NEWSJennifer Lopez is Going 'Overboard'
March 19 2010, Published 1:00 p.m. ET
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Jennifer Lopez will likely play Goldie Hawn's role in a remake of the classic 1987 rom-com Overboard, in which a rich spoiled woman falls in love with a carpenter.
In the original comedy, directed by Pretty Woman director Garry Marshall, Goldie's heiress falls off her yacht, only to hit her head and forget who she is.
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Her carpenter (Kurt Russell) gets his revenge on her by collecting her from the hospital and convincing her she is his long-suffering wife and mother to his unruly children.
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Will Smith is producing the reboot, says The Hollywood Reporter, meanwhile J. Lo's movie comeback The Back-up Plan opens on April 23.
