Jennifer Lopez will star in and produce the Netflix action thriller “The Mother” which has “Mulan” director Niki Caro in talks to direct.
Lopez will play a deadly female assassin who comes out of hiding to protect a daughter she gave up years ago while on the run.
The one is said to be akin to Luc Besson’s “Leon: The Professional” with a script originally penned by Misha Green (“Lovecraft Country”) and revised by Andrea Berloff (“Straight Outta Compton”).
Green, Elaine Goldsmith Thomas, Benny Medina, Roy Lee and Miri Yoon will also produce.
It’s a reunion for Lopez and Netflix with the “Hustlers” actress also starring in and producing the Netflix adaptation of the Isabella Maldonado novel “The Cipher”. Lopez is currently filming “Shotgun Wedding” for Lionsgate.
Source: Deadline
