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It will be Aguilera's first movie acting role, while it is Cher's first big screen outing since 2003 Farrelly brothers comedy Stuck On You.
Aguilera will play a small-town girl from Iowa who "comes of age" when she gains employment in a neo-burlesque club on Sunset Boulevard. The venue is run by Tess (Cher), an ex-dancer who is struggling to keep the club running. Cher and Aguilera will both sing on screen.
Steve Antin is directing the Screen Gems project, which he he scripted alongside Susannah Grant. Shooting begins in November.
Screen Gems president Clint Culpepper admitted that he had been "lobbying" Cher for some time to appear in the musical.
"She brings a soulfulness and gravitas to this character that will ground the story," he said. "The only person who was more excited than I am is Christina."
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