Jennifer Lopez will star in Netflix’s adaptation of “The Last Mrs. Parrish” with “Forrest Gump” filmmaker Robert Zemeckis set to direct.
Netflix landed rights to Liv Constantine’s best-selling book in 2021. The psychological thriller centers on a twisted con-artist who targets a wealthy couple — the Parrishes — as her next victims. She infiltrates the pair by befriending the wife and seducing the husband, with the master plan of becoming the next Mrs. Parrish, only to discover that the wife’s life is far more complicated than she could have imagined. Additional casting has not been announced yet.
Andrea Berloff (“The Mother”) and John Gatins (“Flight”) are writing the screenplay. When the film version of “The Last Mrs. Parrish” was announced in 2021, Lisa Rubin (who created Netflix’s tv series “Gypsy”) was originally hired to pen the script.
Producers include Liza Chasin for 3dot Productions, Molly Sims for Something Happy Productions, and Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina for Nuyorican Productions. Executive producers are Margaret Chernin for 3dot Productions along with Lynne Constantine and Valerie Constantine, Jack Rapke and Derek Hogue.
Lopez recently starred in the inspirational sports drama “Unstoppable” and will appear next in director Bill Condon’s “Kiss of the Spider Woman” musical remake. She has previously worked with Netflix on action thriller “The Mother” and sci-fi action adventure “Atlas” with Sterling K. Brown.
Zemeckis’ filmography includes “Romancing the Stone,” “Back to the Future,” “Who Framed Roger Rabbit,” “Cast Away” and “The Polar Express.” His latest movie was 2024’s “Here,” a generation-spanning fantasy drama that reunited “Forrest Gump” stars Tom Hanks and Robin Wright. Deadline Hollywood first reported the news of Lopez and Zemeckis’ hirings.
