Shotgun Wedding

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel talk about what it was like shooting their action scenes for Shotgun Wedding in a new featurette.

Lopez in turn had nothing but praise for Moore, saying that she felt like she and Duhamel were in good hands during their more dangerous stunts, such as the high-flying moment on the zipline. They also get into the trust that they had to have in one another while shooting their action scenes. In the featurette, Lopez and Duhamel — both of whom are staples of both the action and the romantic genres — talk about how the combination of comedy and heart-pounding action drew them to the project.

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel stare down a 'Shotgun Wedding' on Prime Video; Bob Odenkirk ponders a "Life Upside Down"; a French diplomat's reputation is ...

[a strikingly beautiful fusion of earthy realism, dreamy expressionism and underdog melodrama](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-04-01/review-this-is-not-burial-its-resurrection-lesotho), telling the story of an elderly Lesotho villager (Mary Twala Mhlongo) who rouses herself from her deathbed to save the homes and graves of her neighbors and relatives from being destroyed by a new dam. And there’s not enough novelty and creativity in the way the picture was filmed — with the actors isolated in their own locations, handling a lot of the filming themselves — to compensate for the sparse plot. “The Mission” is less about Mormonism or Finland than it is a poignant and relatable portrait of loneliness, taking an intimate look at these good-hearted youngsters, cut off from their culture and their loved ones, who fight — and sometimes fail — to maintain optimism for an assignment that seems impossible. Taking a fly on the wall approach, Anderson watches these kids as they try to bring what they’ve learned in church and in language lessons out into the streets, only to find that they have trouble carrying on long conversations — and that when they do make connections, the Finns would rather talk about the Americans’ personal lives, not their spiritual message. [Bob Odenkirk](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2022-05-17/bob-odenkirk-better-call-saul-final-season)) impetuously starts an affair with political science professor Clarissa (Radha Mitchell), a colleague of one of his most well-heeled customers, Paul (Danny Huston). [“Shotgun Wedding”](https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/movies/story/2021-02-02/josh-duhamel-cast-replaces-armie-hammer-shotgun-wedding) peters out down the stretch, as the explosions and gunfire overwhelm the banter. In “Condor’s Nest,” Jacob Keohane plays Will Spalding, a World War II vet who has spent the decade since the war tracking the Nazi officer who cruelly exterminated Spalding’s bomber crew. Unlike horror films, crime pictures, action-thrillers and even westerns, war movies aren’t a common genre for lower-budget productions anymore — perhaps because it’s hard to stage armed combat on the cheap. But Blattenberger can write punchy dialogue; he also wisely spends some of his money on ace character actors Michael Ironside, James Urbaniak, Jorge Garcia and Bruce Davison, each of whom pops up for a memorable scene or two. Director Jérôme Salle’s stirring melodrama dramatizes the escalating nightmare experienced by Mathieu (Gilles Lellouche), a French diplomat whose life in Siberia is upended when rumors spread that he’s a child-abusing pedophile. The action-comedy comes on way too strong in its opening 20 minutes, introducing an all-star cast in gratingly overstuffed scenes, featuring a surfeit of fast-paced, amped-up chatter. When her new fiancé — a failed pro baseball player, Tom (Duhamel) — invites both their large families to an over-elaborate island wedding, Darcy starts panicking again.

The movie critics are saying "Shotgun Wedding," starring Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel, "feels canned," but is "pretty good" and "enjoyably goofy."

