Jennifer Lopez leads new musical film Kiss of the Spider Woman, trailer debuts and October release set

Jennifer Lopez will headline Bill Condon’s big screen adaptation of Kiss of the Spider Woman, with a nationwide cinema release dated for 10 October 2025. A new trailer has premiered, positioning the film as a high gloss musical that folds fantasy sequences into a tense prison drama.

The film draws on the 1993 Tony winning stage musical by John Kander, Fred Ebb, and Terrence McNally, itself adapted from Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel and following the acclaimed 1985 screen version. Condon directs and writes, extending his run of movie musicals after Dreamgirls and Beauty and the Beast.

The story centres on two Argentine prisoners. Tonatiuh plays Luis Molina, who copes with captivity by conjuring a glamorous film diva, while Diego Luna plays political activist Valentín Arregui Paz. Lopez appears as the screen idol who materialises in Luis’s imagination, with stylised numbers that echo the stage original. The trailer teases classic material and a lush, high contrast visual palette.

The project bowed at the Sundance Film Festival in January, where early reactions singled out Tonatiuh’s turn as a breakout performance. The trailer arrived on 20 August and sets up a busy musical season as awards talk begins to simmer.

Roadside Attractions is releasing the film, with booking information and the official trailer available via the film’s channels.

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