Zendaya to Play Ronnie Spector in A24 Biopic 'Be My Baby' for Barry Jenkins - IMDb
Zendaya will play iconic Ronettes co-founder Ronnie Spector in a biopic for director Barry Jenkins called “Be My Baby,” TheWrap has learned. A24 is behind the project, which has tapped “Bones and All” and “Suspiria” writer David Kajganich to write the original screenplay.
A24, Marc Platt, Adam Siegel, Mark Itkin, Tom Shelly, and Zendaya will produce, with Jonathan Greenfield as executive producer. Before her passing, Spector was an executive producer on the film and hand-selected Zendaya to play her. Adele Romanski and Mark Ceryak, Barry’s partners at Pastel, will also be joining as producers.
Spector co-founded The Ronettes in the late 1950s and the girl group went on to smashing success with songs like “Be My Baby” and “(The Best Part of) Breakin’ Up.” She married music producer Phil Spector in 1968 and alleged a relationship racked with “psychological torment” in her 1990 memoir. They divorced in 1974.
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