Midler made her motion picture debut in 1979 with The Rose, which earned her a Golden Globe for Best Actress.
She got 2 Oscar nominations, a Tony award, and multiple Grammys, Emmys and Golden Globes.
Still in development and with the original film's producer David Kirschner signed on, there are high expectations surrounding the flick, but fans aren't convinced it will be able to live up to the lofty success the first movie has seen in the years since it first debuted.