Promising a lot of action for subscribers, Netflix announced its new film with Jennifer Lopez: The mother. Scheduled to premiere in May (on Mother’s Day), the feature will bring the actress as a former assassin who needs to get back into action to protect her teenage daughter.
Forced to leave the girl – in childhood – in the care of others to protect herself, the matriarch will now have to leave Alaska and face powerful enemies who kidnapped her daughter. For this, she will abuse physical strength and exchanges of fire, showing that she really is not kidding.
The two-and-a-half-minute trailer shows that, more than seeking revenge, the assassin will also teach her daughter to defend herself from imminent dangers.
In addition to Jennifer (who also signs the production of the feature), The mother brings in the cast Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale), Lucy Paez, Omari Hardwick, Gael Garcia Bernal (werewolf in the night), Paul Raci, Jesse Garcia and Yvonne Senat Jones. The direction was with Niki Caro, who has in her curriculum Mulan e cold landand the screenplay with Misha Green and Peter Craig.
Jennifer Lopez and the action movies
Unsurprisingly, J-Lo, as she is affectionately known, has a resume packed with action movies. Among the most notable is Armed Marriagefrom Prime Video, released in 2022. In addition, Lopez also ventured into other genres, such as horror in To thatand in the suspense in The Boy Next Door.
Now in The motheraudiences can expect to see the actress and singer fully in shape, giving her all to the character.
The Mother: Netflix and Jennifer Lopez
For what The Mother, as it is called in the original, it will be just the beginning of a successful partnership between Jennifer and Netflix. That’s because another movie of hers, Atlaswill also be released via the streaming platform.
What is known so far is that the feature will be a science fiction also starring Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Ten Rings), Sterling K. Brown (This is Us) and Lana Parrilla, and directed by Brad Peyton. The release date has not yet been released, but as the recordings were completed at the end of 2022, the forecast is that it will debut soon.
The Mother: Where to watch?
Those who were excited about the plot of the film will not have to wait long to watch it. The mother debut in May 12th already Netflix.
