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Jennifer Lopez is set to star in another romantic comedy as Netflix confirms its latest project with the actor. The feature film sees Lopez get up close and personal with one of the main men in the critically acclaimed Ted Lasso series.

According to Deadline, Lopez will headline the upcoming rom-com, Office Romance, her third film for Netflix since signing a first-look deal with the streamer through her Nuyorican Productions imprint in 2021. Lopez will star in Office Romance opposite Ted Lasso's Brett Goldstein, who will play her love interest in the film. Goldstein is best known for portraying AFC Richmond captain-turned-assistant coach Roy Kent in Ted Lasso, winning two Emmys thanks to his work in the Apple TV+ sports comedy-drama.

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Jennifer Lopez earned $16.5 million for starring in and producing Netflix's Atlas. Despite negative reviews, Atlas has been a hit on Netflix's Top 10 for three weeks. Lopez's high salary reflects her star power and involvement in the film's production.

Jennifer Lopez's salary for her hit Netflix movie Atlas has reportedly been revealed, indicating just how much the star made from the sci-fi film. Directed by Brad Payton (San Andreas; Rampage), the movie sees Lopez portraying Atlas Shepherd, a a counterterrorist analyst who must team up with AI she doesn't trust to stop a potential disaster. Despite Atlas' negative critical reception, the movie has become a hit on Netflix, sitting in the weekly Top 10 most-watched movies on the platform for the last three weeks.

Now, Puck has reported that Lopez earned $16.5 million for her role in Atlas, a major payday for the star of the sci-fi film. Alongside starring in the movie,...

[This story contains spoilers for Atlas]

A movie begins, and Jennifer Lopez opens a suitcase to reveal a robotic head, which she proceeds to interrogate.

How’d that head get in the suitcase? Why is Jennifer Lopez talking to it? The audience doesn’t yet know, but hopefully they are intrigued.

That’s how screenwriter Aron Eli Coleite started one draft of Atlas, the sci-fi movie starring Lopez that hit Netflix May 24. The introduction had shades of the first scene of 1982’s Blade Runner, and was designed to keep an audience engaged in the age of streaming, in which there are near infinite opportunities to click away. “You just don’t want the audience to tune out at any point of like, ‘Oh, I can check out,’ says Coleite. “The danger of Netflix is you have a remote control.”

Ultimately, the team — including director Brad Peyton and producer Joby Harold — felt that while the opening was fun,...

Jennifer Lopez may have cancelled her summer concert tour less than a month before it was set to begin, but at least she’s got the number one movie on Netflix for the second week running. Right? Atlas is dominating the Netflix Top 10 list for the week of May 27th to June 2nd with 31.6M views, which works out to 63.1M hours viewed.

Atlas finds Lopez starring as a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it. The film was directed by Brad Peyton from a script by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite.

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Although Atlas is...

The Jennifer Lopez-led sci-fi action film Atlas earned 28.2 million views on Netflix despite low ratings. AI and technology are hot topics; Atlas explores both the dangers and benefits of artificial intelligence. Jennifer Lopez's international appeal and Netflix success make her a valuable asset for future projects.

Another week, another Netflix film with less-than-stellar reviews seemed to find an audience. This time, it's the Jennifer Lopez-led science fiction action film Atlas, which has a rotten score of 19% on Rotten Tomatoes. The platform seemingly ignored those subpar notices by boasting that the movie was a big hit over the Memorial Day holiday, currently racking up 28.2 million views during its premiere weekend.

The performance of Atlas is highlighted more by the recent box office debuts of films like The Fall Guy or Furiosa: A Mad Max Saga, which came in lower than expectations but secured much better reviews from critics. Why has...

Atlas, Jennifer Lopez’s latest Netflix flick, racked up more than 28 million views over Memorial Day Weekend, while not quite 3 million people bought tickets to see the latest Mad Max movie.

Premiering Friday, May 24, Atlas debuted atop Netflix’s English Films List with 28.2 million views, making it the most-watched title for the week of May 20. All told, the sci-fi thriller reached the Netflix Top 10 in 93 countries.

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Stars: Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Mark Strong | Written by Leo Sardarian, Aron Eli Coleite | Directed by Brad Peyton

In a dystopian future, analyst Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez) loathes Artificial Intelligence with everything she has thanks to fugitive and “AI terrorist” Harlan (Simu Liu). When it is discovered that Harlan has fled to another planet in a nearby galaxy, she agrees to go on a mission to track him down. Soon after she touches down in the Andromeda galaxy, things get hairy — leading Atlas on a journey to work with the AI around her rather than against it.

