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All Hail the Rise of the Female Rock Star Biopic

With movies on Linda Ronstadt, Ronnie Spector, and Janis Joplin in the works, female musicians are about to get the Hollywood treatment they deserve

Upcoming films will see Selena Gomez playing Linda Ronstadt, Zendaya as Ronnie Spector, and Shailene Woodley as Janis Joplin Neilson Barnard/Getty Images; Matt Winkelmeyer/WireImage; Taylor Hill/WireImage Gomez has been incredibly busy, making albums with her fiancé Benny Blanco, starring in a hit comedy series on Hulu, and appearing in an Oscar-winning (and controversial) Netflix film. We’re also hopeful that the three films will avoid falling into what we’ve decided to call the Back to Black trap, in which a female musician’s story is heavily focused on her romantic relationships instead of her art.

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