Oscar winner Jennifer Hudson, Queen Latifah and Sophie Okonedo are to star in the big screen adaptation of the Sue Monk Kidd novel 'The Secret Life of Bees'.
Variety reports that Dakota Fanning and Alicia Keys are also in negotiations to join the film, which tells the story of a 14-year-old who runs away from home and is taken care of by three eccentric beekeeping sisters.
Shooting on the film is due to begin on 9 January in North Carolina.
'The Secret Life of Bees' is due out later this year.
