EXCLUSIVE: The feature musical Kiss of the Spider Woman starring Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna and Tonatiuh will be getting wide theatrical release October 10. Deadline first told you that the biggest movie at this year’s Sundance Film Festival had its North American rights acquired by Roadside Attractions, Lionsgate and LD Entertainment.
Also opening on October 10 is Disney’s Tron: Ares, Warner Bros/Legendary’s Animal Friends with Jason Momoa and Ryan Reynolds, and the exclusive launch of Amazon MGM Studios’ Luca Guadagnino thriller After the Hunt with Julia Roberts, Andrew Garfield and Ayo Edebiri.
The Bill Condon-directed Spider Woman, an Artists Equity production, is based on the book by Terrence McNally and John Kander and Fred Ebb’s songs from the Broadway show. Argentinian author Manuel Puig wrote the original 1976 novel upon which the 1985 Oscar-winning movie starring William Hurt, Raul Julia and Sonia Braga is based. Luna and Tonatiuh play jail cellmates Valentín and Luis, respectively, in a military-run 1983 Argentinian. Gay widow dresser Luis keeps Valentín’s spirits alive with tales about his favorite actress, Ingrid Luna (Lopez), and the movie musicals she starred in.
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Roadside Attractions acquired Gia Coppola’s The Last Showgirl out of the Toronto Film Festival last year and quickly ramped up awards-season buzz for its lead star Pamela Anderson. Anderson garnered Golden Globe Best Actress and SAG Lead Actress noms, while Jamie Lee Curtis got Supporting Actress noms from SAG and BAFTA and Miley Cyrus song “Beautiful That Way” scored BAFTA, Golden Globe and Critics Choice noms.
Kiss of the Spider Woman is 82% fresh on Rotten Tomatoes coming away from its Sundance premiere.
Deadline Film Critic Pete Hammond beamed in his review for the film, “Jennifer Lopez who has the whole package — singing, dancing, acting — she has never gotten the opportunity to show on screen in this way. Lopez has always been underrated for her chops as a dramatic actress, but fans of the period and the films emulated here will see favorable comparisons with Columbia musical icon Rita Hayworth, MGM diva Cyd Charisse, Ava Gardner, even Marilyn Monroe in the delicious ‘Gimme Love’ number (choreographed by Christopher Scott) where Aurora is surrounded by male dancers ala Marilyn in ‘Diamonds are a Girl’s Best Friend.‘ ”
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