Jennifer Lopez On Directing Her First Film, & Oscar Buzz for 'Hustlers'

Jennifer Lopez continues to bask in all the accolades she has been receiving for her latest film, Hustlers and we all know apart from now receiving all the love for her acting chops, she is already one of the most popular singers there have been. However, Lopez is now all set to add yet another facet to her resume and that is of being a director.

According to a report in Variety, Lopez said she’s thinking of making her feature film directorial debut with The Godmother, a biopic about the late Miami cocaine queen Griselda Blanco. Lopez is already producing and set to star as Blanco in the movie, which follows her reign in the Medellín Cartel during the 1970s and ‘80s.

“That’s one that I’m really thinking about maybe directing,” Lopez says during an appearance on Thursday’s episode of The Big Ticket, Variety and iHeart’s movie podcast. “But again, I would need to have so much time to do that. It’s going to be a timing thing. I would have to clear, really clear decks. I could. And it’s just when the right time for that is.”

She continued, “[With] Griselda, you would get a super heavy dose of what a woman is capable of on a very ugly side. That would be interesting for people because it’s not been done, but also scary, intense for an actress. And a very delicate subject matter for a director. So I just feel like, again, it’s an intense project that I have to be ready to really go into.”

She received her second Indie Spirit nomination and could land her first Oscar nomination for her acting work. “I did ‘Hustlers’ for no money and I produced it and thought this could be a great movie. And you know what, if it wins, I win,” Lopez said. “And so you put your heart and soul into it and then you see what happens. And so when something like this happens, you’re like, ‘Yay, okay, it went well.’”