Bette Midler and Carrie Fisher have joined the cast of Mick Jagger's The Women remake. The two stars will join Meg Ryan, Jada Pinkett-Smith, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes and Candice Bergen in the film, which originally hit cinemas in 1939.Rocker Jagger is co-producing the movie, which has started shooting in Boston, Massachusetts.The film, which is an entire female cast, is about a group of friends who discover that the friend that they envy the most is being cheated on by her husband. The origional film, which was released in 1939, was directed by George Cukor and starred Norma Shearer, Joan Crawford, Rosalind Russell, Mary Boland, Joan Fontaine and Paulette Goddard.The adaptation is to be directed by Diane English, who also penned the screenplay, and it expected to be released sometime next year.

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