Dolly Parton is making her way back to the big screen to co-star with Queen Latifah in the upcoming musical drama “Joyful Noise”.


The plot centers on an unlikely partnership between two strong-minded women who are forced to work together to save a small town gospel choir after budget cuts threaten to shut them down. Latifah will play a no-nonsense mother put in charge of the choir after the untimely death of the choir director. Her character’s faced with the challenges of raising two teens while her husband is away in the military and getting the choir ready for a national competition if she hopes to keep the program afloat. Parton will play the widow of the choir director who had assumed she would take her late husband’s position of leading the choir.

Production or release dates for the film which will be written and directed by Todd Graff have not been announced.

Sounds like a more serious version of “Fighting Temptations”!