Rebel Wilson is directing a new bold comedy film. The 45-year-old star will also write, produce and star in Girl Group, with production currently underway in the UK and has an ensemble cast, including Mrs Biggs actress Sheridan Smith, 44, Spice Girls group member Melanie Chisholm, 51, WandaVision’s Randall Park, 51, and Pussycat Dolls group member Ashley Roberts, 44.
In the movie – which promises a “fresh, hilarious, and heartfelt take on fame, failure, and female empowerment" – Wilson plays a pop-diva who has been kicked out of her own girl group’s reunion tour and slapped with a sentence of court-ordered community service who seizes the chance to stage a comeback by coaching a group of misfit teen girls for a major record label audition.
However, her character pushes them too far, forc