Queen Latifah, Jada Pinkett Smith to reunite for 'Girl Trip'

Actresses Queen Latifah and Jada Pinkett Smith are set to come together for

Universal studios

' '

Girl Trip

'.

This will mark the first time the actresses appear on screen together since they co-starred in F Gary Gray's 1996 crime action film '

Set It Off

' about four women, who rob banks to escape poverty, reported Deadline.

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Latifah, 46, and Pinkett Smith also worked together on 2008's drama film '

The Secret Life of Bees

', which Latifah starred in and Pinkett Smith, 44, executive produced.

'Girl Trip' will be directed by

Malcolmm D Lee

. 'Black-is'" creator Kenya Barris and 'Barbershop: The Next Cut' scribe Tracy Oliver have written the movie script.

The story revolves around four friends traveling to New Orleans for the annual Essence Festival, where sisterhood is rekindled and wild side are rediscovered.

'Girl Trip' was scheduled to release on August 11, 2017, but the studio has decided to move it up to July 21, 2017 instead.

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