Celebritista: Jennifer Lopez to Star in ABC’s ‘Maid in Manhattan’

Jennifer Lopez to Star in ABC’s ‘Maid in Manhattan’
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nyles on 14 August, 2008 12:21:00
 
ABC is bringing Jennifer Lopez and her 2002 hit Maid in Manhattan to the small
screen.
The series, to be adapted for TV by Lopez, will be an hour-long dramedy
believed to match up with Ugly Betty, as both shows feature Latina actresses.
Chad Hodge, a writer involved in the show, says that the show will feature the
Bronx maid’s romance with a wealthy guest and her relationships with her
co-workers.
Hodge adds that Bronx-native Lopez has been very involved, offering a
“fountain of ideas. She will be very integral in the pilot and series.”
Though ABC has reportedly ordered a pilot of the show, there hasn’t been word
yet as to when the series would be aired.
The 2002 movie featured Lopez as a maid in a chic hotel struggling to make it
when a guest mistook her for a fellow guest and fell for her.
Meanwhile, Lopez is in the pre-production phase of two movies scheduled for
release in 2009 – Love and Other Impossible Pursuits and The Governess.