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When she’s not rekindling an previous flame with Ben Affleck, Jennifer Lopez is making film offers. After signing a first-look take care of Netflix, Lopez has been forged because the lead of Brad Peyton’s (Rampage, San Andreas) Atlas, an upcoming sci-fi thriller. Peyton is about to direct whereas Aron Eli Coleite is busy writing the newest draft of the script based mostly on Leo Sardarian’s unique script. Along with taking up the lead position, Lopez will even produce.
The movie follows Atlas, a lady combating for humanity in a future the place an AI soldier has decided the one option to finish conflict is to finish humanity. To outthink this rogue AI, Atlas should work with the one factor she fears most — one other AI.
I am unable to say that I blame Atlas for locating AI untrustworthy. It is solely a matter of time till our robotic overlords rise and end what a worldwide pandemic began. What’s that? You do not imagine me? Nicely, we’ll see who’s bought a top-level place within the large tower in the course of the robotic apocalypse and who will get was a human battery, will not we? Now, if you happen to’ll excuse me, my tinfoil hat wants reshaping.
“I’m so honored to be working with Jennifer, Elaine, and the remainder of the group at Nuyorican Productions together with our companions Joby and Tory at Safehouse,” Peyton stated. “Having the possibility to direct Jennifer within the title position of this film is a dream come true, as I do know she’ll deliver the unimaginable energy, depth, and authenticity we’ve all come to admire from her work. Moreover, Jeff and I are so excited to be again working with Scott, Ori, and your complete group at Netflix. They’ve been nothing in need of wonderful to work with and we’re blessed to have the chance to make one other film on the service.”
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The Atlas movie mission falls below the newly-established inventive partnership cast between Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions and Netflix the place Lopez, producing associate Goldsmith-Thomas, and longtime supervisor Medina will produce a slate of movies, tv sequence, scripted and unscripted content material. Every mission goals to spotlight feminine actors, writers, and filmmakers. To date, Lopez has two different initiatives that fall below the brand new umbrella, together with The Mom from director Niki Carpo and The Cipher, based mostly on the novel by Isabella Maldonado.
Having grown up in a Lopez-positive family, I do know two ladies who’re going to be very excited to listen to about these upcoming initiatives. My mother even known as me from a Jennifer Lopez live performance someday earlier than the pandemic broke. I could not hear a rattling factor above all of the screams.