Bill Condon’s Kiss of the Spider Woman has released its first trailer, signalling a bold return to the musical for the director famed for Dreamgirls. Jennifer Lopez stars as Ingrid Luna, who appears in a dual guise as the glamorous Aurora and the Spider Woman, alongside Diego Luna as Valentín Arregui and Tonatiuh as Luis Molina. Described as a technicolor-hued fantasy set inside an Argentine prison, the film is slated for a theatrical release on 10 October 2025.
López, Luna and Tonatiuh have been celebrated for their performances while it has been generally agreed that Condon knows what he’s doing when it comes to large-scale musical storytelling.
The project is just the latest milestone for Kiss of the Spider Woman, rooted in Manuel Puig’s 1976 novel and later reimagined for the stage by Terrence McNally with a score by John Kander and Fred Ebb of Cabaret and Chicago fame. The Broadway production, which won six Tony Awards, provides the spine for this adaptation. The narrative centres on a political prisoner sharing a cell with his convict roommate, with Ingrid Luna’s showbiz fantasies offering a counterweight to the harsh reality of the time. The adaptation is framed by critics as a landmark in queer representation across literature, stage, and screen, a sentiment echoed by coverage that highlights the Broadway origins of the score and its enduring resonance.
Entertainment Weekly’s coverage of the trailer picks out Lopez’s dual performance and Bill Condon’s rehabilitation of musical cinema, noting that the film adapts Puig’s novel and the Broadway show and that Lopez and her co-stars make the movie a sure-fire hit. Sundance’s premiere drew a standing ovation and warm early responses, with promotional materials stressing the film’s blend of glamour and grit and its October release on the horizon. Lopez is also credited as an executive producer, alongside collaborators including Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
See the trailer here.
Source: Noah Wire Services
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