Roberts, Povinelli on 'Hot' streak

Eric Roberts and Mark Povinelli have signed on since the male leads inside the Susan Seidelman-helmed basketball comedy "The Menopause Flashes," starring Brooke Shields, Daryl Hannah, Melanie Griffith, Wanda Sykes and Camryn Manheim. Principal photography began Monday in New Orleans. Film continues to be produced by Nina Henderson Moore, Kaira Hennig and Seidelman, with Laurie Lacob professional creating. "The Menopause Flashes," composed by Hennig, concentrates on an unlikely team of unappreciated middle-aged Texas women, all former secondary school champs, who challenge the current arrogant secondary school girls' condition champs to enhance money for breast cancers prevention.Roberts may have the estranged husband in the lead character referred to by Shields Povinelli will be the team's cranky coach.Shields plays the Flashes' team captain while Hannah shows a closeted lesbian fighting to manage inside the small Texas town. Griffith shows a five-time divorcee who joins they to have the ability to get even using one of her ex-husbands, your brain coach in the competitors. Sykes might be the mayor and merely African-American inside the small Texas town Manheim is certainly an an overweight teammate getting an idea for cannabis-laced desserts.Lightning Entertainment is handling worldwide sales. Contact Dork McNary at dork.mcnary@variety.com