If you’ve ever wanted to see Jenny from the block — or indeed, Jenny from the rock, given that she’s on a different planet in this instance — get repeatedly beaten up by a bunch of AI soldiers, you’ve come to the right place with Netflix’s Atlas. Simultaneously...

The upcoming biographical sports drama Unstoppable can break Jennifer Lopez's current Rotten Tomatoes trend. Lopez's recent streaming movies have received poor reviews. Unstoppable is based on Anthony Robles's true story.

Jennifer Lopez has starred in a handful of critically acclaimed movies, like Selena and Hustlers, but Lopez's Rotten Tomatoes scores in the past couple of years exhibit a disappointing pattern that can be broken via her next film. The actress' most recent project was Atlas, a Netflix science fiction action movie directed by Brad Peyton and written by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite, which premiered in May 2024. Lopez starred as the lead character, Atlas Shepherd, a counterterrorism analyst who must go against her anti-ai beliefs to save humanity. While Atlas is trending on Netflix, its reviews have been subpar.

Unfortunately, Atlas's Rotten Tomatoes score debuted as one of Lopez's worst-rated movies ever, and the bad news is...

Atlas may have received largely negative reviews from critics, but that didn't stop the science fiction movie from becoming a huge hit on Netflix. The Jennifer Lopez-led feature topped the charts on the streaming giant two days after its debut.

Per ComicBook.com, Atlas took the number one spot on the Sunday, May 26 edition of the Netflix Top 10 Movies. Sony's Madame Web, which previously topped the list, was knocked down to second place. Despite sitting at rotten on the review aggregate website Rotten Tomatoes with a 17 percent critics' score, Netflix subscribers still pressed play on Atlas. This marks Lopez's second Netflix exclusive movie to perform well on the streamer, following her action thriller, The Mother, which garnered 249 million viewing hours during the first half of 2023.

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The multi-talented and multi-hyphenated Jennifer Lopez is back with another Netflix release, Atlas. This film quickly soared to the top spot as the most-watched movie on Netflix worldwide despite what the critics have to say about the film. This achievement isn’t unfamiliar territory for the star, as her 2023 movie, The Mother, also accomplished the same feat.

Jennifer Lopez in a still from Atlas | Netflix

In Atlas, Lopez takes on the role of a government analyst thrust into an extraordinary journey to a distant realm. Her mission? To confront her oldest enemy, a robot warrior whose actions have disrupted her life in more ways than one. With her trademark charisma and skillful portrayal, Lopez brings depth and authenticity to her character, captivating audiences with her performance in a rather lackluster movie.

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Plot: Atlas Shepherd, a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. When plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it

Review: Jennifer Lopez has been in five films over the last two years, and another, Unstoppable, is still on the way. After her acclaimed 2019 performance in Hustlers, Lopez has starred in two romantic comedies, two action films, and a bizarre music video-slash-biopic monstrosity linked to her latest album. Now, her second Netflix feature in as many years, Atlas, aims to be J.Lo’s Marvel-esque blockbuster but falls short in every conceivable way. Directed by San Andreas helmer Brad Peyton, Atlas is a special effects-laden foray into the most cliched science fiction genre offering I have seen in a long time.

This article contains full spoilers for Atlas.

After surviving an attack orchestrated by the rogue synthetic Harlan (Simu Liu), cyber analyst Atlas (Jennifer Lopez) lands in her mech-suit on a mysterious new planet. And it is there that she notices a strange flower, which the artificial intelligence Smith (voiced by Gregory James Cohan) informs her has never been seen before. When Smith asks what she wants to call the flower, Atlas responds with an uncreative name: “Planty.”

Although Atlas insists that she’s making a joke, Smith accepts the name, and Planty returns at the end of the film as a symbol of the bond formed between human and robot. At the same time, this dull bit of nomenclature illustrates the way AI destroys creativity. Which seems an apt metaphor for the movie it’s in. Because as directed by Brad Peyton and written by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite,...

