Mariah Carey, Janet Jackson, Whoopi Goldberg to star together in Tyler Perry movie

Janet Jackson and Mariah Carey might be rivals on the music charts, but they will soon be co-stars in director Tyler Perry’s next movie. 

Perry announced the cast for his upcoming film titled “For Colored Girls Who Have Considered Suicide When the Rainbow is Enuf.”

Yes, the title is lengthy. 

The film will star Jackson, Carey, Whoopi Goldberg, Phylicia Rashad, Jurnee Smollett, Kerry Washington, Kimberly Elise and Loretta Divine. 

Perry told MTV the movie will be released in late 2010 or early 2011. 

The movie is based on a 1975 play that deals with rape, abandonment and abortion.

With the list of high-profile names attached to this film, it will probably do well at the box office.