J.Lo To Re-Enact "Jenny From The Block" Video, Pretend It's A Remake Of Overboard
Can someone please give Will Smith a time-consuming acting role that doesn't involve suicide-by-jellyfish? Because apparently when Will Smith isn't acting, he's producing—which wouldn't be so bad except that for Will Smith "producing" means "horrendously miscasting a pointless remake of a beloved 80s movie so that Jaden and/or Willow will have something to do over the summer." First, it was a remake of The Karate Kid, but set in China, starring Will's favored son, and somehow about kung-fu. Now, Will Smith is remaking Overboard with Jennifer Lopez for some reason—even though the premise of the original 1987 movie is repugnant, and Guy Ritchie's remake of the similarly repugnant Swept Away starring a former pop star didn't do so well.
From The Hollywood Reporter:
Jennifer Lopez is in talks to star in the remake of the romantic comedy "Overboard," which Overbrook is producing for Columbia.
The 1987 movie, which starred Kurt Russell and Goldie Hawn and was directed by Garry Marshall, centered on a snooty, spoiled woman who falls off her yacht and is taken to the hospital by a local, morally challenged carpenter. When she wakes up with amnesia, he convinces her she is his wife, thereby getting a free housekeeper for his four boys.
Will Smith is producing with Overbrook partner James Lassiter.
There's no word yet on which of Will Smith's children will be appearing in this pointless remake, but both Willow and Jaden are no doubt clutching their iPhones and crossing their fingers, waiting for a call from Dad.
Still, J.Lo is an inspired choice for the Goldie Hawn role: Since we've already seen her on a yacht in the "Jenny From The Block" video, it's that much easier to imagine her falling off a yacht, hitting her head, developing amnesia, being "claimed" by, say, Marc Anthony, and eventually falling in love with her kidnapper. That's essentially J.Lo's story anyway.