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49 Years Later, An Acclaimed Fantasy Thriller Is Getting A Wildly Imaginative Remake

Dais Johnston

created: Aug. 20, 2025, 3:19 p.m. | updated: Aug. 26, 2025, 2:56 p.m.

Now, another oft-adapted work is getting the same treatment: a star-studded movie adaptation of a Broadway musical, and it’s being lauded as a return to form for the movie musical genre as a whole. In 1976, Manuel Puig wrote Kiss of the Spider Woman, an experimental novel told in dialogue and stream-of-consciousness thoughts. Now, that musical is getting a glitzy movie adaptation starring Diego Luna, Jennifer Lopez, and Tonatiuh. Much like Chicago, Kiss of the Spider Woman plays with the concept of fantasy. In classic movie musical fashion, characters go from the prison cell to a glitzy Hollywood set and back again in the blink of an eye.

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