'Kiss of the Spider Woman' Movie Musical Sets October Release Date

The novel was adapted by Puig into a 1983 stage play, and then into an Academy Award-winning film in 1985 starring Broadway favorite Raúl Juliá. Kander, Ebb, and McNally's stage musical version expanded the story somewhat, making Aurora a character who appears in a number of fantasy sequences. Chita Rivera created the role and won a Tony Award for her performance, later succeeded by Vanessa Williams in her Broadway debut.

Oh I want her to not get an Oscar nomination.

She will be going full throttle Jamie Lee for her last chance nomination

Meh.

JNO

I'll give it a go. The actors playing Molina and Valentin look interesting.

JLo coming for that Oscar, bitches! It’ll be interesting to see if she really goes all the way.

Screenings for this have been awful.

Oscar bait flop.

Doesn't she have beef with the girl from The Bear who may be nominated in the same category?

R10. Jeremy Allen White?

R2 = JLo.

If the Acadamy gives Lopez, a fuckin’ terrible actress (not to mention insufferable mega-narcissist) an Oscar, I’ll take that as a sign that the world really and truly has gone to shit.

If she doesn't get an Oscar nomination you know it's ONLY because she's Puerto Rican and there's still a lot of racism in Hollywood.

It's an honor to even be nominated.

^^And I better at least get the honor.

J-Ho is loathed by many in the industry. I’ll be shocked if she gets nominated.

She admitted she cried in bed when she was snubbed for Hustlers. Another diss might end her mentally. She want so bad to be an Oscar nominee.

She really did deserve a nomination for that Stripper movie. I’m hoping this is the charm

Authoritarian repression and escapist fantasy are going to feel very timely as this year progresses.

[quote] She admitted she cried

I guess there’s a first time for everything.

Nominate her for a Golden Globe and call it a day.

I think the Academy needs to look into some of these Diddy charges, depositions and court testimonies before making any rash decisions.

Call me crazy,but I think shes going to really deliver in this role. I loved the original Spider Woman but I will watch this one.

I always hated ANY version of that piece of shit and the only time I agree with Trump.

Her Movieline interview still lives in infamy and any Academy members even remotely connected to the many people she trashed wouldn’t even consider nominating this Cluster B bitch.

She’s also spending the summer touring shady countries in the Middle East because no one in the U.S. will pay to see her, not even for $8.

No Oscar. No music. No man.

It’s over JLo.

She will not only be nominated; she will win

[quote] She will not only be nominated; she will win

Never. She’s too despised. And she has no talent.

Plus, those nasty P. Diddy accusations.

Not even Ben can save her. Not that he would even want you to.

She’s truly old and alone now.

🤣

Who is the audience for this film?

Grande and the girl from The Bear are the frontrunners right now. Don't see how she will get ahead of Ariana especially

R29 I don’t know but there is absolutely no interest in Latino lead musicals and I don’t know why Hollywood keeps pushing them. “In the Heights”, “West Side Story”, and “Emilia Perez” were all box office bombs despite their critical acclaim.

This won’t be any different.

R18 “Hustlers” was hyped up too much. After the stripper pole dance, there wasn’t much to her character and the movie wasn’t very good.

Unless it's a VERY weak year...it's unlikely.

And, I don't think Wicked II: Electric Boogaloo is gonna get many nominations either.

What will JLo do if this flops? She never properly transitioned from her 35-year-old bride movies to mother roles or career-woman roles. She’s pushing 60 and should be playing abuelas at this point.

She can’t act. The sham that was her musical career is in the toilet. Ben is gone and no man other than a gold digger would want her.

That story will be far better than “Kiss of the Spider Woman.”

She really is an abuela. Every pic Ive seen of her lately she looks firmly in the grandma territory, not in a bad way but she dresses too youthful

There is a YouTube short of her in the Hamptons in a store and she's wearing bike shorts and crop top. Her ass is so saggy I cringed.

Why can't she age like her mother? Her mom looks good but age appropriate.

[quote] There is a YouTube short of her in the Hamptons in a store and she's wearing bike shorts and crop top. Her ass is so saggy I cringed.

Like two Kroger sacks filled with Cheerios.

She hasn’t been engaged in months so things must be really bad.

