The COVID pandemic shook the film industry and the world, but you know what? Things are about to get right. We’re ready to dance again. Let’s get loud, people!
We’re getting a new J. Lo rom-com in 2022.
That’s right, you can throw things back to a simpler time this Valentine’s Day, and check out a new romantic comedy starring Jennifer Lopez, naturally titled Marry Me. Based on the trailer alone, this movie has serious early 2000s energy. And I am here for it.
Marry Me follows the breakup of celebrity power couple Kat (Lopez) and Bastian (played by Maluma). After Kat finds out Bastian cheated on her just ahead of their wedding, she spontaneously (and publicly) marries a random attendee instead (Owen Wilson).
Check out all the drama, romance, and J. Lo bangers in the trailer below.
Maid in Manhattan. Monster-in-Law. And now, Marry Me. The rom-com renaissance is coming, people!
This new film comes from director Kat Coiro (Dead to Me, Marvel’s upcoming She-Hulk). And in case the three and a half minute trailer didn’t give you enough to go off of, here’s the complete description for Marry Me:
Kat Valdez (Lopez) is half of the sexiest celebrity power couple on Earth with hot new music supernova Bastian (Maluma, making his feature-film debut). As Kat and Bastian’s inescapable hit single, “Marry Me,” climbs the charts, they are about to be wed before an audience of their fans in a ceremony that will be streamed across multiple platforms.
Divorced high-school math teacher Charlie Gilbert (Owen Wilson) has been dragged to the concert by his daughter Lou (Chloe Coleman, Big Little Lies) and his best friend (Sarah Silverman). When Kat learns, seconds before the ceremony, that Bastian has cheated on her with her assistant, her life turns left as she has a meltdown on stage, questioning love, truth and loyalty. As her gossamer world falls away, she locks eyes with a stranger—a face in the crowd.
If what you know lets you down, then perhaps what you don’t know is the answer, and so, in a moment of inspired insanity, Kat chooses to marry Charlie. What begins as an impulsive reaction evolves into an unexpected romance. But as forces conspire to separate them, the universal question arises: Can two people from such different worlds bridge the gulf between them and build a place where they both belong?
Marry Me hits theaters February 11, 2022. Until then, you can hold yourself over with one of J. Lo’s songs from the film, “On My Way.”
