LA, June 09: Jennifer Lopez, in the midst of her real-life engagement to Ben Affleck, is nearing a deal to slip on another engagement ring for a role in the New Line Cinema comedy "Monster-in-Law." Lopez is in early negotiations to star in the project, which centers on a girl who's set to marry the perfect guy until she meets his mother, the world's worst mother-in-law.
New Line outbid several studios for the rights to the Anya Kochoff-penned script in February.
Lopez has two other projects hitting theaters in the coming months, including the Revolution Studios drama "Gigli" and the Miramax Films romantic comedy "Jersey Girl."
She also appears in the upcoming Miramax drama "An Unfinished Life" opposite Robert Redford, the Miramax romantic comedy "Shall We Dance?" opposite Richard Gere, and the Columbia Pictures thriller "Tick Tock."

Bureau Report