Stone joins Sweet Baby Jesus

Sweet Baby Jesus gets Stoned!

Sharon Stone has confirmed she will play Pixe Lott’s mother in comedy Sweet Baby Jesus.

 

Helmed by Garfield’s Peter Hewitt,  the film is a ’70s reworking of the Nativity story.  It sees a pregnant hippy Mary (Lott) visiting Bethlehem in Maryland with her boyfriend Joseph.

 

Adrien Brody is in talks to play Joseph, while Bette Midler will portray Eleanor, the innkeeper that takes in the couple. Stone has replaced Kim Cattrall as Mary’s mother.

 

Theproject was initially going to feature Britney Spears in the lead role.