Netflix's Atlas is looking more and more like a buddy cop movie about working with AI


by The Verge

The Verge— At first glance, Netflix’s upcoming action thriller Atlas, starring Jennifer Lopez, seemed like it was going to be a rather serious movie about a mech pilot fighting to survive on an inhospitable planet. That could still be the case, but the movie’s latest trailer makes it out to be a bit more of a sci-fi buddy cop affair with an emphasis on human / robot alliances. Though a maniacal machine (Simu Liu) dead-set on eradicating humanity presents the biggest threat in Atlas, the movie’s new...

BroBible—Jennifer Lopez's New Netflix Movie Is Getting Roasted For Looking AI-Made And Miscasting J-Lo. Jennifer Lopez’s difficult start to 2024 hasn’t gotten any better this week as the release of the first trailer for her new Netflix sci-fi movie Atlas has been widely panned by movie fans on social media. Directed by Brad Peyton, the filmmaker behind middling The Rock vehicles such as San Andreas and Rampage, Atlas features Lopez as Atlas Shepherd, […]

TVLine—J.Lo Banters With Her Giant Robot’s A.I. in Atlas Trailer — Could Her New Netflix Movie Be Even Bigger Than The Mother?. The fate of humanity lies in the hands of Jennifer Lopez and one big-ass robot, in the upcoming Netflix sci-fi thriller Atlas. Directed by Brad Peyton (San Andreas, Rampage) and written by Aron Eli Coleite (Daybreak) and Leo Sardarian, Atlas follows Lopez’s titular character, a brilliant but misanthropic data analyst with a deep distrust of […]

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