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    Barry Jenkins to Direct Zendaya’s Lengthy-Awaited Ronnie Spector Musical Biopic ‘Be My Child’

    David GroveBy David GroveMarch 26, 20252 Mins Read
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    Barry Jenkins to Direct Zendaya’s Lengthy-Awaited Ronnie Spector Musical Biopic ‘Be My Child’
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    Zendaya is A24’s new babygirl.

    The actress/producer will lead Oscar winner Barry Jenkins‘ Ronnie Spector biographical drama “Be My Child” for A24. That is Zendaya’s third undertaking with the studio after “Euphoria” and upcoming romantic comedy “The Drama” co-starring Robert Pattinson. “Be My Child” has been within the works since 2020, as late singer Spector hand-selected Zendaya to play her. The undertaking landed at A24 in 2022. Jenkins has now been introduced because the auteur directing, as IndieWire confirmed.

    Jenkins will direct from frequent Luca Guadagnino collaborator Dave Kajganich’s (“Bones and All,” “Suspiria,” “Greater Splash”) authentic screenplay. Jenkins beforehand helmed A24’s “Moonlight” and produced A24 function “Sorry, Child.”

    HOLLYWOOD, CALIFORNIA - MARCH 02: (L-R) Basel Adra, Rachel Szor, Hamdan Ballal, Yuval Abraham, winners of the Best Documentary Feature Film for “No Other Land”, pose in the press room during the 97th Annual Oscars at Ovation Hollywood on March 02, 2025 in Hollywood, California. (Photo by Mike Coppola/Getty Images)
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    “Be My Child” is produced by Zendaya, A24, Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Mark Itkin, and Tom Shelly, with Jonathan Greenfield as government producer. Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak, Barry’s companions at Pastel, may even be becoming a member of as producers. Earlier than her passing, Spector was additionally an government producer on the movie.

    “Be My Child” is predicated on Spector’s 1990 memoir she wrote with Vince Waldron. Zendaya beforehand wrote a tribute to Spector in 2022 after her demise, saying that she was a “true rock star, via and thru.” Spector was the famed lead singer of Nineteen Sixties group The Ronettes and died at age 78. Spector was famously married to music producer and convicted assassin Phil Spector.

    Phil Spector has been on the middle of varied movies and docuseries after he murdered actress and mannequin Lana Clarkson. He was serving 19 years to life in jail earlier than his demise from COVID in 2021. Ronnie Spector was Phil Spector’s first spouse, and cited the violence she skilled by him. There have additionally been accusations of abuse from Phil Spector’s three adopted kids. On the time of his demise, Spector wrote that “he was an excellent producer, however a awful husband.”

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    No casting for Phil Spector has been introduced but in “Be My Child.”

    Zendaya is represented by CAA, Monster Expertise Administration, and Granderson Des Rochers. Jenkins is repped by CAA, supervisor Jewerl Keats Ross and lawyer Jamie Feldman. Kajganich is repped by Robyn Meisinger at Nameless Content material, Blair Kohan at UTA, and Alan Wertheimer at Jackoway, Austen, Tyerman, and Wertheimer.



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