Pop singer and actress Selena Gomez has been cast as singer Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic. The production team for the film, which is currently in pre-production, will be comprised of James Keach (who nabbed an Oscar for his efforts on the 2005 Johnny Cash biopic "Walk the Line") and Ronstadt's manager, John Boylan. Keach also produced the 2019 documentary "Linda Ronstadt: The Sound of My Voice."
Ronstadt shot to meteoric fame in the U.S. during the 1970s and '80s, embracing a sound that synthesized rock music with folk, country and Latin sounds. As The Guardian noted, Rondstadt was an anomaly of her time: the music industry was largely dominated by male rockstars. The songstress ultimately had six back-to-back platinum albums, 11 Grammys, as well as numerous chart-topping single hits. In 2011, Ronstadt retired from singing after being diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy.
