The ladies of The First Wives Club are reuniting! Afternearly 20 years since starring in the rom-com movie together, Goldie Hawn, Bette Midler and Diane Keaton are teaming up for a Netflix original film entitled Divanation.
According to Deadline, the new comedy will tell the story of a “once-popularsinging group forced to reconnect after their volatile split and 30 yearestrangement.”
Goldie, Diane and Bette are teaming up for a new movie after nearly 20 years Photo: Vince Bucci/AFP/Getty Images
Bette took to her Twitter on Tuesday to confirmthe long-awaited reunion. The 70-year-old wrote, “Bit of a hot topic today becauseNetflix added #FirstWivesClub to their roster… and gearing up to make#divanation with me, Goldie & Diane."
Earlier this year, Goldie explained why a sequel to the trio's original film was never made. In an interview with Harvard Business Review she revealed, "We were all women of a certain age, and everyone took a cutin salary to do it so the studio could make what it needed. We all took asmaller back end than usual and a much smaller front end. And we ended up doingincredibly well. The movie was hugely successful. It made a lot of money.”
Goldie continued, “But twoyears later, when the studio came back with a sequel, they wanted to offer usexactly the same deal. We went back to ground zero. Had three men come inthere, they would have upped their salaries without even thinking aboutit. But the fear of women's movies is embedded in the culture."
Divanation, which was written by LisaAddario and Joey Syracuse, is currently awaiting a new script draft anddirector. The new comedy joins the streaming services roster of originalfeature films including Beasts of No Nation and The Ridiculous 6.
