Hollywood's Latin beauty Jennifer Lopez is turning to the director of her first hit, "Selena", to revive her flagging Hollywood career.

Gregory Nava, who directed Lopez in the 1997 film about tragic Mexican singer Selena Perez, has cast the singer-turned-actress as an American investigative reporter, said imdb.com.

In the film, which begins shooting in March, Lopez's character goes to a Mexican-US border town, Ciudad Juarez, to report on the mysterious deaths of several women there.

Lopez has just finished filming acclaimed Swedish director Lasse Hallstrom's "An Unfinished Life", opposite Robert Redford and Morgan Freeman.

Lopez's recent films, including "Gigli", "The Wedding Planner", "Jersey Girl" and "Enough", have flopped.