"Lopez, a much much better actress than she is often given credit, tries valiantly — and physically — to make it all fly, even at the point she is virtually forced to turn into a commando in a wedding dress. "Against the odds, the expectations and the run of play, here is a romcom starring Jennifer Lopez and it’s … Clearly though she’s having a blast, and that may be enough for the audience to go right along with her." For the most part, though, this is a slapdash effort on most every level, seemingly sold almost entirely on the notion of watching Lopez run through the jungle in a tattered wedding dress." "There are a few fairly impressive stunts (again, all of them in the trailer) sprinkled along the way, such as Darcy and Tom trying to zipline to safety. Much of the dialogue feels canned and phony in the style of a badly written sitcom. well, it’s pretty good: enjoyably goofy and sparkily written." The actress gamely tries to overcome the script's tonal whiplash, but she ultimately gets upstaged by co-stars D'Arcy Carden, Lenny Kravitz and the deadpan Jennifer Coolidge, who leads her fellow hostages in a singalong of Edwin McCain's "I'll Be" in the movie's best moment." ""Shotgun Wedding' is one of the more unsettling rom-coms in recent memory, with lengthy scenes of frantic wedding guests running from armed attackers, and JLo dropping grenades on pirates as she ziplines through a jungle. The movie stars Lopez and Josh Duhamel, who play a couple preparing for a destination wedding in the Philippines. As a couple whose destination wedding is interrupted by hostage-taking pirate-terrorists, the two bicker and banter with classic screwball brio, with a love-hate rapport that is both delightful and effortlessly convincing. [Jennifer Coolidge makes her TikTok debut with JLo](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/music/2023/01/20/jennifer-coolidge-tiktok-jenny-from-the-block-jennifer-lopez/11088544002/) [USA TODAY](https://www.usatoday.com/story/entertainment/movies/2022/02/11/jennifer-lopez-romantic-comedies-marry-me-gigli-wedding-planner-ranked/6730440001/)

Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel star as a bride and groom whose wedding gets hijacked by pirates in Shotgun Wedding, out now on Amazon Prime Video.

And sometimes you want the antidote to that, the complete inverse of reality and truth, and that’s Shotgun Wedding. Parting Shot: The bride and groom and their guests, all filthy and covered in blood, assemble on the beach at sunset to finally watch the couple exchange their vows. Darcy is the one who gets to throw the grenades and use the cake knife that Carol gifts her as a wedding present to finish off the last of the bad guys. Sleeper Star: There are a lot of funny supporting cast members in the film, including Callie Hernandez as Darcy’s dry, deadpan sister Jamie and D’Arcy Carden’s energy-healer-yoga-instructor, but Jennifer Coolidge as Tom’s mother Carol is great. That end, of course, is watching Lopez run through the jungle in a torn wedding dress and shapewear killing bad guys in ridiculous ways, and watching Duhamel’s Tom sustain a bloody “flap” on his hand after getting it caught in a deli meat slicer. – to defeat the bad guys, all while their bewildered guests stand around in the pool bickering, flirting, and trying to charm the terrorists into not killing them. You’ll find out, although the motive is pretty flimsy, but in this movie, the how and why are incidental, they’re just a means to an end. Initially oblivious to the dangers around them, Tom and Darcy realize what’s going on and turn into action heroes, resolved to save their families from these terrorists. Tom has gone a little overboard by planning a destination wedding in the Philippines for their close friends and family to attend. Darcy’s dad Robert (Cheech Marin) is a millionaire, but she and Tom have rejected his offer to pay for their wedding, since they’re older, established, and have money of their own (well, Tom is struggling because he just lost his contract as a minor league baseball player, but Darcy’s doing fine as a lawyer). Because they’re not super-rich, Tom is DIY-ing a lot of the wedding himself, for instance, on the night of their rehearsal dinner, Tom is so dedicated to making every detail perfect, he chooses to hot glue string lights to pineapple centerpieces rather than pay attention to his gorgeous fiancee’s sexual advances. The Gist: Tom and Darcy are grown adults who have been together for four years and have decided to get married.

Mitchell Travers (who was also the costume designer for "Hustlers") breaks down the entire series of custom gowns in the rom-com-meets-action movie.

"I was in some tiny bridal shop and saw a tiered tulle under-structure. [Carolina Herrera](https://fashionista.com/designers/carolina-herrera) mini dress, featuring a sculpturally draped train (above) — "so, we can tell that she likes a strapless silhouette," says Travers. But in an effort to do the right thing, she's tried to make it Darcy's by dropping it off-the-shoulder. "At the time, a lot of the world was not really up and running. Travers opted for a "champagne blush color," because Lopez always looks radiant in that hue. "I almost had to time out when I was going to tell Galia that the dress gets shredded, because you want to respect the art that they produce," he says. "In conversation with Jen, she was like, 'I just really need to be overwhelmed by it." Scott on 2014's "The Amazing Spider-Man 2." Has she cut off the overskirt?" "When does she lose the train? "It really needed to go through an entire film's worth of action and adventure." [Jennifer Coolidge](https://fashionista.com/tag/jennifer-coolidge)) and ex-boyfriend Sean ( [Lenny Kravitz](https://fashionista.com/tag/lenny-kravitz)), who neglected to RSVP.

