According to Variety, James Keach and Ronstadt’s longtime manager, John Boylan, are co-producing the biopic.
Published Date – 14 January 2024, 01:32 PM
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Los Angeles: Selena Gomez is set to essay the role of singer Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic based on her 2013 memoir titled “Simple Dreams”.
David O Russell, an Oscar-nominated filmmaker and writer known for “American Hustle” and “Silver Linings Playbook”, is attached to direct the upcoming film.
According to Variety, James Keach and Ronstadt’s longtime manager, John Boylan, are co-producing the biopic.
Ronstadt is a multiple Grammy winning artiste in the rock, country and Latin music space found success with albums like ‘Heart Like a Wheel’, ‘Prisoner in Disguise’ and ‘Simple Dreams’, among many others. She retired in 2011 following a progressive supranuclear palsy.
Gomez, also a singer, will next star in the fourth season of Hulu’s “Only Murders in the Building”.
