Selena Gomez stars in Emilia Perez’s newly released trailer as the Netflix premiere date is also revealed.
The 31-year-old actress, who cried as she received a nine-minute standing ovation for her performance in the film at Cannes in May, plays sexy cartel wife Jessi in the trans gangster musical.
Selena took to Instagram on Thursday to reveal the long-awaited Netflix streaming premiere date, which will be November 13 in the US and UK.
The film will also be released in French cinemas on August 21, and in select theaters weeks later in the fall.
Selena Gomez stars in Emilia Perez’s newly released trailer as Netflix premiere date is also revealed
Zoe Saldana plays one of the film’s protagonists named Rita Moro Castro and the film is entirely in Spanish, as it takes place in modern-day Mexico.
According to IMDB the synopsis of the film is: ‘Lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer.
‘She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever, becoming the woman she has always dreamed of being.’
The film’s cast is led by Karla Sofía Gascón, who plays male cartel leader Juan ‘Small Hands’ Del Monte, who transforms into the female Emilia Pérez.
In the film, Rita is tasked with helping escaped cartel leader Emilia undergo sex reassignment surgery to evade authorities and affirm her gender.
In May, the film’s stars attended the premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
It was there that Gomez wiped tears from her eyes after the Jacques Audiard-directed musical police drama received a stunning nine-minute standing ovation.
The Love You Like A Love Song singer plays the unsuspecting wife of the cartel leader in the film.
The 31-year-old actress plays sexy cartel wife Jessi in the trans gangster musical
Zoe Saldana plays one of the film’s protagonists named Rita Moro Castro and the film is entirely in Spanish, as it takes place in modern-day Mexico.
According to IMDB the synopsis of the film is: ‘Lawyer Rita receives an unexpected offer. She has to help a feared cartel boss retire from his business and disappear forever by becoming the woman she has always dreamed of being.’
Selena took to Instagram on Thursday to reveal the highly-anticipated Netflix release date, which will be November 13 in the US and UK.
It was revealed that the star had signed on to star in Emilia Perez in January 2023.
The star-studded cast includes Edgar Ramirez as well as artists such as Mark Ivanir and Adriana Paz.
Production on the feature film was initially scheduled for 2022, although filming was delayed by several months due to scheduling conflicts.
Audiard spoke to Variety earlier this year and revealed that he didn’t initially envision Emilia Perez as a feature film.
In May, the film’s stars (pictured left to right: Selena, Edgar Ramirez and Zoe Saldana) attended the premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in France.
It was there that Gomez wiped tears from her eyes after the Jacques Audiard-directed musical crime drama received a stunning nine-minute standing ovation.
The director explained to the outlet that he initially thought the project would take the form of “a four-act opera libretto,” but later changed his mind.
“It was the first time that an idea (for a film) came to me in this way,” he added.
The filmmaker went on to state that he shot the film predominantly in studios, as working on set gave him “more freedom for the singing and choreographed parts.”
He described his choice to film his project in a studio as a feeling of “returning to a primary intuition.”