Jennifer Lopez to Star in KISS OF THE SPIDER WOMAN Film- Page 10

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Posted: 1/10/25 at 9:59pm

So Tonatiuh and Luna were incredibly good, but Lopez was just "fine"?  I've heard from some people who've attended early screenings she is GREAT and the film is also wonderful??  They didn't reveal much but they did throw superlatives her way...

[Ensemble1736545253]

Posted: 1/10/25 at 10:03pm

Whoops sorry

Updated On: 1/10/25 at 10:03 PM

[Salieri1050]

Posted: 1/11/25 at 12:12am

TheatreFan4 said: "Oh they were incredibly good."

nice, do you think oscar noms are in the cards for all three?

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 1/11/25 at 11:29am

Salieri1050 said: "TheatreFan4 said: "Oh they were incredibly good."

nice, do you think oscar noms are in the cards for all three?"

That's kind of hard to say as we saw the movie in a very unfinished state (it was literally the first public showing) back in September...

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 1/12/25 at 10:54am

I am considering coughing up the $35 for an online Sundance screening. I am very curious about this. 

[jkcohen626]

Posted: 1/12/25 at 11:08am

jimmycurry01 said: "I am considering coughing up the $35 for an online Sundance screening. I am very curious about this."

This one is only available in-person, unfortunately. They don't want it actually out there. 

[ErmengardeStopSniveling]

Posted: 1/12/25 at 11:19am

The purpose of taking it to Sundance is getting a distributor who will buy it for a lot of money and then release it for all to see later this year.

They intentionally want it seen by a small audience of press, industry people, and people who make the pilgrimage to Park City. This is also a way of building buzz to have a curated group of people see it first and shape the general public’s perception of it. You can only make a first impression once etc 

Digital screenings offer way too much leeway for piracy. Which is fine for a young filmmaker who made a movie on a shoestring budget, will be lucky if it gets acquired at a price higher than the budget, and can only benefit from it being seen in any format. But Spidey is made by people who usually work at the studio level and they obviously have high hopes for it.

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 1/12/25 at 12:14pm

jkcohen626 said: "jimmycurry01 said: "I am considering coughing up the $35 for an online Sundance screening. I am very curious about this."

This one is only available in-person, unfortunately. They don't want it actually out there."

Well, so much for that idea.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/12/25 at 12:38pm

jkcohen626 said: "jimmycurry01 said: "I am considering coughing up the $35 for an online Sundance screening. I am very curious about this."

This one is only available in-person, unfortunately. They don't want it actually out there."

That’s very smart of them to make sure it doesn’t get out for people to see. 

[jimmycurry01]

Posted: 1/12/25 at 3:53pm

Jordan Catalano said: "jkcohen626 said: "jimmycurry01 said: "I am considering coughing up the $35 for an online Sundance screening. I am very curious about this."

This one is only available in-person, unfortunately. They don't want it actually out there."

That’s very smart of them to make sure it doesn’t get out for people to see."

That is quite a telling comment.

[Ensemble1736545253]

Posted: 1/12/25 at 3:58pm

Jordan Catalano said: "jkcohen626 said: "jimmycurry01 said: "I am considering coughing up the $35 for an online Sundance screening. I am very curious about this."

This one is only available in-person, unfortunately. They don't want it actually out there."

That’s very smart of them to make sure it doesn’t get out for people to see."

So I take it by this comment, you did not like it?

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/12/25 at 6:42pm

I didn’t say nothing about nothing.  

[BoringBoredBoard40]

Posted: 1/12/25 at 7:22pm

Jennifer Lopez is the weakest part of the main trio by far

[Sho-Tunes-R-Us]

Posted: 1/12/25 at 8:18pm

Jordan Catalano said: "I didn’t say nothing about nothing. "

As Charo would say, "Please don't misconscrew me."

 

[George in DC]

Posted: 1/13/25 at 10:35pm

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bQKDlNTEl6w

[TheatreFan4]

Posted: 1/13/25 at 11:35pm

Nothing says topical quite like a 2 decade old clip of a racist bit from South Park... real finger on the pulse you have there. 

[greensgreens]

Posted: 1/14/25 at 5:36pm

I’ve heard talk that they’ve gutted the score. I hope this is hyperbole, I’ve always thought Kiss was one of Kander/Ebb’s best and would be sad to lose too much of that gloriousness!!!!

[BJR]

Posted: 1/14/25 at 6:10pm

If I had to place bets, I bet they kept all the numbers for her, or inside film sequences, while cutting the songs in the cell.

While sad, because the score is so glorious, it would make sense for film.

[Jordan Catalano]

Posted: 1/14/25 at 6:21pm

Yeah, wouldn’t it be sad if the majority of the score was cut from this and all that beautiful music in the jail got thrown out. Of course I’m not saying it is, I’m just saying wouldn’t it just be a reeeeeeal f’in shame if more than half the score was gutted. 

[greensgreens]

Posted: 1/14/25 at 6:24pm

Sometimes I hate Fosse for establishing this “all the musical numbers need to be staged in a theatrical way” for musicals to work on film. It seems like Condon & Marshall lean on this too much. If “She’s A Woman,” “Day After That,” and “I Do Miracles” get cut - add ”Dear One” too, they’re missing a lot of beautiful character development to stick with the overdone concept of relegating numbers to theatrical presentation only. I don’t think any screenwriter could replace those songs with dialogue and telegraph the same message and emotion. 

[CATSNYrevival]

Posted: 1/14/25 at 7:10pm

If we're talking about songs like "Bluebloods," "I Draw the Line" and the endless reprises of "Over the Wall" being cut I'm not going to be too distressed. If we're talking about songs like "Dear One," "You Could Never Shame Me" or "Anything For Him" getting cut then I don't understand the point of even making this film.

[FolliesCabaret]

Posted: 1/14/25 at 7:15pm

If I hypothetically saw the film last year, I'd hypothetically be very disappointed that they cut Dressing Them Up, especially.

[marytylermoore]

Posted: 1/14/25 at 7:24pm

CATSNYrevival said: "If we're talking about songs like "Bluebloods,""I Draw the Line" and the endless reprises of "Over the Wall" being cut I'm not going to be too distressed. If we're talking about songs like "Dear One," "You Could Never Shame Me" or "Anything For Him"getting cut then I don't understand the point of even making this film."

Hypothetically, you would be very disappointed to know that 2 of those 3 songs don't make it.

[kdogg36]

Posted: 1/14/25 at 8:11pm

Jordan Catalano said: "Yeah,wouldn’t it be sad if the majority of the score was cut from this and all that beautiful music in the jail got thrown out. Of course I’m notsaying it is, I’m just saying wouldn’t it just be a reeeeeeal f’in shame if more than half the score was gutted."

I'll be very upset if "Dear One" isn't in the movie. And I don't think anyone can say whether it is or not at this point, since this might be one of the questions targeted by the early screenings.

[EricMontreal22]

Posted: 1/14/25 at 9:11pm

Well I didn't sign an NDA (and didn't see it) but yes, I have it on full authority, that most (I'm not sure if all?) of the non-movie fantasy music is cut.  Which really made me disheartened but of course isn't remotely surprising (this was the first thing I asked my source months back.)  And it makes complete sense, but I was hoping they would have found a clever way to still use the majority of the "book songs" instead of just doing the expected thing of "Jail=realistic so no singing, movie fantasies=singing."  Oh well, I'm still excited, and scared.