Bette Midler and British singer Pixie Lott will star in helmer Peter Hewitt's "
Sweet Baby Jesus," which will begin shooting this summer in Maryland and Ireland from a script by Steve Blair.
Set in the 1970s, hippies Mary -- played by Lott, making her thesping bow -- and Joe (yet to be cast) travel to the town of Bethlehem, Md., to visit Mary's mom for Christmas.