‘Shotgun Wedding’ Trailer Blends Comedy and Action

‘Pitch Perfect’s Jason Moore is directing the new movie, which finds a destination wedding rudely crashed by pirates.

It’s already difficult to organize a wedding – especially one that features squabbling families, a bride and groom who are starting to wonder whether they really want to get hitched, and all the little extra details that go into the day.

And it’s even tougher when the glitzy affair is crashed by pirates, who proceed to take the various relatives and other guests hostage, leaving the couple to save the day.

That’s the basic set up for ‘Shotgun Wedding’, which stars Jennifer Lopez and Josh Duhamel and has its first trailer online.

The mix of romance, comedy and action comes courtesy of Jason Moore, who made the first ‘Pitch Perfect’ and here is working from a script by Mark Hammer.

‘Shotgun Wedding’s story follows Darcy (Lopez) and Tom (Duhamel), who gather their lovable but very opinionated families for the ultimate destination wedding, just as the couple begin to get cold feet.

(L to R) Jennifer Lopez as Darcy Rivera and Josh Duhamel as Tom Fowler in 'Shotgun Wedding.' Photo Credit: Ana Carballosa.

And if that wasn’t enough of a threat to the celebration, suddenly everyone’s lives are in danger when the entire party is held at gunpoint.

“’Til Death Do Us Part” takes on a whole new meaning in this hilarious, adrenaline-fueled adventure as Darcy and Tom must save their loved ones — if they don’t kill each other first.

On its way through development to the altar, the movie itself also has been through some wobbles. It was announced back in 2019 as a project to star Ryan Reynolds.

“I haven’t done a romantic comedy since ‘The Proposal’ but I just fell in love with Shotgun Wedding,” said Reynolds at the time. “It’s so refreshing and surprising. I can’t wait to bring it to life with Jason, Todd, Dave and the great team at Lionsgate.”

Yeah… except he did wait and then dropped it altogether (though remains attached as a producer).

(L to R) Josh Duhamel as Tom Fowler and Jennifer Lopez as Darcy Rivera in 'Shotgun Wedding.' Photo Credit: Ana Carballosa.

Still, the filmmakers pushed onwards and ended up with the seemingly perfect combo of Lopez and Armie Hammer. Who, if anyone has ready anything about him in the intervening years knows, didn’t stick around.

Josh Duhamel was brought in as replacement, and the cast also includes the likes of Jennifer Coolidge (who is a definite highlight in the trailer) Sônia Braga, Cheech Marin, Selena Tan, D’Arcy Carden, Callie Hernandez, Desmin Borges, Steve Coulter, Alberto Isaac and Lenny Kravitz.

It all appears to be a fun comedy/action/romance romp, full of J.Lo taking charge and the supporting cast helping the lead pair bring the funny. Plus the movie doesn’t slack on the action quotient either.

And who knows? Maybe Reynolds pops up for a tiny cameo, dropping some Aviation Gin off at the ceremony for the guests to enjoy.

RSVP with your choice of chicken, fish or a hand grenade sandwich to Prime Video, where the movie will launch on January 27th.