It’s official! Film manufacturing large A24 has collaborated with Zendaya and Barry Jenkins to carry the Ronnie Spector biopic to the massive display. Doubling as actress and producer, Zendaya will painting Spector in Be My Child and produce the long-awaited story of the rock and roll pioneer to life.
In accordance with Deadline, the rumored Ronnie Spector biopic was given the inexperienced mild someday in March 2025. The movie will element Spector’s profession and life with producer Phil Spector and be primarily based on the 1990 memoir Be My Child, written by Spector herself and Vince Waldron.
This biopic has been within the works for a while, as Spector was an govt producer earlier than she handed away in 2022. Deadline reveals that the Ronettes singer hand-picked Zendaya to play her within the movie.
As for Barry Jenkins, it’s unclear when he joined the challenge. Nonetheless, this isn’t his first collaboration with A24. He directed Moonlight, one of many manufacturing firm’s most acclaimed movies, and produced the upcoming movie, Sorry, Child. Moreover, the Academy Award-nominated director just lately had an enormous field workplace success with Mufasa: The Lion King. Chances are you’ll recall he has additionally directed If Beale Avenue Might Speak.
A24 can be a frequent collaborator of Zendaya’s. The Challengers actress has labored with the famed manufacturing firm on an upcoming film with Robert Pattinson, The Drama, and hit HBO collection, Euphoria.
Business veteran Dave Kajganich, who has additionally labored on A Larger Splash, Suspiria, and Bones and All, is writing the Ronnie Spector biopic.
A manufacturing timeline or launch date has not been introduced but.
