Zendaya To Portray Singer Ronnie Spector In The Upcoming A24-Produced Biopic

Jazz Tangcay Artisans EditorAs the official White House photographer, Pete Souza had an unprecedented view of President Reagan and President Obama. Souza was everywhere, but it wasn’t until 2017 that he started sharing his work through Instagram and providing a window into the Oval Office and how Obama led the country.

Penelope Ann Miller has been cast as former First Lady Nancy Reagan in an upcoming biopic about the late president's life. Dennis Quaid was cast as President Ronald Reagan back in 2018.

The Hollywood Foreign Press Association hosted its online "Empowering the Next Generation" event on Tuesday, highlighting 2020 grantees and announcing more than $5.1 million to over 70 nonprofit organizations that nurture the next generation of artists, filmmakers and storytellers.

Ellise Shafer editorPenelope Ann Miller is taking on the role of First Lady Nancy Reagan in a biopic of former President Ronald Reagan, Variety has confirmed.Miller will star opposite Dennis Quaid, who is playing Ronald Reagan. The film is being helmed by “The Miracle Season” and “Soul Surfer” director Sean McNamara and is currently in production in Oklahoma.Miller will portray Nancy Reagan from her late 20s to early 70s.

Patrick Hipes Executive Managing EditorEXCLUSIVE: Lauren Greenfield’s Girl Culture Films, a female-driven commercial production company founded earlier this year by The Queen of Versailles director and her producing partner/husband Frank Evers, is bolstering its roster and adding a screening series to showcase its clients.John Lewis: Good Trouble director Dawn Porter, The Breaker Uppers duo Jackie van Beek and Madeleine Sami and former Snapchat exec Rylee Jean Ebsen are the latest names to join

Move over, Peter Weber — it’s time for an NBA star to get into the game!

Also Read: Zendaya in Talks to Play Singer Ronnie Spector in Biopic From A24 and New RegencyThe filmmakers on “Clear Lake” spent six months searching for its Buddy Holly, someone who both resembled Holly but could also handle vocals and instrumentation for some of his classic songs such as “Everyday,” “That’ll Be The Day” and “Not Fade Away.”Principal photography hopes to begin on the film in spring 2021.“We looked at hundreds and hundreds of audition tapes for the Buddy Holly role and

National Geographic’s latest documentary, “The Last Ice” premiered this week with many A-listers in attendance.

Marc Malkin Senior Film Awards, Events & Lifestyle EditorThe ACLU SoCal’s annual Bill of Rights Gala usually includes the presentation of several awards to celebrities, politicians and others for their support and advocacy of social justice at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel.However, this year’s event skipped the awards ceremony.

“The Way I See It” director and producer Dawn Porter says the documentary about former Chief Official White House photographer Pete Souza is not subtle about criticizing Donald Trump’s administration.“In some years you want to be subtle and this is not a subtle year,” she told TheWrap’s Steve Pond during the 2020 Toronto International Film Festival.

Zendaya is set to play singer Ronnie Spector in a new film about her life.The history-making young Emmy Award winner will portray the star and executive produce the film, based on Spector’s memoir, Be My Baby.Sources tell Deadline Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Jackie Sibblies Drury has signed on to pen the script.Check out who Zendaya joined for this voter registration livestreamSpector reportedly handpicked Euphoria star Zendaya to portray her in the film.

 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.

After her historic win at this month's Emmy Awards, Zendaya is reportedly eyeing the big screen playing rock icon Ronnie Spector. Deadline reports that the flick will be produced by A24 ("Uncut Gems," "Waves") with New Regency, who is behind the actress' upcoming "Malcome & Marie," which was filmed in quarantine.

Also Read: Zendaya Becomes Youngest Emmy Winner for Lead Actress in a Drama SeriesRonnie Spector was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame with the Ronettes in 2007 as the original “bad girl of rock and roll,” and the trio produced two Top 100 hits in 1965 after being signed by Phil Spector, whom she married in 1968.