Jennifer Lopez signs for the role of a deadly hit man in the new Niki Caro-directed Netflix movie The Mother

Jennifer Lopez is teaming up with Netflix in an action feature titled The Mother.

Mulan director Niki Caro is in talks to lead the project, Deadline reported Monday.

Lopez, 51, will reportedly play a deadly female assassin in the story, along the lines of the Luc Besson classic The Professional.

Screen Siren: Jennifer Lopez has teamed up with Netflix in an action feature called The Mother

The singing sensation plays a murderer who comes out of hiding to protect the daughter she gave up years ago while on the run from dangerous men, the website reports.

The screenplay was written by Lovecraft Country’s Misha Green and revised by Straight Outta Compton’s Andrea Berloff.

Lopez is the co-production of the project.

Also in the works for the actress, is an adaptation of the Isabella Maldonado novel The Cipher, in which she will play an FBI agent who becomes involved in the case of a serial killer after leaving clues online for his murders. That movie also comes from Netflix.

Mulan director Niki Caro is in talks to lead the project, Deadline reported Monday

Also in the works is rom-com Shotgun Wedding, from Lionsgate, where Lopez will star opposite Josh Duhamel, who last month replaced the original protagonist, Armie Hammer, amid his alleged cannibalism scandal.

The Waiting For Tonight hitmaker will also appear in Marry Me, another romantic comedy opposite Owen Wilson, due out on May 14.

Meanwhile, Lopez was amazed at her performance at Joe Biden’s inauguration last month.

And her fiancé Alex Rodriguez was in awe of her looks, calling it ‘iconic’.

Also in the works is rom-com Shotgun Wedding, from Lionsgate, where Lopez will star opposite Josh Duhamel, who last month replaced the original protagonist, Armie Hammer, amid his alleged cannibalism scandal.

The On the Floor hitmaker was one of the performers who sang at the ceremony when President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris took office and her fiancé couldn’t be more proud of her.

He shared a photo of himself and Jennifer in a private jet on the way home from the event, writing, ‘I can’t stop thinking about Wednesday and Jen’s performance at # Inauguration2021. It was such an iconic moment – one that I will never forget.

‘I can’t express how proud I am of her and how privileged I felt to just be there. It was truly awesome and so patriotic. ‘

Big moment: Meanwhile, Lopez amazed with her performance at Joe Biden’s inauguration last month

In addition to singing Woody Gutherie’s This Land Is Your Land and America the Beautiful, she also delivered a line from the Pledge of Allegiance in Spanish, and the retired baseball star praised the 51-year-old singer for the ‘meaning’ of the moment. .

He continued: “On the run home she showed me her text sheet, and the meaning of her performance really started to come to life. Can you believe she was the first to sing in Spanish at an inaugural event?

Another historic and groundbreaking achievement for one of the most talented and passionate people the world has ever seen. #Proud #Macha (sic) ‘

‘I can’t express how proud I am of her and how privileged I felt to just be there. It was truly awesome and so patriotic. JLo’s fiancé Alex Rodriguez gushed