Barry Jenkins has signed on to direct Zendaya as legendary singer Ronnie Spector in A24’s upcoming biopic Be My Child.
As reported in 2020, Spector was an govt producer on the movie earlier than she died in 2022, and she or he personally chosen Zendaya for the position. The biopic shall be tailored from Spector’s 1990 memoir, Be My Child, co-written with Vince Waldron.
The film is anticipated to give attention to the singer’s life and relationship with the troubled producer Phil Spector, Deadline stories. Dave Kajganich (Bones and All, Suspiria) has been tapped to put in writing the unique screenplay.
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Born Veronica Bennett, Spector rose to fame because the lead singer of the Sixties lady group The Ronettes, identified for hits comparable to “Be My Child,” “Child I Love You,” and “Strolling within the Rain.”
She started performing beneath the title Ronnie Spector after marrying Phil Spector in 1968. Nonetheless, the artist revealed in her memoir that she was prevented from performing and held captive of their residence throughout their marriage. Ronnie turned to alcoholism as an escape and finally fled their mansion barefoot in 1972.
When she tried a comeback, she continued utilizing Spector’s final title professionally, explaining to Elsewhere in 2007, “I wanted any manner I may to get again in, I’d been saved away so lengthy.”
In 2009, Phil Spector was sentenced to 19 years in jail for the homicide of actress Lana Clarkson. He died at 81 from problems associated to COVID-19 in 2021.
Following her roles in Dune: Half Two and Challengers final yr, Zendaya is about to play Shrek’s daughter in Shrek 5 and can star within the ensemble forged for Christopher Nolan’s The Odyssey — to not point out her return as Rue for Euphoria Season 3.
In the meantime, Jenkins lately boarded the Glen Powell-starring sci-fi thriller The Pure Order as director.