“Kiss of the Spider Lady” has returned.
A brand new model of the story, based mostly on the 1976 novel by Manuel Puig and the 1990 musical, is headed to theaters this fall after premiering on the Sundance Movie Pageant earlier this yr. And you will get your first take a look at the film, which stars Jennifer Lopez, Diego Luna and Tonatiuh and was written and directed by Invoice Condon, due to the brand-new trailer.
The unique synopsis from Sundance reads: “Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The 2 kind an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favourite silver display screen diva, Ingrid Luna.”
“Kiss of the Spider Lady” was simply one of many starriest and most sought-after movies of this yr’s Sundance Movie Pageant, with the rights ultimately going to Lionsgate, Roadside Sights and LD Leisure, in a joint distribution pact. They settled on a main Oct. 10 slot, easing into awards season.
The critiques of “Kiss of the Spider Lady” out of Sundance had been in all places, with critics largely agreeing that the trio of central performances are excellent. Lopez has lengthy sought an Oscar nomination; the closest she has are available in current reminiscence was because the lead within the stripper crime drama “Hustlers” in 2019. Luna is coming off the critically acclaimed “Star Wars” collection “Andor” and that is solely Tonatiuh’s second movie after Netflix smash “Carry-On.”
The unique novel “Kiss of the Spider Lady” was tailored right into a extra simple drama in 1985 by Argentine-Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco, with Raul Julia because the revolutionary and William Harm as Molina. It gained Harm a Greatest Actor award on the Cannes Movie Pageant and later the Academy Award for Greatest Actor. The movie was nominated for 4 Academy Awards, together with Greatest Image, Greatest Director and Greatest Tailored Screenplay. May this new “Kiss of the Spider Lady” comply with in its footsteps?
Discover out when “Kiss of the Spider Lady” arrives in theaters on Oct. 10.