R34 Flops haven’t stopped her. She’d had like 2 hit movies in like 20 years.

She really is our Raquel Welch...mostly famous for being gorgeous and having a hot bod.

But, Raquel was smart and transitioned into a business woman who kept her toe in the acting world with occassional TV appearances and cameos.

JLo insists she is always gonna be a top music/film star.

[quote] She really is our Raquel Welch.

Bingo. That’s exactly who she is.

Raquel was despised by people who worked with her as well but cleaned up her act. JLo is still loathed by all and will never let go of her delusions of grandeur.

She’s hopeless and will live the rest of her life an unloved and untalented pariah.

Oh good. More JLo.

This won’t flop—the preview reviews are spectacular. That said, I doubt it’ll be a popular hit either—likely just the theatre crowd

JLO had a monster hit on Netflix in 2023 with straight to video Mother. One of their most streamed flix.. So she still has a big audience but not in arenas or movie theatres.

I think the title KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN will confuse many people, making them think it's related to the Spider-Verse.

Just like THE IRON LADY did over a decade ago, when fans thought it was related to the IRON MAN franchise and were disappointed.

R42, it got mixed reviews when it premiered at Sundance.

I thought Selma Hayek had this role? I'd much rather see Selma than JLo.

JLo probably turned down her fee to get this job.

As far as the two male leads - WHO? I'm sure they're fine - but the only name is JLo - which makes me think this was done on a shoestring budget.

Selma sing? Her speaking voice is cringe. I can't imagine what she sounds like singing. Then there's the stumpy short body with the balloon tits. I'm sure that would be the best casting choice

R47 - you're so right, JLO's voice is incomparable, so she was the obvious choice.

Selma can sing. But not sure about the dancing - JLo's not tall and doesn't have the legs like Chita, but she can dance.

There has to be some 3rd option - and if anyone says Shakira, I'll cut a bitch.

R45, I still have no idea why Kiss of the Spider Woman would premiere at Sundance. You go to Sundance with a movie like CODA or Little Miss Sunshine or Whiplash. Those are the movies that play to that crowd.

An adaptation of a Broadway musical just doesn't fit the Sundance vibe.

R49 - JLo was in a movie with Robert Redford years ago. I think it was all JLo's PR team because she also 'performed' a couple of songs at another event at Sundance prior to the film showing.

This is JLo going for that Oscar - you can smell it a mile away.

Much like Ben, Oscar will escape her evil clutches and never return.

R49, I think producer/ditector Bill condon wanted it to go to Sundance because they still needed to find a distributor for it,

Do we really think there will be two actresses in musicals nominated in the same category. There's no way Ariana isn't getting nominated so what do we think?

No, I don’t think there’s a precedent for two actresses in different musicals to compete against one another. Especially if those two actresses are Ariana Grande and an actress of Puerto Rican descent.

Absolutely inconceivable.

^bitch I'm just saying it doesn't really happen. But I do appreciate your bitch snark because it was well played.

The movie was modestly well received at Sundance but her performance was pretty much lauded across the board. I'm still not sure she can be nominated because she isn't very well liked in the inner circle of Hollywood. We already saw what should have been a cinch nomination for a big star go to that linebacker girl playing a 12 year old in Little Women so I'm not sure it's given. There was absolutely no reason for her to have been snubbed at her level for Hustlers unless people just don't like her.

R54 1954 - Dorothy Dandridge in "Carmen Jones" and Judy Garland in "A Star Is Born"

I look forward to this being the best performing film of all time. Once the fans of Kiss of the Spider Woman and Jennifer Lopez combine, they'll be unstoppable. This is going to make Avatar, Barbie and Oppenheimer look like flops.

Ariana Grande is apparently going to be in the lead category next year because in the second film Glinda is more prominent than Elphaba. JLo will be in the supporting category so they won’t end up competing against each other.

R59. But what about MEEEEEEEE?!

I wanna see this for Diego Luna.

Actor Eduardo Ramos snapped these photos of "Valentin" and "Molina' dressed up in their tuxes.

I assume this was for the finale when the cast performs "Only in the Movies" - His Name was Molina."

Here he is with Diego Luna (r):

And the pic with Tonatiuh (r):