The Mother: Release date, cast and everything you need to know about Jennifer Lopez’s Netflix action thriller

After showcasing her comedic chops in the action-comedy Shotgun Wedding earlier this year, Jennifer Lopez now brings the grit to play a deadly assassin in The Mother.

The Mother is Netflix’s next big action thriller – following smash hits such as Red Notice and The Gray Man – and will be directed by Mulan’s Niki Caro.

Lopez is joined by an impressive cast including Joseph Fiennes (The Handmaid’s Tale), Omari Hardwick (Power) and Gael Garcia Bernal (Coco) – and the first-look trailer suggests J.Lo fans can expect to see the Hollywood icon in full bad-ass mode.

"I’m a killer, but I’m also a mother," says Lopez in the trailer. Viewers then get a glimpse of Lopez taking out a string of bad guys who kidnap her daughter – headbutting, torturing and walloping anyone who stands in her way.

Intrigued? Here's everything you need to know about Jennifer Lopez’s The Mother…

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The Mother release date

Watch The Mother on Netflix from Friday, 12 May.

The release is timed to coincide with the US Mother’s Day, which is on Sunday, 14 May.

What is The Mother plot?

Netflix described The Mother as the story of a “deadly female assassin who comes out of hiding to protect the daughter that she gave up years before, while on the run from dangerous men”.

The trailer reveals that Lopez’s character strikes a deal with the FBI to stay away from her daughter to keep her safe from bad guys Hector (Gael Garcia Bernal) and Adrian (Joseph Fiennes).

However, when her daughter (Lucy Paez) is tracked down, Lopez’s character comes out of hiding to rescue the 12-year-old and train her up to survive in a brutal world.

The Mother cast

• Jennifer Lopez – Plays Mother
• Joseph Fiennes – Plays Adrian
• Omari Hardwick- Plays Cruise
• Gael García Bernal – Plays Hector
• Paul Raci – Plays Jons
• Lucy Paez- Plays Zoe

Misha Green (Lovecraft Country), Andrea Berloff (Straight Outta Compton) and Peter Craig (Top Gun Maverick) wrote the screenplay.

Niki Caro (Mulan, Anne with an E) is the director.

Where is The Mother filmed?

The Mother was filmed in the Spanish island of Gran Canaria.

According to local reports, scenes were shot in in the old town of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria and the island was used to stand in for locations in both Cuba and Afghanistan.

How to watch Jennifer Lopez’s The Mother

Watch The Mother on Netflix from Friday, 12 May.