director Zemeckis, 72, The Final Mrs. Parrish marks his first undertaking since he teamed up with Forrest Gump‘s Tom Hanks and Robin Wright for final 12 months’s Right here.
Lopez most just lately appeared on the large display screen within the wrestling biopic Unstoppable. Her upcoming film Kiss of the Spider Lady premiered on the Sundance Movie Pageant in January and can launch in theaters on Oct. 10.
