The long-rumored Linda Ronstadt biopic is now up-and-running. Selena Gomez is attached to play Linda; the two recently spent a few hours at Linda's home discussing the project and getting to know each other. The film will be jointly produced by James Keach, award-winning producer of the Johnny Cash biopic, Walk The Line, as well as Linda's Grammy-winning documentary, The Sound of My Voice, together with John Boylan, Linda's manager. Development will continue once the current labor disputes have been settled.
プロデューサー John Boylanの GreatEasternMusic.com の HPに掲載された記事。 Linda Ronstadtの自伝映画が計画されており、Selena Gomezが主演を務めるとの内容です。 Selena Gomezは Linda Ronstadtを訪問して数時間の打ち合わせを行ったとのこと。 Lindaの信頼厚い John Boylanがプロデューサーを務めることもあり、プロジェクトが実現する可能性は高そうです。
Selena Gomez to Play Linda Ronstadt in New Biopic
By Ethan Shanfeld
Selena Gomez will play Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic, Variety has confirmed.
The pop singer and “Only Murders in the Building” star teased the role Tuesday night by posting a picture of Ronstadt’s 2013 memoir “Simple Dreams” on her Instagram story.
The music biopic is currently in pre-production, with producers including Ronstadt’s manager, John Boylan, and James Keach, who produced the 2019 documentary “Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice.”
No other casting has been announced.
Ronstadt and Gomez are both of Mexican descent. The latter has been nominated twice for a Golden Globe for her performance on Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building,” which she executive produces and stars in alongside Steve Martin and Martin Short. Gomez broke out as an actor on Disney’s “Wizards of Waverly Place” and achieved success as a music artist with hits like “Lose You to Love Me” and “Love You Like a Love Song.”
Ronstadt’s 2019 doc was directed by Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman and chronicled the artist’s nearly five-decade career and domination of the country-rock genre. In 2011, Ronstadt announced her retirement, later revealing she is no longer able to sing due to her progressive supranuclear palsy, which was originally mistaken for Parkinson’s.