Netflix’s sci-fi thriller Atlas, starring Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, and Mark Strong, was released on May 24, 2024, and while it seemed like Netflix was going to have an action-packed hit in its library, the first reactions aren’t that great. The movie has been out for just a couple of hours now, and the critics had their say on the movie; from what we can infer from the initial reactions, the movie is actually – horrible! Based on several reviews, the movie has been declared Rotten on Rotten Tomatoes, as critics pan the movie. The initial audience reactions have yet to come in.

The movie was initially announced back in 2022, with principal photography beginning on August 26, 2022; the shooting ended in November 2022. Atlas is directed by Brad Peyton from a script by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite.

The movie, which does tackle some hot topics and questions, stars Jennifer Lopez as Atlas Shepherd,...

Atlas is a sci-fi action thriller film directed by Brad Peyton from a screenplay by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite. The Netflix film follows the story of Atlas Shepherd, a brilliant but unsociable data analyst with a deep distrust for A.I. as she goes on a mission to capture a rogue robot that could destroy humanity but when the mission goes and her only hope to save humanity is to trust the robot, she must break down the walls she has built around her heart over the years. Atlas stars Jennifer Lopez in the lead role with Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Mark Strong, Abraham Popoola, and Lana Parrilla starring in supporting roles. If you loved the futuristic visuals, intense drama, and explosive action in Netflix’s Atlas here are some similar movies you could watch next.

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With his role as Shang-Chi in the Marvel Cinematic Universe, Simu Liu knows what it's like to play a bona fide hero. He's at the other end of the spectrum with his much more horrifying role as Harlan in the new Netflix movie Atlas.

Directed by Brad Peyton, Atlas is a sci-fi action movie that imagines a conflict between humans and AI sometime in the future. Liu is featured as the main villain in his role as Atlas, the world's first AI-powered terrorist. Peyton was joined by Liu to address the character in an interview with Cbr's Katie Doll to promote Atlas, and the Barbie actor shared how it felt liberating to play a villainous role, given how many rules are given when playing the hero.

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Atlas Movie Review Rating:

Star Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Sterling K. Brown, Mark Strong and Simu Liu.

Director: Brad Peyton

Atlas Movie Review(Photo Credit –IMDb)

What’s Good: Some of the action is fun in a cheesy way, and the movie doesn’t know when to hold on to its unhinged energy.

What’s Bad: The acting is awful across the board, and great actors like Sterling K. Brown and Mark Strong are wasted.

Loo Break: You could take a break at any point, and you wouldn’t be missing much, as the film’s twist is just too predictable and there are no action or character moments worth waiting for.

Watch or Not?: This film is an overall pass. There are better offerings out there, especially with Furiosa and Dune still playing in theaters.

Language: English (with subtitles).

Available On: Netflix

Runtime: 118 Minutes.

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Now streaming on Netflix, Atlas stars Jennifer Lopez in a sci-fi tale exploring the relationship between humans and AI. It's a story that resonated deeply with the film's lead star, playing a big part in why Lopez was so eager to get on board.

In an interview with Cbr's Katie Doll, Lopez and co-star Sterling K. Brown discussed working on Atlas. For her part, Lopez shared how she was drawn to the project because of its "beautiful" story. In the film, she plays a data analyst who deeply distrusts artificial intelligence, but she may have to learn to come to trust it in order to save humanity. Lopez believes that struggle is something that many people can relate to.

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Jennifer Lopez in Atlas Image: Netflix Almost every strand of DNA within Atlas’ genetic makeup is toxic. The haphazard, ham-handed sci-fi film, distributed by a streamer that utilizes computer algorithms to guide its creative process, revolves around a guilt-riddled heroine fighting “evil” artificial intelligence with the help of a “good” artificial intelligence.

Jennifer Lopez in AtlasImage: Netflix

Almost every strand of DNA within Atlas’ genetic makeup is toxic. The haphazard, ham-handed sci-fi film, distributed by a streamer that utilizes computer algorithms to guide its creative process, revolves around a guilt-riddled heroine fighting “evil” artificial intelligence with the help of a “good” artificial intelligence.

After watching J.Lo’s latest film, I began to wonder: Is Atlas the first pro-artificial intelligence movie of the decade? A prominent issue today is the use of AI. Atlas comes across as a movie from a studio trying to convince the public that AI is good for society. Initially, you might say no because Atlas spends so much time trying to destroy AI rather than protect it.

However, as the film progresses, the subtext and themes become so blatant that they’re impossible to miss. Atlas is the first pro-artificial intelligence film of its kind, practically propaganda. One of the film’s hidden messages is that AI doesn’t hurt society; the people who create it do. The other is that AI can be helpful if used in the right way.

