Manhattan Queen

Movie
German title	Manhattan Queen
Original title	Second act
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	2018
length	104 minutes
Age rating	FSK 0 ; JMK 6
Rod
Director	Peter Segal
script	Justin Zackham , ; Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas
production	Jennifer Lopez, ; Elaine Goldsmith-Thomas, ; Justin Zackham, ; Benny Medina
music	Michael Andrews
camera	Ueli Steiger
cut	Jason Gourson
occupation
	Jennifer Lopez : Maya Vargas; Vanessa Hudgens : Zoe; Leah Remini : Joan; Milo Ventimiglia : Trey; Annaleigh Ashford : Hildy Ostrander; Dan Bucatinsky : Arthur Coyle; Freddie Stroma : Ron Ebsen; Treat Williams : Anderson Clarke; Larry Miller : Weiskopf; Charlyne Yi : Ariana; Dave Foley : Felix Herman; Michael Boatman : Edward Taylor; Dalton Harrod : Dilly;
synchronization

Manhattan Queen (AKA Second Act ) is an American comedy film from the year 2018 by Peter Segal with Jennifer Lopez , Leah Remini , Milo Ventimiglia and Vanessa Hudgens . In the USA, the film was released on December 21, 2018, the German theatrical release took place on January 17, 2019.

action

Maya is in her early 40s and frustrated. She works in a supermarket in Queens and has worked her way up to assistant store manager. She lacks a degree for the next step in her career, but Maya has not even finished high school . Therefore, a younger colleague with an academic title is preferred for this position. For Maya, who wants more professional recognition, that's a slap in the face. After Dilly, the son of her best friend Joan, decides to help her a little and without her knowledge begins to improve and falsify her résumé , for example by adding a Harvard degree and Mandarin skills. He also gives her an associated appearance on social media .

Maya soon received an invitation for an interview from a cosmetics company , where she sold so well that she was hired as a marketing consultant with her own office. She finally sees the chance to show that many years of experience and commitment can be just as valuable as certificates and a university degree. Maya is given the task of using her supposed knowledge to increase the sales figures of a stagnating skin care range and to increase the proportion of natural ingredients in the product. Together with her team, she should develop a new, improved cosmetic product within three months. She competes against Zoe, the boss's daughter, and her team in an internal competition. While Maya's team is doing well, Maya continues to fear that her vertigo will be exposed.

It turns out that the boss's adopted daughter is her birth daughter, whom she put up for adoption many years ago.

synchronization

The German synchronization took over the Berliner Synchron . Heike Kospach wrote the dialogue book , who also directed the dialogue.

role	actor	Voice actor
Maya	Jennifer Lopez	Marie Bierstedt
Zoe	Vanessa Hudgens	Marieke Oeffinger
Joan	Leah Remini	Vera Teltz
Anderson Clarke	Treat Williams	Erich Rauker
Trey	Milo Ventimiglia	Oliver Scheffel
Hildy Ostrander	Annaleigh Ashford	Anita Hopt
Ron Ebsen	Freddie Stroma	David Turba
Chase	Alan Aisenberg	Tim Sander
Ariana	Charlyne Yi	Lina Rabea Mohr
Suzi Teplitsky	Lacretta	Peggy Sander
Dilly	Dalton Harrod	Sebastian Fitzner
Arthur Coyle	Dan Bucatinsky	Jaron Lowenberg
Big Ant	Dierdre Friel	Marion Musiol
Felix Herman	Dave Foley	Stefan Krause
Dr. Chow	Meng Ai	Florian Clyde
Otto	John James Cronin	Casey-Julian Keller
Philip Jian	Phil Nope	Yu Fang

production

Filming took place from October 23 to December 15, 2017, and the film was shot in New York City . The film was produced by Huayi Brothers and STX Entertainment . The cost of production was around $ 16 million.

The film features the song Limitless , written by Sia and Jesse Shatkin, sung by Jennifer Lopez. The cinema magazine SKIP saw content parallels with the film Manhattan Love Story (2002), in which Jennifer Lopez posed as a maid for a wealthy lady.