Alicia Keys and Dakota Fanning are in final negotiations to join the cast of the movie “The Secret Life of Bees”.Queen Latifah and Jennifer Hudson and Sophie Okonedo are already on board for the Fox Searchlight project.“The Secret Life of Bees” is scheduled to go into production next month in North Carolina and will be released later in 2008.According to Reuters:
“Bees,” a drama set in the Southern U.S. in the 1960s, centers on teenager Lily Owens (Fanning) and her friend Rosaleen (Hudson) who flee their hometown to escape their harsh upbringing and seek to uncover the mysteries of Lily’s late mother. Along the way, they encounter three beekeeping sisters (Latifah, Okonedo, Keys) who take the pair in to their South Carolina home.
Gina Prince-Bythewood (“Love & Basketball”) will be directing the film.
