Jennifer Lopez stars in first trailer for Kiss of the Spider Woman

Jennifer Lopez has appeared in the first trailer for the queer movie musical, Kiss of the Spider Woman. 

The hotly anticipated film by director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls) is based on the 1992 stage musical by playwrights Terrence McNally, John Kander, and Fred Ebb, which was adapted from the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig. 

The film’s official logline reads: “Valentín (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favourite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Lopez).”

Marking the second film adaptation of the novel following the 1985 thriller/romance directed by Héctor Babenco, the trailer taps into the vibrant scenes of Molina’s mind, which allow him to escape his fate for a while. “There go the lights,” he says before a scene flashes of Ingrid dancing. “It’s in glorious technicolour.”

“Wait, you’ve thrown us right in. We know nothing about the story or the character,” Valentín argues. 

To this, Molina responds, “Don’t you like to dream? At least, a little?”

As later scenes flash of the ever-glamorous performer Ingrid, Molina adds: “No matter how hard Hollywood tried to make her seem all-American, she never stopped being Latin.”

Kiss of the Spider Woman cast:

Heading up the cast of Kiss of the Spider Woman is Star Wars actor Diego Luna as Valentín, Promised Land actor Tonatiuh as Molina and Jennifer Lopez as Ingrid Luna. 

Lopez and Luna are also both executive producers for the upcoming movie musical. 

Kiss of the Spider Woman release date:

After its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival in January, Kiss of the Spider Woman is set to hit theatres on 10 October. 

Early reviews from critics have garnered an 83 per cent rating on Rotten Tomatoes, with The Daily Beast writing that “Condon confirms that he’s simply unrivalled when it comes to directing movie musicals, and the three leads deliver a trifecta of tour de forces”. 

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