Here are the new movie and TV releases you should be watching this weekend. From Netflix's 'You People,' to 'Poker Face,' 'Shotgun Wedding,' and more.

(I wish I had that kind of talent!) Every episode will introduce a strange crime that Charlie will use her skill to solve, and will feature a wide range of some pretty incredible guest stars. In his feature film directorial debut, Kenya Barris aimed to deliver a rom-com that was different from the rest by adding a level of tension and cultural differences that many of us experience in our love lives. [Poker Face](https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/poker-face-season-1-peacock-review/) hit Peacock this week on the TV side, while Netflix’s You People and Prime’s Shotgun Wedding are kicking off the month of love with fresh rom-coms ahead of Valentine’s Day. [ this year’s Oscar nominees ](https://www.complex.com/pop-culture/a/karla-rodriguez/oscar-nominations-2023-biggest-takeaways)and while there were some disappointments, there were also deep moments of excitement at the possibility that things might be progressing slightly in the awards world. In honor of Everything Everywhere All At Once receiving 11 nominations, the most of any other film this year, the A24 project will be making a [return to theaters](https://collider.com/everything-everywhere-all-at-once-returning-theaters/) this weekend. A rideshare mix-up in Los Angeles is the perfect meet-cute for Ezra Cohen (Jonah Hill) and Amira Mohammed (Lauren London) in Netflix’s You People.

Jennifer Lopez, 53, said Josh Duhamel, 50, saved her from falling off a cliff while filming the Amazon Prime Video movie "Shotgun Wedding."

Just as they’re getting cold feet, the entire celebration is taken hostage — and the rom-com turns into an action film. [“Shotgun Wedding”](https://nypost.com/2023/01/27/new-j-lo-movie-shotgun-wedding-premieres-on-prime-video/) follows Darcy (Lopez), Tom (Duhamel) and their opinionated families as the couple wed in a destination wedding. [Armie Hammer ](https://nypost.com/2021/01/19/josh-duhamel-may-replace-armie-hammer-in-shotgun-wedding-movie/)was initially cast in Duhamel’s role before he was [accused of sexual abuse and cannibalism](https://pagesix.com/2021/01/16/inside-armie-hammers-life-fueled-by-alcohol-bdsm-infidelity/) — allegations he has denied. [BuzzFeed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UHsJ5szTuKQ), the duo — along with fellow [ “Shotgun Wedding”](https://www.amazon.com/Shotgun-Wedding-Jennifer-Lopez/dp/B0B76RKBLJ?tag=nypost-20&asc_refurl=https%3A%2F%2Fnypost.com%2F2023%2F01%2F27%2Fnew-j-lo-movie-shotgun-wedding-premieres-on-prime-video%2F&asc_source=web) stars [Jennifer Coolidge](https://nypost.com/2023/01/27/tara-reid-jennifer-coolidge-should-push-for-american-pie-sequel/), Cheech Marin, Callie Hernandez, D’Arcy Carden and Steve Coulter — were asked which cast member was the most likely to nail a stunt on the first take. [Prime Video](https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/storefront?filterId=OFFER_FILTER%3DPRIME&tag=nypost-20&asc_refurl=https://nypost.com/2023/01/27/jennifer-lopez-shotgun-wedding-star-josh-duhamel-saved-me-from-cliff-fall/&asc_source=web), especially when they were handcuffed together “to do all that crazy stuff.” [ onscreen husband](https://nypost.com/2023/01/27/new-j-lo-movie-shotgun-wedding-premieres-on-prime-video/) Josh Duhamel with saving her life in a stunt gone wrong.

Starring Jennifer Lopez as bride Darcy Rivera and Josh Duhamel as groomzilla Tom Fowler, the film unfolds as the engaged couple welcomes their extended family ...

