JILL SCOTT - DREAMGIRLS STAR TURNS DETECTIVE FOR MINGHELLA FILM

DREAMGIRLS STAR TURNS DETECTIVE FOR MINGHELLA FILM

DREAMGIRLS star ANIKA NONI ROSE will join R+B star JILL SCOTT in moviemaker ANTHONY MINGHELLA's new TV film THE NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY. If the movie is well received, The English Patient director and writing partner Richard Curtis hope to turn the project into a TV series. The film has been adapted from Alexander MCCall Smith's books, which follow the fortunes of the only female-owned detective agency in the African nation of Botswana. Shooting on the project begins in Botswana next week (beg09Jul07).