It looks like Jennifer Lopez is finally making her highly anticipated comeback to romantic comedies.
After a “hot bidding war,” Netflix reportedly acquired the rights to Lopez’s a new “irreverent romantic comedy” Office Romance, starring Ted Lasso breakout star Brett Goldstein.
Deadline reports the feature is still in early development as it looks like Goldstein is currently co-writing the feature with Ted Lasso co-creator Joe Kelly. However, the outlet notes the film reportedly “has several great character actor roles” planned.
Lopez, Goldstein, and Kelly are all attached as producers. A director has not yet been announced.
This marks Lopez’s first romcom for the streamer after her production company, Nuyorican Productions, struck a multi-year first-look deal with Netflix. Lopez’s previous Netflix films, The Mother and Atlas, both ranked amongst the streamer’s top films. Her latest release, the sports drama Unstoppable, recently premiered at TIFF to promising reviews. But
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