So if you go back and watch the second time then you’ll see more clues that are right there in front of you, but you don’t notice until you watch it the second time.” “I think there are comedy moments that are classic and are rewatchable and codable. But yeah, I think that was the most, as far as I can remember of alternate endings.” For Harriet, she’s been planning for this day as long as they’ve been planning for this wedding This took as much planning as Tom did for the wedding. Sean confirms that he did plot to take Robert’s money (the whole reason the pirates take all the wedding guests hostage and threaten them at gunpoint.) But in one more surprise plot point, D’Arcy Carden’s character Harriet turns out to be in on the scheme as well. “There are a couple [twists] towards the end that I know actually surprised the audience,” director Jason Moore told TheWrap in an interview.

Before Tom, Darcy dated Sean (Lenny Kravitz), but she called off their engagement because something didn't feel right. The idea of commitment scares Darcy.

Other TV appearances include "American Crime Story" and "Good Luck Charlie" as well as "Get Shorty." She keeps things moving along smoothly until the chaotic pirates arrive and throw her off her game. Carden most recently starred as Greta Gil in Prime Video’s “A League of Their Own” TV series that adds more historical context to the story of Penny Marshall’s 1992 film. Kravitz is a Grammy-award winning R&B musician who also dabbles in film. He lends his voice to Hura, Can and Teca in “Maya and the Three.” he also grew famous from his work in comedy as part of the duo Cheech & Chong during the 1970s and early 1980s with partner Tommy Chong. She has appeared as Grans in “Wonder” (2017) and Sister Lucia in “Fatima” (2020). Renata and Darcy’s father Robert (Cheech Marin) have been divorced for years, but Renata makes sure to bring up Robert’s “yoga teacher,” or girlfriend Harriet, to Darcy the first chance she gets. Larry Fowler, Tom’s dad, records every moment leading up to the wedding on his digital video camera. Jennifer Lopez dominates the rom-com genre with films like “The Wedding Planner” (2001), “Maid in Manhattan” (2002), “Monster-In-Law” (2005), “The Back-Up Plan” (2010) as well as “second Act” (2018) and “Hustlers” (2019). Mark Hammer’s script, developed from producer Alexander Young’s idea, lends itself well to humor, laughter and touching scenes between the leads as well as their supporting wedding parties. As you can imagine by the title, the big day quickly turns into a far more action- and gun-packed situation than anyone planned. Prime Video

Yes, Lopez, the seminal creative figure wowing us ever since 1997's game-changer Anaconda returns to the fray as a thwarted bride whose luxury wedding in the ...

Yes, Lopez, the seminal creative figure wowing us ever since 1997’s game-changer Anaconda returns to the fray as a thwarted bride whose luxury wedding in the Philippines turns into a warzone when a group of pirates take the guests hostage. Yes, Die Hard ass-kicking at a luxury resort wedding is the sincere promise that Jason Moore’s action comedy makes, and having recently taken up my tenure as Emeritus Professor of Jennifer Lopez studies at the University of Please Yourself, California, I’m delighted to report that these promises made are promises kept. I guess she’s a little late, but welcome to the party, pal, because that’s the perfect formula for undemanding entertainment as the bracingly daft Shotgun Wedding drops on Amazon Prime in the UK and elsewhere.

D'Arcy Carden said Jennifer Coolidge is even "smarter and funnier" than people think. · She also shared her thoughts on a potential season two of Amazon's hit "A ...

And if not for us, for the fans, we're definitely hoping that we get this season two," Carden said. Plus, she recently won viewers' hearts as Rockford Peach first basewoman and Carson Shaw's (Abbi Jacobson) potential love interest on "A League of Their Own." [The "Good Place" star](https://www.insider.com/the-good-place-finale-series-changed-my-life-2020-1) said that while Coolidge is everyone's favorite funny lady at the moment, there's a side to her that she reserves for her friends and colleagues. And you can see it in her eyes." "She loves to give other people their moment to shine. [be kind of kooky and ditsy](https://www.insider.com/emmys-2022-jennifer-coolidge-danced-play-off-music-meme-2022-9) or whatever, she's not that," Carden said of Coolidge. And it's not about being the loudest, craziest, funniest person." Toward the end of the film, it's revealed that Harriet is actually Sean Hawkins' girlfriend. She described being the center of the "Shotgun Wedding" twist as "so fun" and "delicious." [campaign to get "A League of Their Own" renewed](https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/a-league-of-their-own-potential-season-2-1235340364/) as "an every day, all day type of thing." [all the 'Die Hard' movies](https://www.insider.com/why-die-hard-is-a-christmas-movie-film-bruce-willis-2018-11) in preparation because those villains in the 'Die Hard' movies are some of the best villains in any movies ever," Carden said. "And she says her funny thing every once in a while, and she likes to have one-on-one deep conversations.

