Jennifer Coolidge is set to play an overbearing mother-in-law in Shotgun Wedding, and the trailer is gold
Jennifer Coolidge is truly having a moment. Fresh off her success in her role as Tanya in The White Lotus, the star is taking on a new character: an overbearing mother-in-law. More specifically, JLo‘s overbearing mother-in-law. A new trailer for Shotgun Wedding featuring Coolidge in all her glory is here, and now we officially can’t wait to see the movie.
The new trailer gives us more of a look at the movie’s supporting cast, which includes Coolidge alongside Sônia Braga, Cheech Marin, Selena Tan, and D’Arcy Carden.
Shotgun Wedding stars Josh Duhamel and Jennifer Lopez as a couple getting ready to tie the knot. But disaster strikes when their destination wedding is crashed by pirates who take their families hostage, at which point the good-looking duo attempts to escape to a neighboring island to find help—if they can get there without killing each other first. Prime Video describes the R-rated rom-com as a “hilarious, adrenaline-fueled adventure as Darcy and Tom must save their loved ones.”
Coolidge, despite being a supporting character, seems likely to play a significant role based on the two trailers that have been released so far. In the first trailer, which dropped on Oct. 4, she can be seen handling some heavy-duty weaponry as she helps the families escape the pirates. In the newest trailer, which dropped earlier this week, we get a clearer view of Coolidge as the movie’s comedic relief, including one scene where she leads the wedding attendants in a sing-along of Edwin McCain’s “I’ll Be.”
If you’ve been looking forward to Shotgun Wedding for a while, you’re not alone—it’s been in the works at Prime Video for quite a while, but was held up when Armie Hammer, originally planned to play the lead opposite Lopez, was accused of misconduct and needed to be recast. But finally, the countdown is on. Shotgun Wedding will be available to stream on Amazon Prime on Jan. 27.
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