Oscar-winning filmmaker Barry Jenkins has come on board for Zendaya’s film about the life of singer Ronnie Spector, “Be My Baby.” Deadline reports Jenkins will direct the biopic, with Dave Kajganich recruited to write an original screenplay.

Oscar winner Barry Jenkins will direct A24’s “Be My Baby,” a biographical drama about Ronnie Spector. Zendaya, who has been attached to the project since 2020, will portray the ’60s music icon. Before the singer died in 2022, Spector was an executive producer on the film and hand-picked Zendaya to play her on screen.

Jenkins will direct from frequent Luca Guadagnino collaborator Dave Kajganich’s (“Bones and All,” “Suspiria,” “Bigger Splash”) original screenplay. Jenkins previously helmed A24’s “Moonlight” and produced A24 feature “Sorry, Baby.”