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The Selena Gomez-starring Linda Ronstadt biopic has found its director: Oscar-nominated Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle filmmaker David O. Russell.
Variety reports that Russell will helm the film, which Gomez teased — and Rolling Stone confirmed — via social media earlier this week.
In that Instagram post, Gomez simply posted a photo of Ronstadt’s 2013 memoirSimple Dreams. Fans quickly speculated that Gomez — who like Ronstadt is of Mexican descent — would portray the legendary singer on the big screen.
Russell, a three-time Best Director nominee at the Academy Awards, last helmed 2022’s all-star Amsterdam, which featured Gomez’s buddy Taylor Swift in a supporting role.
The biopic is currently in pre-production, with Ronstadt’s manager John Boylan and James Keach — who helmed the documentary Linda and the Mockingbirds, chronicling Ronstadt’s voyage to Mexico — serving as co-producers. Additional casting details and a release date have not yet been announced.
The biopic will follow the acclaimed documentary Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice, released in 2019. That film traced her incredible multi-genre career that stretched nearly five decades, including her domination of the country rock scene in the Seventies, herPirates of PenzanceBroadway moment, and more. “I was tired at the end [of watching it],” shetoldRolling Stone.“I thought, ‘I can’t believe I did that much stuff!’”
Ronstadt, who last performed live in 2009, retired from singing after being diagnosed with Parkinson’s Disease in 2012.