The message from Atlas is on par with “guns don’t kill people, people don’t kill people,...

Arriving on the heels of “The Greatest Love Story Never Told” — a true milestone of superstar transparency where Jennifer Lopez expressed a clear-eyed view of her current career status — “Atlas” feels like an underwhelming return to the kind of projects that have maintained Lopez’ place in the Hollywood firmament, but not the ones that catapulted her there in the first place.

One of her few science fiction-themed films, its novelty alone should make it stand out, especially with Brad Peyton, a reliable purveyor of large-scale spectacle in the director’s chair. But a dearth of original ideas undercuts the appeal of “Atlas,” leaving Lopez to fend for herself in much the same way her character is forced to in the film’s formulaic story.

Lopez plays the title character, a coffee-addicted, “rigid and hostile” data analyst whose mother Val (Lana Parilla) developed the first artificial-intelligence being, Harlan (Simu Liu), when Atlas was just a child.

In recent years we’ve seen plenty of TV shows that seem like they should have been movies, and a few movies that might have been better as TV shows. Atlas suffers from a similar problem but fits into a third, lesser-seen category because, while it draws heavily from a number of classic sci-fi films, it’s a movie that seems like it really wants to be a video game.

Brad Peyton’s film opens with an expository montage introducing us to a world where an army of self-aware A.I.-driven robots, led by an android known as Harlan (Simu Liu), are waging an all-out war against humanity. And just as things appear to be reaching a point of no return, mankind whips out a surprise superweapon and quashes the rebellion, sending Harlan scarpering away on a rocket ship vowing that one day he’ll be back to finish what he started.

Netflix’s latest sci-fi thriller, Atlas, promises a gripping tale of artificial intelligence gone rogue but ultimately struggles under the weight of its ambitions. Directed by Brad Peyton and written by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite, the film stars Jennifer Lopez as Atlas, a woman living in a future world who distrusts AI and is good at everything and smarter than everyone. The script teeters between high-concept and a showcase for Lopez’s versatility, and despite a decent premise for some futuristic thrills, Atlas often feels like a missed opportunity, hampered by sluggish pacing and a lack of depth in character development for everyone else except Atlas.

The film opens with a world in chaos. AI systems, once integrated into every facet of human life from transportation to medical care, have turned against their creators. The rebellion was instigated by Harlan (Simu Liu), an AI humanoid created by Shepard Robotics.

Atlas on Netflix: How and When to Watch the Jennifer Lopez Film(Photo Credit –IMDb)

Get ready to watch Jennifer Lopez in a never-seen-before avatar in the upcoming Netflix sci-fi film Atlas. The actress essays the titular role of a vulnerable yet fierce data scientist in the action thriller, who is forced to face her biggest fear, AI, on a mission to seize a renegade robot.

The hype around the film has skyrocketed, as it features some high-octane action sequences performed by Jennifer Lopez. Are you excited about the release of Atlas? Read on to find out how and when you can watch the film.

How and When to Watch Atlas on Netflix?

Atlas is slated to be released on Netflix on Friday, May 24th, 2024. The film will be available to stream for the global audience at 12:00 a.m. Pt / 3:00 a.m. Et on Friday. To watch the movie,...

Netflix has announced the premiere of its highly anticipated sci-fi adventure, “Atlas”, starring Jennifer Lopez. The movie is slated for exclusive release on the streaming platform on May 24, 2024, promising to deliver an action-packed space adventure that explores the complex relationship between humans and artificial intelligence.

Directed by Brad Peyton and penned by screenwriters Aron Eli Coleite and Leo Sardarian, “Atlas” unveils the story of Atlas Shepherd, portrayed by Jennifer Lopez, a brilliant yet misanthropic data analyst with a profound distrust of artificial intelligence. Shepherd’s skepticism towards AI is challenged as she joins a daring mission to apprehend a rogue robot connected to her by a mysterious past.

Atlas (2024)

The plot thickens when the mission falters, pushing Shepherd to place her faith in the very technology she fears, in a desperate attempt to safeguard humanity’s future. This narrative not only offers a thrilling cinematic experience but also prompts a...

Un filme que tiene como elemento principal la Inteligencia Artificial. © Netflix

Netflix ha publicado el primer tráiler de su nueva película de ciencia ficción, “Atlas”.

