Selena Gomez to play singer Linda Ronstadt in her biopic, David O Russell set to direct

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 coproducing 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.

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