Sweet Jesus

Bette Midler, Sam Rockwell, Kim Cattrall and British singer Pixie Lott have joined the cast of the 70's-themed comedy "Sweet Baby Jesus" says Deadline.

Rockwell and Lott will play an expecting hippie couple who arrive in Bethlehem, Maryland to visit the woman's mother (Cattrall). There they reveal the pregnancy is not via the boyfriend and the townspeople are convinced they're about to witness the Second Coming of Christ .

Midler plays the owner of a guest house that is putting up the couple.

Lott makes her film debut here in a role meant for Britney Spears

Peter Hewitt (Garfield) will direct from a script by Steve Blair.

Filming kicks off this August in Maryland and Ireland.