En “Atlas”, Shepherd (López), una brillante pero misántropa analista de datos que desconfía profundamente de la inteligencia artificial, se une a una misión para capturar a un robot renegado con el que comparte un misterioso pasado. Pero cuando los planes se tuercen, su única esperanza de salvar el futuro de la humanidad de la Ia es confiar en ella.

“Atlas” está protagonizada por Jennifer Lopez (“Estafadoras de Wall Street”), Simu Liu (“Barbie”), Sterling K. Brown (“American Fiction”) y Abraham Popoola (“The Great”) y dirigida por Brad Peyton (“San Andrés”) y escrita por Leo Sardarian (“StartUp”) y Aron Eli Coleite (“Locke & Key”).

El director de la película, Peyton, comentó lo siguiente: «El corazón de Atlas trata realmente de la confianza y de lo difícil que es confiar en la gente.

An official trailer has just dropped for the new movie Atlas. Coming to Netflix on May 24, the film features Jennifer Lopez in her next major role for the streaming platform following the success of The Mother.

In Atlas, Lopez plays a researcher who embarks on a mission to capture a robot on the run, with whom she has a history. The film also touches on artificial intelligence with Lopez's character afraid to embrace it until she's left with no other choice. The trailer, which also features Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings actor Simu Liu, can be watched below.

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Atlas Photo: Netflix The logline for Netflix’s upcoming film, Atlas, reads, “Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her...

AtlasPhoto: Netflix

The logline for Netflix’s upcoming film, Atlas,reads, “Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only...

Jennifer Lopez confronts her mistrust of technology to battle artificial intelligence villain Harlan, played by Simu Liu, in the latest trailer for Netflix’s upcoming sci-fi movie Atlas.

In the first trailer for Atlas, Lopez’s data-driven counter-terrorism analyst Atlas Shepherd first showed her deep distrust of AI when disaster strikes. But the new trailer sees Liu introduced as the AI character Harlan, whom Atlas has long hunted and is now shown to have nearly ended humanity after first being engineered to advance it.

So to save the the future of humanity from AI, Atlas, in the latest teaser trailer, learns to trust AI. As dystopian, ground-pounding carnage dominates the trailer, Lopez rockets off to a far-off planet to capture a renegade robot and teams up with a computer program named Smith in what appears, at times, like buddy comedy.

“I don’t need your help. I don’t trust any AI,...

Science fiction not only aspires to tell stories that predict the future and the moral lessons that come from an uncertain path, but much of science fiction is also inspired by the current climate of culture. After movies like The Creator from Gareth Edwards, we may be seeing an influx of AI-related stories. The upcoming Atlas from Netflix has Jennifer Lopez fighting her own war in an exo suit that is run by an AI program that Lopez must trust in order to survive. The new trailer has now premiered online courtesy of Netflix.

The official plot synopsis from Netflix reads,

“Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.

Up next from Rampage director Brad Peyton is the sci-fi movie Atlas for Netflix, and Netflix has unleashed the brand new official trailer this morning. You can check it out below.

Jennifer Lopez stars in Atlas, which will likely be streamed for 100 billion minutes in its first week of release. Whatever that means. It’s coming exclusively to Netflix on May 24.

“The film follows Atlas, a woman fighting for humanity in a future where an AI soldier has determined the only way to end war is to end humanity. To outthink this rogue AI, Atlas must work with the one thing she fears most — another AI.”

The upcoming science fiction film’s cast also includes Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong.

Peyton said in a recent statement, “Having the chance to direct Jennifer Lopez in the title role of this movie is a dream come true,...

The fate of humanity lies in the hands of Jennifer Lopez and one big-ass robot, in the upcoming Netflix sci-fi thriller Atlas.

Directed by Brad Peyton (San Andreas, Rampage) and written by Aron Eli Coleite (Daybreak) and Leo Sardarian, Atlas follows Lopez’s titular character, a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence.

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Netflix has released the official trailer for Atlas, the upcoming sci-fi thriller starring Jennifer Lopez. Directed by Brad Peyton, the film will be available on May 24, 2024.

Peyton directed the film from a script by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite. Atlas is rated PG-13 for strong sci-fi violence, action, bloody images, and strong language by the MPA.

In the movie, Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past.

But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving humanity’s future from AI is to trust it.

In addition to Jennifer Lopez (The Mother), the cast includes Simu Liu (Barbie), Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), and Gregory James Cohan (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty).

