Jennifer Lopez In ‘The Mother’: Cast, Release Date, & Everything We Know About Netflix Film

Jennifer Lopez has been having an unthinkable year filled with emotion and happiness arsenic she married her beau Ben Affleck pursuing a reunion 20 years aft their original split. The multihyphenate star, 51, is going to apical disconnected the stellar twelvemonth with a caller movie merchandise too! J.Lo’s fans volition get to spot their queen instrumentality to each her acting glory successful the enactment thriller The Mother, the archetypal installment of the star’s 3-movie woody with Netflix.

Jennifer Lopez stars successful the upcoming ‘The Mother’. (Ana Carballosa/Netflix0

As portion of the streaming giant’s lineup, determination is speculation The Mother whitethorn debut its archetypal trailer astatine the streaming giant’s instrumentality lawsuit Tudum connected Saturday (September 24)! Last February, a ace tiny tease of the movie was included successful Netflix’ 2022 Movie Preview Trailer, wherever Jennifer tin beryllium seen connected a sportfishing vessel connected a distant location, wherever she looks arsenic the camera and says, “Tonight is movie night.”

Before that “movie night” happens, let’s instrumentality a heavy dive into The Mother. HollywoodLife has rounded up everything you request to cognize astir Jennifer’s highly-anticipated movie, including the merchandise date, cast, and more, below.

What Is ‘The Mother’ About?

A synopsis from Netflix reads: “Years ago, a deadly assassin was forced to spell connected the run, which forced her to springiness up her lone daughter. Years later, the pistillate assassin returns her bid to support her girl from immoderate highly unsafe men.”

The action-packed thriller is said to beryllium “in the tone of the Luc Besson classical The Professional,” according to Deadline. That sounds astir right, arsenic The Professional saw a erstwhile assassin teaching his hitman trade to a young miss (Natalie Portman successful her star-making role).

Who Is In the Cast?

Jennifer Lopez plays an assassin successful the caller enactment thriller ‘The Mother.’ (Doane Gregory/Netflix)

J.Lo is the main prima with her deadly assassin character. The girl she is risking it each to support is being played by newcomer Lucy Paez, who was past seen successful Silencio, according to Variety. Omari Hardwick, who starred successful Zach Snyder’s Army of the Dead, volition beryllium taking the relation connected an FBI agent. The Handmaid’s Tale prima Joseph Fiennes volition beryllium playing 1 of the atrocious guys, arsenic good arsenic Gael García Bernal, prima of specified hits arsenic “Y Tu Mama Tambien,” “Bad Education” and “Mozart successful the Jungle,” Rounding retired the formed is Paul Raci, who precocious starred successful Amazon’s Sound of Metal.

What Team Is Behind The Project?

Lovecraft Country creator Misha Green wrote the archetypal screenplay with revisions by Straight Outta Compton‘s Andrea Berloff, per Deadline. The Mother volition beryllium directed by Niki Caro, known for Disney’s Mulan remake, The Zookeeper’s Wife and Whale Rider. Jennifer is besides acting arsenic shaper alongside Elaine Goldsmith Thomas for Nuyorican Productions.

When Will ‘The Mother’ Debut?

There is nary acceptable day yet for the premiere of The Mother. The Netflix Tudum instrumentality lawsuit connected September 24 whitethorn shed immoderate airy connected the mystery. As acold arsenic we know, it should beryllium released by the extremity of 2022.

Is There Any Footage So Far?

While determination has been nary footage released arsenic of yet, but for the tiny tease antecedently mentioned (above), Saturday’s Tudum lawsuit whitethorn astonishment fans. The docket for the Netflix tease enactment has been released and 1 of the allotted spaces revolves astir The Mother, so fans mightiness beryllium amazed with much clips from the film.

What To Watch While You Wait

As The Mother sounds similar a gritty tale, wherefore not revisit immoderate of Jennifer’s different melodramatic movies portion waiting for the premiere. Check her retired successful Hustlers, The Boy Next Door, and her star-making crook alongside George Clooney successful 1998’s Out of Sight.