Netflix Rejects Reports of J.lo, Zemeckis Movie Clash
WHO:
US Magazine - Jennifer Lopez was identified as 57, and Robert Zemeckis as 75.
Coming Soon - Jennifer Lopez, filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, and Netflix are named in reports about a dispute over a movie.
TMZ - Jennifer Lopez, Robert Zemeckis, and Netflix are named in connection with a joint statement denying a report that Lopez and Zemeckis were clashing.
NY Post - Jennifer Lopez and Robert Zemeckis are identified as the actors involved in a reported disagreement; Zemeckis is described as the filmmaker of “Forrest Gump.”
WHAT:
US Magazine - Lopez said in a joint statement with Netflix and Zemeckis: “As we have said to Page Six, this reporting is categorically false.”
Coming Soon - Netflix denied reports of a creative dispute between Jennifer Lopez and Robert Zemeckis, comparing the reported feud to the dispute associated with “It Ends With Us.”
TMZ - Lopez is “NOT clashing” with the director of her new Netflix thriller, contrary to a report that said they had been “butting heads” like Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni.
TMZ - Netflix, Lopez, and Zemeckis issued a joint statement to TMZ denying the report.
NY Post - A report alleged that Lopez had been “butting heads” with Zemeckis over their new big-budget Netflix thriller, “The Last Mrs. Parrish.”
NY Post - The article’s headline characterized the reported dispute as “a Blake Lively situation.”
WHERE:
TMZ - The movie is described as a Netflix thriller; no filming or dispute location is specified.
NY Post - “The Last Mrs. Parrish” is described as a Netflix movie; no production location is specified.
WHEN:
US Magazine - The statement was given to Page Six Hollywood on Wednesday, October 28.
HOW:
Coming Soon - Netflix responded to reports of the alleged creative dispute.
TMZ - The denial was conveyed in a joint statement from Netflix, Lopez, and Zemeckis to TMZ.
(UPDATED October 29, 2026 04:06 UTC)
Jennifer Lopez, director Robert Zemeckis, and Netflix jointly denied reports that Lopez and Zemeckis were clashing over their thriller, “The Last Mrs. Parrish.” The reports had compared the alleged disagreement to the dispute involving Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. In their statement, they called the reporting “categorically false.”
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(UPDATED October 28, 2026 23:02 UTC)
Jennifer Lopez and filmmaker Robert Zemeckis, who directed “Forrest Gump,” jointly denied reports that they were clashing over their Netflix thriller, “The Last Mrs. Parrish.” Netflix joined them in a statement to TMZ, rejecting claims that the pair were butting heads like Blake Lively and Justin Baldoni. The reported dispute was also compared to the conflict surrounding “It Ends With Us.”