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 Zendaya  might have another big project to make room for on her calendar! According to Deadline, the 24-year-old Emmy award-winning actress is in talks to play Ronnie Spector in a movie about her life. Deals have just closed on her life rights and her memoir “Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts And Madness” that she wrote in 1990 with Vince Waldron.The American independent entertainment company A24 is putting together a film package that will have Zendaya attached.

After her historic Emmy win, Zendaya is all set to play singer Ronnie Spector in a film about her life from A24, Deadline reported Tuesday (September 29). “Deals have just closed for Spector’s life rights and for Be My Baby, the book she wrote with Vince Waldron.

Ronnie Spector, frontwoman of iconic girl group The Ronettes, in a forthcoming biopic produced by A24 and New Regency.Originally reported by Deadline, the production companies have secured Spector’s life rights as well as the rights to her autobiography Be My Baby, named after The Ronettes’ 1963 hit co-written with Vince Waldron.Spector has signed on as the film’s executive producer, alongside her manager Jonathan Greenfield and Zendaya herself. Spector personally picked Zendaya for the role.The film, which is yet to be titled, will reportedly focus on the early stages of Spector’s career, centred around the formation of The Ronettes with Spector’s sister Estelle Bennett and their cousin Nedra Talley.

Ellise Shafer editorZendaya is stepping into the shoes of Ronnie Spector, frontwoman of musical group the Ronettes, in an A24 and New Regency-produced biopic of her life.Variety has confirmed that the film companies have acquired Spector’s life rights in addition to her autobiography “Be My Baby,” which Spector wrote with Vince Waldron. They are eyeing Pulitzer-winner Jackie Sibblies Drury to write the script.The biopic will place emphasis on Spector’s early career, particularly on the formation of the Ronettes group and their subsequent signing to Phil Spector’s Philles Records.

Zendaya is in talks to play a major role.

Mike Fleming Jr Co-Editor-in-Chief, FilmEXCLUSIVE: A24 is putting together a film package that will have Emmy-winning Euphoria star Zendaya attached to play singer Ronnie Spector in a film about her life. Deals have just closed for Spector’s life rights and for Be My Baby, the book she wrote with Vince Waldron.