J-Lo Decides to Have Twins Again
Filed under: Comedy, Romance, Casting, Scripts
Gigli might have tanked as one of the crappiest films of all time, but that's not stopping Jennifer Lopez's attraction to rom-coms. Her romance-centric comedies barely garner 5 out of 10 in the thousands of votes on IMDb, and she can't even come close to the likes of old pros like Sandra Bullock, but she keeps coming back for more.The Hollywood Reporter posts that Lopez has signed on to star in CBS Films' new rom-com called Plan B. Coming from a spec by Kate Angelo, the film focuses on a single woman itching to have kids. Since she hasn't met a man she can settle down with, the woman decides to go for "Plan B" and get artificially inseminated. However, the same day that she conceives twins, she meets the man of her dreams (Plan A). (I'm sniffing a Baby Mama sort of scenario...)
Amusingly, the piece also notes that Amy Baer of CBS Films says that this project "would take Lopez back to her core strength of the romantic comedy," and it's being boasted as a comedy that will cross gender lines, a la Knocked Up. While I wouldn't be surprised if she could make an Out of Sight sort of comeback, methinks this won't kick her into wide-appeal rom-com land. Between this and the kid-centric Governess, do any of you out there really want more Lopez-led romance?
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12-16-2008 @ 9:41PM
Taylor said...
I'm no fan of La Lopez, but if you want to talk about just numbers, romantic comedies are her strength. Monster-in-Law grossed 154.7 million, The Wedding Planner grossed 94.7 million, and Maid in Manhattan (which she pretty much opened by herself, sorry Ralph Fiennes) grossed 154.9 million (all domestic and worldwide grosses combined). While these aren't films of great quality, they show that she's bankable within that genre.
Smartly, she became a virtual recluse as her overexposure came at a pinnacle. If she can find stronger projects, I don't see why she can't come back.
Interestingly, Plan B was on 'The Black List' with 7 mentions. Maybe, it's a stronger project than perceived.
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12-17-2008 @ 5:04AM
nadia said...
yeah all her rom-coms do well at the Box-office and she need a hit right now.
Hopefully she also has other 'Out of sight' kind of project for next year, she went to that Benjamin Button Premiere with 'Brad Grey' CIO of paramount picture + she's back with UTA, so has a fan of Lopez the actress pre-jlo i hope she'll be cast in some more interesting projects.
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12-17-2008 @ 9:04AM
Rosalind said...
I love J lo her music has been great with a good beat..I also like all her movies....big fan of her's...so she left show bussiness to have children good for her..best of luck j lo with all the New years to come and births...
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12-19-2008 @ 3:26PM
Beyondbeautiful said...
LOVE JLO
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