The film is in the early stages of production
A Linda Rostandt biopic is in the works with Selena Gomez cast as the title character. TMZ reports that Rodstadt has personally signed off on the multimedia pop star portraying her. The pair reportedly met at Ronstadt’s LA home recently where they spoke in private.
The film is in the early stages but Ronstadt and her team are overseeing the production. The biopic will be based on Ronstadt’s 2014 national bestselling book, Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir.
Gomez teased the role after posting a picture of herself reading the book with no commentary.
Ronstadt shared the news in an Instagram story, writing, “It all started with a simple dream.”
Additional details about the film are expected over time.
Simple Dreams: A Musical Memoir traces the timeline of Ronstadt’s remarkable 45-year career that has encompassed a wide array of musical styles, weaving together a captivating story of her origins in Tucson, Arizona, and her rise to stardom in the Southern California music scene of the 1960s and ‘70s.
Ronstadt’s extraordinary vocal range and ambition created unforgettable songs across rock, pop, country, folk ballads, American standards, classic Mexican music, and soul. As the most popular female recording artist of the 1970s, Ronstadt filled huge arenas like no one had ever done and produced an astounding eleven platinum albums. Ronstadt was the first artist to top the pop, country, and R&B charts simultaneously, she won ten Grammy Awards on 26 nominations and attained a level of stardom the Tucson native never could have fathomed.
In 2011, she retired from music and announced that she was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease in 2013 which left her unable to sing.