"Shotgun Wedding" is an action comedy film on Amazon Prime video, starring Jennifer Lopez, Josh Duhamel, Jennifer Coolidge and more. Review.

It's mostly the fault of the script, which saves its funniest lines for everyone but her (her [Wish.com(Opens in a new window)](http://Wish.com) Vin Diesel line as she shoulders that machine gun? [Moore has said(Opens in a new window)](https://aframe.oscars.org/news/post/shotgun-wedding-jason-moore-interview) that she was free to improvise on set and did so. [clearly the year](https://mashable.com/article/white-lotus-season-2-ending-explained-who-died) of [giving Jennifer Coolidge a gun(Opens in a new window)](https://twitter.com/belen3dwards/status/1602175850681716736). Those moments tipped over the thin line the film manages to walk in other moments of real violence that are played for laughs, like Tom's shocked processing after he semi-accidentally kills a pirate. But where Game Night wrings comedy out of its most violent moments, Shotgun Wedding director Jason Moore (Pitch Perfect) doesn't get the tone right in its attempts to make the danger feel genuine while still keeping things light. The night before, she's literally begging him for sex (in a sweet-and-spicy scene that will have you saying "You know J-Lo is FIFTY-THREE?"

Walking Dead and She-Hulk actor Steve Coulter is starring in a new movie, Shotgun Wedding, now streaming on Prime Video. Don't miss it.

He will also star in the upcoming dramedy, Hangdog, a thriller titled Walden, and Charlie Day’s new comedy El Tonto. Now he stars in the highly anticipated Amazon Studios movie Shotgun Wedding, which released on January 27. You can see Coulter in the new movie, Shotgun Wedding, starring Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel.

Costume designer Mitchell Travers on finding the right wedding dress for Jennifer Lopez in "Shotgun Wedding."

But it was a product of knowing the environment that she was going to have to shoot in.” He adds, “In a way, it was like having her in the wetsuit because it was this perfect dress that she could get in and out of the water, have mobility and it still looks great when it was both dry and wet. “It gives her the ability to bend her body and move her arms and legs.” For a sequence that involves riding a golf cart, Travers says the dress needed to “envelop and overwhelm her. Having that extremely exaggerated hat and shoulder helps me tell the story of somebody who had never left her state, and was so excited to be at a destination wedding.” To come up with the design and shape, Travers reverse-engineered everything. “It’s going through as much as the bride,” explains Travers.

"Shotgun Wedding" star D'Arcy Carden unpacked the rom-com twist ending and shoots her shot for a Marvel debut as a bonafide action star.

What would they do?’ And I was like, ‘Oh, we have a lot of days in this pool. [Marvel](https://www.indiewire.com/t/marvel/), I’m waiting!” It’s really lovely and the cast and I, we just want to get back on that damn baseball field and The major “Shotgun Wedding” twist also finds Carden hanging out of a helicopter (which later explodes, à la Michael Bay) and wielding a comically massive machine gun. “On paper you’re like, ‘OK, they’re in the pool, no big deal.’ And then when you get there, you go, ‘Oh my god. “I really love doing action stuff and I love doing stunt work. “I would be like, ‘Don’t hate me!'” Carden joked. [A League of Their Own](https://www.indiewire.com/t/a-league-of-their-own/),’ working with this amazing stunt team. It was really fun and both of those guys are amazing.” Carden plays J.Lo’s dad’s (Cheech Marin) girlfriend who is two-timing him with Kravitz and part of the fraud scheme. “Oh, and I’m kind of J.Lo’s stepmom. “It’s been really fun to be able to tell friends and family I’m playing Cheech’s girlfriend but I’m having an affair with Lenny Kravitz.