Earlier this week, A24 announced that the highly-anticipated Ronnie Spector biopic, starring Zendaya, will be directed by Barry Jenkins. The film, titled Be My Baby (of course), is based on Spector’s 1990 memoir Be My Baby: How I Survived Mascara, Miniskirts, and Madness, or, My Life as a Fabulous Ronette. …
Read More »Barry Jenkins to Direct Ronnie Spector Biopic 'Be My Baby,' Starring Zendaya
A24 has tapped Oscar-winning director Barry Jenkins to direct Be My Baby, the Zendaya-starring biopic of singer Ronnie Spector. The film has been in development since 2020, with Spector originally onboard as an executive producer before her death in 2022. Spector personally selected Zendaya to portray her in the film, …
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Now that the box-office success of A Complete Unknown has achieved the seemingly impossible feat of turning at least a few Gen-Z viewers into Bob Dylan stans, Hollywood’s biopic wave is about to turn into a tsunami. Next up is the Bruce Springsteen movie Deliver Me From Nowhere, starring Jeremy …
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