Jennifer Lopez’s Powerful ‘Kiss of the Spider Woman’ Teaser Trailer
by Alex Billington
June 5, 2025
Source: YouTube
“I couldn’t live without movies.” Roadside Attractions has unveiled a powerful first look teaser trailer for Kiss of the Spider Woman, the big new musical starring Jennifer Lopez. This premiered to rapturous praise and great reviews at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year (here’s my review). Featuring one of the best lead performances I’ve seen in any film so far this year – from newcomer Tonatiuh as Luis Molina. Set in Argentina during a period of political unrest. Valentín, a political prisoner, shares a cell with Molina, who is convicted for indecency. An unlikely bond forms as Molina recounts his favorite Hollywood musical plot starring Ingrid Luna, played by Jennifer Lopez. Based on the Broadway musical of the same name, which is also adapted from the acclaimed 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig. Diego Luna co-stars as Valentín / Armando, with a magnificent cast featuring Tonatiuh, Jennifer Lopez, Bruno Bichir, Josefina Scaglione, Aline Mayagoitia. I’m a huge fan of this! It will probably end up with some Oscar nominations! Highly recommend watching it when it opens later this year.
Here’s the first teaser trailer for Bill Condon’s musical Kiss of the Spider Woman, from YouTube:
Dreamgirls director Bill Condon returns to the movie musical in this dazzling Technicolor-hued fantasy. Valentín (Diego Luna), a political prisoner, shares a prison cell with Molina (Tonatiuh), a window dresser convicted of public indecency. The two form an unlikely bond as Molina recounts the plot of a Hollywood musical starring his favorite silver screen diva, Ingrid Luna (Jennifer Lopez). Based on the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical hit. Kiss of the Spider Woman is directed by the filmmaker Bill Condon, of Kinsey, Dreamgirls, Breaking Dawn – Part 1 & 2, The Fifth Estate, Mr. Holmes, Disney’s Beauty and the Beast, and The Good Liar previously. The screenplay is also written by Bill Condon. Based on the acclaimed 1976 novel Kiss of the Spider Woman by Argentinian writer Manuel Puig; & also the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical of the same name by the multiple Tony Award-winning playwright Terrence McNally, and composer/lyricist team John Kander & Fred Ebb (of Cabaret, Chicago). Produced by Barry Josephson, Tom Kirdahy, Greg Yolen. This initially premiered at the 2025 Sundance Film Festival earlier this year. Roadside Attractions will release Kiss of the Spider Woman in theaters nationwide starting on October 10th, 2025.