The Mother: Release Date and Cast of Netflix’s Brutal Thriller With Gael García And Jennifer Lopez

Gael García and Jennifer Lopez will have their opportunity to act together in The Mother, a new Netflix thriller whose director is the woman who gave us the live action of Mulan. Niki Caro will be in charge of bringing this story, which Variety describes as a lethal thriller, to streaming, where we can see a brutal murderer who, after having been in hiding for a while, must return to action to protect her daughter. Additionally, The Mother will be the first collaboration to emerge from the creative partnership between Jennifer Lopez’s Nuyorican Productions and Netflix.

And not only does the movie feature great actors, but the script is being written by Misha Green, who was part of the HBO series Territory Lovecraft, and Andrea Berloff of Straight Outta Compton. The story also has elements in common with John Wick, Leon: The Professional (which also seems to be one of the references for the character of Tokio in The Paper House) and Taken, where the protagonists are forced to resort to violence to do justice and prevent innocent people from getting hurt.

What is The Mother About?

According to reports, Jennifer Lopez (who has already appeared in films like Enough and La Célula ) becomes a hitman who, being chased by very dangerous men, must spend years in hiding and living in anonymity. But she must come out of hiding to protect her daughter, whom she had to give up for adoption years ago (to prevent her from being trapped in a life marked by violence).

In addition, we have an FBI agent who becomes an ally of the murderer, and dangerous men who will stop at nothing to catch her, and do not mind turning their daughter into a collateral victim. All these characters are part of an intense persecution that could have very dangerous consequences and could end with JLo having to sacrifice his life to prevent his daughter from getting hurt.

The Mother: The Cast

Jennifer Lopez is ” The Mother “, the murderer who protects her daughter, while Omari Hardwick, from the POWER series, is the FBI agent and, according to reports, Gael García (who recently appeared in Old, the horror film on the fear of aging by M. Night Shyamalan) is one of the dangerous men who are chasing the character of Lopez, along with Joseph Fiennes , who is currently one of the protagonists of the series The Handmaid’s Tale.

The cast also includes Paul Raci, who recently earned an Oscar nomination for his role in Sound of Metal and Lucy Paez (“Silence”), but their characters are not yet known.

When The Mother Release on Netflix?

For now, the date of filming or the premiere of The Mother has not been announced, the project is still in its early stages of development. But Netflix works very fast and releases new movies every week, so we may have more details on this thriller in early 2022.

For now we can only wait for the time to reveal more information. Meanwhile, JLo is also developing another project with Netflix, it is called The Cipher and it tells the story of an FBI agent who is chasing a serial killer who publishes complicated codes and riddles on the Internet (something like a modern Zodiac). And it is said that it has more on the doorstep, but they have not yet been revealed.