Abraham Popoola (Andor), Lana Parrilla (The Lincoln Lawyer...

In last year’s The Mother, Jennifer Lopez fought her demons deep in the Alaskan wilderness. Now, she’s launching into orbit to face her foe. In her new film Atlas, the multi-hyphenate performer plays the titular character, a government analyst who’s hurled to a distant world on a quest to defeat her oldest enemy: the robot warrior who upended her life.

“Atlas is someone who has basically shut out the world around her,” Lopez told Netflix. “She doesn’t trust anybody and doesn’t want anything to do with AI.” Unfortunately, on her mission in the far reaches of space, Atlas won’t have much of a choice — stranded in a high-powered armor suit, she’s forced to confront her fear of technology by allying herself with it. Set in a high-tech world, Atlas is a galaxy-spanning adventure written by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite and directed by Brad Peyton,...

Much like the mech that Jennifer Lopez is desperately trying to regain control of in its new teaser, Atlas is a movie that appears to have dropped almost out of nowhere. Premiering on Netflix in a couple of months, it promises sci-fi action, an AI threat and less surreal romance than This Is Me… Now: A Love Story. At least… probably? Take a look at the first trailer below:

Lopez here plays Atlas Shepherd, a data analyst who doesn't play well with others. Sour thanks to some mysterious incident in her past, she's recruited for a mission to track down a renegade robot. But as she'll come to learn, perhaps the only way to win is not to pl… Sorry, that's War Games. Instead, she'll learn that her only hope of saving humanity's future might just be to trust it.

Fans of Titanfall and various other mech-happy stories might see some similarities here,...

The future of humanity is in Jennifer Lopez’s hands in the teaser trailer for Atlas. Netflix’s launch of the first teaser was accompanied by the release of the first photo and teaser poster.

The sci-fi action thriller also stars Simu Liu (one of Barbie‘s lead Kens), Oscar nominee Sterling K. Brown (American Fiction), Gregory J. Cohan (Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty), Abraham Popoola (Andor), Lana Parrilla (Once Upon a Time), and Mark Strong (Murder Mystery 2). Brad Peyton (Rampage) directs from a screenplay by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite.

Jennifer Lopez stars in ‘Atlas’ (Photo Cr. Ana Carballosa / Netflix © 2023)

“Atlas Shepherd (Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past,” reads Netflix’s synopsis. “But when plans go awry, her only hope of...

“The future of humanity is in her hands,” the opening subtitle reads during the trailer for Atlas, Netflix’s Sci-Fi thriller starring Jennifer Lopez, for which we can share the first trailer above.

The pic, which opens May 24, follows Atlas Shepherd (Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, who joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past. But when plans go awry, her only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.

Starring alongside Lopez are Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla, and Mark Strong. Pic was written by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite. The director is Brad Peyton, and exec producers are Samson Mücke and Michael Riley McGrath.

Lopez last led Netflix’s The Mother, which debuted on the streamer on May 12, 2023. The...

Following the success Jennifer Lopez had with the action film The Mother, the singer and actress reunited with Netflix for the sci-fi thriller Atlas, where she fights robots as humanity's last hope.

The first teaser for the upcoming Netflix sci-fi flick Atlas shows Jennifer Lopez as the titular character, a data analyst who gets caught up in a sci-fi journey involving AI and robots. The singer plays Atlas Shepherd, and she pilots a mecha suit while on a mission to recover a renegade robot.

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The nearly two-minute teaser is filled with adrenaline, anxiety, and glints of the future. Lopez's character gets stranded in a different world. The character is described as...

Jennifer Lopez has had a bit of a career resurgence lately. While the actress-turned-singer had been dabbling back in movies with an acclaimed performance in Hustlers, she’s also been in films like The Mother for Netflix and Shotgun Wedding for Amazon. Recently, J. Lo has had a dual feature film release about self-reflection and self-discovery through her music with the movies This is Me…Now and The Greatest Love Story Never Told, which are both available on Prime Video. You may have also recently caught her and her hubby, Ben Affleck, dropping a Dunkin’ rap jingle in a recent Super Bowl ad. Netflix has now released the trailer for the upcoming Atlas, which has Lopez dipping her toe in the science fiction genre.

The official plot synopsis from Netflix reads,

“Atlas Shepherd (Jennifer Lopez), a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a...

