Actress-singer Jill Scott and comedian Michelle Buteau will star in Paramount Network's 2019 comedy "The First Wives Club."
Scott and Buteau publicized the announcement on Twitter on Thursday by sharing photos of their respective scripts, with writer and executive producer Tracy Oliver declaring that it's "dream casting."
The studio announced in April that it was taking the first wives for another spin by adapting its 1996 revenge comedy with "Girls Trip" co-writer Oliver.
The diverse adaptation will be a 10-episode, half-hour dramedy that is also based on Olivia Goldsmith's eponymous 1992 novel.
Goldsmith's book tells the story of Ari, Bree and Hazel: Three well-off, middle-aged New York City women whose marriages crumble after their husbands have affairs with younger women.
The characters' names were changed when they were played by Diane Keaton, Bette Midler and Goldie Hawn in the 1996 runaway film smash, which, at the time, shattered September box-office records by taking in $18.9 million and enjoyed the biggest opening weekend ever for a movie driven by a female cast.
The television adaption begins filming this fall and essentially follows the movie's formula: The women find strength in their sisterhood and band together to plot their revenge.
Paramount has not yet confirmed who will play Ari, but described Scott and Buteau's characters in detail in a statement to The Times on Thursday.
Grammy winner Scott, 46, who starred in "Why Did I Get Married?" and "Baggage Claim," will play Hazel, a waning music superstar who learns that her husband/manager has been unfaithful in both business and marriage.
Buteau, 41, whose credits include "Broad City" and "Key & Peele," will play Bree, an overwhelmed mom and doctor who hasn't let loose in years.
"With the help of Hazel and Ari, she learns to harness her sexual energy and break out of her shell," Paramount said.
