American Hip-hop icon Jennifer Lopez and her production banner, Nuyorican Productions inked a multi-year first-look deal with Netflix streaming service.
Along with producing partners Benny Medina and president of Nuyorican Productions Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Lopez will produce film and television offerings, scripted and unscripted, that support perse female actors, writers, and filmmakers. Business partner Benny Medina will also act as a producer.
The new deal comes with at least two projects already in the works. Lopez is working with "Mulan" director Niki Caro on "The Mother", an action movie that centers around a deadly female assassin who comes out of hiding to teach her daughter how to survive.
The "Hustler" actress is currently training for the role with production set to begin in the fall and a release date for the fourth quarter of 2022.
The second project is "The Cipher" film adaptation of a novel by Isabel Ojeda Maldonado that tells of an FBI agent being hunted by a serial killer.
Lopez is also set to appear in rom-com movies "Shotgun" and "Marry Me".
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