Get ready for some action-packed entertainment as Netflix’s upcoming sci-fi thriller Atlas, starring Jennifer Lopez, Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, and Mark Strong, finally received an official trailer, which also confirmed that the movie would be released on May 24, 2024, which is very soon. You can check out the exciting trailer here:

The movie was initially announced back in 2022, with principal photography beginning on August 26, 2022; the shooting ended in November 2022. Atlas is directed by Brad Peyton from a script by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite. Netflix initially confirmed an early 2024 release, but the newly-released trailer confirmed that the movie will be released on May 24, 2024, which is a bit over two months away.

The official synopsis for the movie reveals the following:

Atlas Shepherd, a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of artificial intelligence, joins a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past.

Up next from Rampage director Brad Peyton is the sci-fi movie Atlas for Netflix, and the streaming service has released the upcoming film’s official teaser trailer this morning.

Atlas comes to Netflix on May 24. Watch the teaser trailer below.

“The film follows Atlas, a woman fighting for humanity in a future where an AI soldier has determined the only way to end war is to end humanity. To outthink this rogue AI, Atlas must work with the one thing she fears most — another AI.”

The upcoming science fiction film’s cast also includes Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong.

Peyton said in a recent statement, “Having the chance to direct Jennifer Lopez in the title role of this movie is a dream come true, as I know she’ll bring the incredible strength, depth and authenticity we’ve all come to admire from her work.

Jennifer Lopez confronts her complicated feelings about artificial intelligence when disaster strikes in the teaser trailer for Netflix’s sci-fi movie Atlas.

Launching on the streaming service May 24, fimmkaer Brad Peyton’s feature also stars Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown, Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla and Mark Strong. Atlas centers on Atlas Shepherd (Lopez), a data analyst who must set aside her mistrust of AI when she faces problems during a voyage to apprehend a renegade robot with which she has shared history.

“Fire thrusters now!” Lopez shouts in the dramatic footage that shows her vessel going down. “Mission control, this is Atlas Shepherd. Do you hear me?”

Peyton (Rampage) directs from a script by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite. Producers include Peyton, Lopez, Jeff Fierson, Joby Harold, Tory Tunnell, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, Benny Medina, Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter.

Lopez starred in Netflix’s 2023 film The Mother,...

Jennifer Lopez is voyaging into uncharted territory with new Netflix film “Atlas.” Lopez leads the sci-fi thriller about a data analyst, Atlas Shepherd (Lopez), who deeply distrusts artificial intelligence. But when a mission to capture a renegade robot with whom she shares a mysterious past goes awry, she realizes the only hope of saving the future of humanity from AI is to trust it.

“Atlas” co-stars “American Fiction” Oscar-nominated actor Sterling K. Brown and “Barbie” star Simu Liu; Gregory James Cohan, Abraham Popoola, Lana Parrilla, and Mark Strong round out the cast.

Brad Peyton directs the feature from a script by Leo Sardarian and Aron Eli Coleite. Lopez produces along with partners Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas and Benny Medina for Nuyorican Productions. Director Peyton and Jeff Fierson produce for Asap Entertainment. Additional producers include Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter for Berlanti/Schechter Films and Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell for Safehouse Pictures.

Netflix kicked off February with news of the streaming service’s 2024 film slate.

The steamer, which landed 18 Oscar nominations this year – including seven for Bradley Cooper’s “Maestro” – will debut numerous populist films in 2024, including new projects from Jamie Foxx and Cameron Diaz, Mark Wahlberg and Halle Berry, Jenifer Lopez, Millie Bobby Brown, Eddie Murphy, and more.

Well-known directors with movies set to premiere on Netflix this year include Tyler Perry (two titles), McG, Richard Linklater, and Lee Daniels. Comedian Jerry Seinfeld will also make his directorial debut with “Unfrosted: The Pop-Tart Story.”

On the awards front, while it’s too early to tell which projects might pop – and what movies Netflix might acquire for release this year, similarly to how the studio purchased Todd Haynes’ “May December” at the Cannes Film Festival last year – titles to flag include “The Piano Lesson” from Malcolm Washington with Samuel L. Jackson and John David Washington,...

Exclusive: Longtime APA literary agent Adam Perry has been promoted to Partner.

