{"id":162620,"date":"2025-06-06T09:46:14","date_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:46:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162620\/"},"modified":"2025-06-06T09:46:14","modified_gmt":"2025-06-06T09:46:14","slug":"jennifer-lopez-fans-rave-over-kiss-of-the-spider-woman-teaser-as-they-predict-oscar-nomination","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/162620\/","title":{"rendered":"Jennifer Lopez fans rave over Kiss Of The Spider Woman teaser as they predict Oscar nomination"},"content":{"rendered":"

The first trailer for Kiss of the Spider Woman, starring Jennifer Lopez<\/a>, was released on Thursday.<\/p>\n

Fans were blown away by the 55-year-old star’s \u2014 who just hosted the American Music Awards <\/a>\u2014 acting chops and musical prowess, praising her ‘evolution’ and even predicting an Oscar nod.<\/p>\n

The forthcoming movie, which also stars Tonatiuh and Diego Luna, is an iteration of the 1993 Broadway musical, which was based on Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel of the same name.<\/p>\n

The musical’s script was penned by the late Terrence McNally, and John Kander and Fred Ebb returned to handle the movie’s soundtrack.<\/p>\n

The Bronx-bred actress plays an imaginary figure named Aurora, who was dreamed up by jailed gay hairdresser Luis Molina (Tonatiuh).<\/p>\n

One person wrote on Instagram, ‘This could be the movie that Jennifer will receive an Oscar nomination [for]. It looks dazzling.’\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The first trailer for Kiss of the Spider Woman, starring Jennifer Lopez, was released on Thursday<\/p>\n

\"Fans <\/p>\n

Fans were blown away by the 55-year-old star’s acting chops and musical prowess, praising her ‘evolution’ and even predicting an Oscar nod<\/p>\n

‘Hello????! I hear an Oscar win!! This looks phenomenal!!’ someone else said.<\/p>\n

Another weighed in, ‘Can we say bravo to @jlo’s evolution? Like damn she has maximized her talent and brand and keeps reinventing herself! Like\u2026wow.’<\/p>\n

‘Can we talk about how good this style of music sounds on her!? I\u2019m shook,’ added another follower.<\/p>\n

There was also a social media user who imitated an award presenter: ‘And the 2026 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress goes to\u2026 Jennifer Lopez!’<\/p>\n

‘The best is yet to come…the Oscar awaits you… The rest of you, just keep enduring,’ one supporter offered.<\/p>\n

‘This is your OSCAR WIN @jlo\u00a0I CAN FEEL IT!!!!!!!!!’ another excited fan declared along with a string of gold trophy emojis.<\/p>\n

And a fan commented, ‘J.Lo, you deserve that Oscar. This is your moment. You’ve worked hard and you deserve respect.’<\/p>\n

In the story, Molina is serving eight years behind bars ‘for corrupting a minor.’ He imagines films starring Aurora to escape his misery while imprisoned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The forthcoming movie is an iteration of the 1993 Broadway musical, which was based on Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel of the same name<\/p>\n

\"One <\/p>\n

One person wrote on Instagram, ‘This could be the movie that Jennifer will receive an Oscar nomination [for]. It looks dazzling’<\/p>\n

\"'This <\/p>\n

‘This is your OSCAR WIN @jlo I CAN FEEL IT!!!!!!!!!’ another excited fan declared along with a string of gold trophy emojis<\/p>\n

\"'Can <\/p>\n

‘Can we talk about how good this style of music sounds on her!? I\u2019m shook,’ added another follower<\/p>\n

\"There <\/p>\n

There was also a social media user who imitated an award presenter: ‘And the 2026 Oscar for Best Supporting Actress goes to\u2026 Jennifer Lopez!’<\/p>\n

\"A <\/p>\n

A fan commented, ‘J.Lo, you deserve that Oscar. This is your moment. You’ve worked hard and you deserve respect’<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The Bronx-bred actress plays an imaginary figure named Aurora, who was dreamed up by jailed gay hairdresser Luis Molina<\/p>\n

\"The <\/p>\n

The film stars Tonatiuh (pictured) as the hairdresser and\u00a0Diego Luna as his cellmate<\/p>\n

In one of the fantasized productions, Aurora embodies a spider woman who kisses her victims to kill them.<\/p>\n

Throughout the narrative, Molina forms a connection with his cellmate Valentin Arregui (Luna), who’s a Marxist.<\/p>\n

Rehearsals began in February 2024, and filming kicked off in New Jersey in April.<\/p>\n

A film adaptation of the book was previously made in 1985 by director H\u00e9ctor Babenco.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Both the film and the Broadway show were critically acclaimed, scoring various awards and accolades.<\/p>\n

William Hurt, who played Molina in the feature, won an Oscar for Best Actor.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the musical earned a whopping seven Tony Awards, including one for best musical.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Kiss of the Spider Woman premiered at Sundance Film Festival in January.<\/a> It will be released in theaters on October 10.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The first trailer for Kiss of the Spider Woman, starring Jennifer Lopez, was released on Thursday. Fans were…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":162621,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3935],"tags":[92,77,21779,3943,813,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-162620","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-movies","8":"tag-dailymail","9":"tag-entertainment","10":"tag-jennifer-lopez","11":"tag-movies","12":"tag-tvshowbiz","13":"tag-uk","14":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/114635787039041456","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162620","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=162620"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/162620\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/162621"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=162620"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=162620"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=162620"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}