Jennifer Lopez’s New Remake Of 41-12 months-Outdated Thriller Lastly Releases On Streaming Subsequent Month After Quiet Theatrical Run

Following a quiet theatrical run, Jennifer Lopez’s remake of a 41-year-old thriller is swinging towards a streaming debut.

Lopez, Andor‘s Diego Luna, and Tonatiuh lead the solid of 2025’s Kiss of the Spider Girl, a narrative that has beforehand been instructed as a novel, a stage musical, and a 1985 movie adaptation that includes William Harm. When Luis Molina (Tonatiuh) is imprisoned for public indecency and shares a cell with revolutionary Valentin Arregui (Luna), Luis turns to his favourite film star Ingrid Luna (Lopez) and her film The Kiss of the Spider Girl for consolation. As they change into immersed in and discover solace on this planet of the film, Luis grapples with a troublesome choice in the actual world.

Now, Kiss of the Spider Girl is coming to Hulu on February 27. It beforehand turned out there for digital buy and rental on November 11, solely a month after premiering in theaters on October 10. Regardless of some early buzz about Lopez’s efficiency and potential of an Academy Award nomination popping out of the Sundance Movie Pageant debut, the difference solely grossed $1.7 million worldwide towards a reported funds of $30 million. Nearly all of the earnings, $1.6 million, got here from the home field workplace.

Whereas it didn’t carry out properly financially, Kiss of the Spider Girl opinions have been largely optimistic, resulting in a “Licensed Recent” 77% critics’ rating on Rotten Tomatoes. In ScreenRant‘s evaluate, Mae Abdulbaki described the difference as “extravagant and intimate, romantic and campy” whereas acknowledging that director and author Invoice Condon “by no means perfects the stability between the characters’ political actuality and the fantasy.” As indicated by the 67% Popcornmeter rating, audiences have been extra divided, though that is nonetheless a “Recent” score per the metrics of the evaluate aggregation website.

On Hulu, the film has a chance to search out extra of an viewers after considerably underperforming in theaters. The advertising and marketing closely emphasised Lopez’s musical skills, that are a key part of the movie, however it’s also a deeply political story about two males discovering energy in artwork and human connection whereas being brutally mistreated by a fascist authorities. This important facet of the story could obtain extra recognition on streaming.

After the important approval for Andor season 2, new viewers can also uncover this film starring Luna, particularly with Hulu being built-in into Disney+ within the close to future. With Luna taking part in a revolutionary combating towards fascism, there are important parallels between Valentin and Cassian Andor, which provides followers of the Star Wars present a great cause to look at Kiss of the Spider Girl.