Rebel Wilson starts Girl Group in UK with Coolidge and Scherzinger

Rebel Wilson has begun production in the United Kingdom on Girl Group, a comedy she is writing, directing, producing and starring in, and has added Jennifer Coolidge and Nicole Scherzinger to the cast, Wilson confirmed via social media. The film follows Wilson as a pop diva who is ousted from her own girl group's reunion tour, given a sentence of court-ordered community service and seizes the opportunity to stage a comeback by coaching a group of misfit teenage girls for a major record label audition.

The ensemble also includes Randall Park, Sheridan Smith, Jamie Lee O'Donnell, Guz Khan, Jolene Blalock and social media star Loren Gray. Singers Ashley Roberts of the Pussycat Dolls, Melanie Chisholm of the Spice Girls and Shaznay Lewis of All Saints are set to play members of the fictional band Girlfriends alongside Wilson's character. The specific roles for Coolidge and Scherzinger have not been disclosed. Chris Scott, who worked on Wicked, is attached as choreographer.

Wilson is producing under her Camp Sugar banner with Matt Williams of Future Artists Entertainment, while Live Nation Studios is an executive producer. The involvement of Live Nation Studios, an arm of a live...