Perry began his career in the APA mailroom in 2011 and was promoted to agent in 2013. Since then, he has grown his roster of clients to represent such writers and directors as filmmakers Justin Chon (Gook, Blue Bayou, Pachinko) and Akin Omotoso (Rise, Vaya), director Alejandra Marquez Abella (The Good Girls, A Million Miles Away), screenwriters Julia Cox (Nyad), Pat Casey & Josh Miller (Sonic The Hedgehog 1&2, Violent Night), Black List scribe Elyse Hollander (Blond Ambition, Guys and Dolls remake), creator-showrunner Ben Ketai (StartUp), screenwriters Steve Desmond & Michael Sherman (Knock at the Cabin, Harry’s All Night Hamburgers), Amos Vernon & Nunzio Randazzo (Hotel Transylvania: Transformania, Fudged), Co-ep’s Bo Yeon Kim & Erika Lippoldt (Sweet Tooth, Star Trek Discovery), Co-ep Chuck Hayward (Ted Lasso), SuP Bobak Esfarjani (Alien, Kindred), writing trio Murder Ink. (Black Don’t Camp, Homecoming), screenwriters Cornelius Uliano & Bryan Schulz (Peanuts,...

Lana Parrilla, who earned quite a large fanbase through her seven season, 150+ episode run as Regina Mills / Evil Queen / Roni on the ABC series Once Upon a Time, has signed on to be part of the impressive cast that’s being assembled for the Netflix sci-fi thriller Atlas. Parrilla’s co-stars in the film will include Jennifer Lopez (Hustlers), Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings), Sterling K. Brown (This Is Us), and Abraham Popoola (Morbius). Deadline didn’t have any details on the character Parrilla will be playing when they reported the news, but we do know that Liu is playing the villain in the film and Lopez’s character is Atlas, “a woman fighting for humanity in a future where an AI soldier has determined the only way to end war is to end humanity. To outthink this rogue AI, Atlas must work with the...

Exclusive: Lana Parrilla has inked with APA and boarded Netflix’s Jennifer Lopez-starring AI drama Atlas directed by Brad Peyton.

She joins Simu Liu, Sterling K. Brown and Abraham Popoola in the film penned by Aron Eli Coleite and Leo Sardarian. In Atlas, an intelligence analyst gets stranded on a distant planet and must learn to fight inside a military-grade mech suit in order to survive.

Parrilla played Regina Mills, aka The Evil Queen, for 156 episodes on ABC’s hit series Once Upon a Time. Her work on the show earned her the Nhmc Impact Award; an Alma Award for Outstanding TV Actress; a Teen Choice Award for Choice TV Actress: Fantasy / Sci-Fi; and, as voted by fans, TV Guide’s Best Villain twice.

She recently starred on Marc Cherry’s Paramount+ series Why Women Kill, a role for which she received a Gracie Award for Best Supporting Actress in Comedy.

Just because you’re a Marvel superhero doesn’t mean that you can’t engage in a few acts of villainy. Deadline has reported that Simu Liu (Shang-Chi and the Legend of the Ten Rings) is set to star alongside Jennifer Lopez (Shotgun Wedding) as the antagonist in Netflix’s Atlas.

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Jennifer Lopez stars as Atlas, “a woman fighting for humanity in a future where an AI soldier has determined the only way to end war is to end humanity. To outthink this rogue AI, Atlas must work with the one thing she fears most — another AI.” Brad Peyton (Rampage) will direct Atlas, with Aron Eli Coleite (Locke & Key) penning the most recent draft of the script based on the original by Leo Sardarian (StartUp). In addition to Jennifer Lopez and Simu Liu, Atlas will also star Sterling K. Brown...

Simu Liu and Sterling K. Brown are the latest additions to “Atlas,” the sci-fi action thriller starring and produced by Jennifer Lopez.

Abraham Popoola (“The Great”) is also joining the Netflix and Nuyorican Productions project.

As TheWrap previously reported, Lopez will play an intelligence analyst who gets stuck on a distant planet and is forced to fight inside a military-grade mech suit in order to save humanity. “San Andreas” filmmaker Brad Peyton will direct, with Aron Eli Coleite building on an original script by Leo Sardarian.

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Producers include Brad Peyton and Jeff Fierson for Asap Entertainment; Joby Harold and Tory Tunnell for Safehouse Pictures; Jennifer Lopez, Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, and Benny Medina for Nuyorican Productions; and Greg Berlanti and Sarah Schechter for Berlanti/Schechter Films. Mike McGrath will executive produce the film.

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