Kathy Bates and Maggie Smith are to star in The Miracle Club, a film about a group of Dublin women who go on a pilgrimage to Lourdes.
The film is based on the screenplay Pushers Needed by Irish screenwriter Jimmy Smallhorne and the new film is rumoured to also include Laura Linney, Claire Danes, Joan Allen and Brenda Blethyn.
Smallhorne won the Best Cinematography award at Sundance in 1998 with his debut feature '2x4'.
The Miracle Club is the story of a group of harried, working-class housewives who win a trip to Lourdes and leave their husbands behind to care for their children.
Filming is expected to start in Dublin April 2021.