Selena Gomez will officially star as music legend Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic.

Gomez, 31 – who is taking a social media break after being caught gossiping about  Timothée Chalamet, 28, and Kylie Jenner, 26 at the Golden Globes on Sunday, posted a snap of Ronstadt’s 2013 memoir Simple Dreams earlier this week – with Rolling Stone confirming the new film.

The biopic is currently in pre-production, with Ronstadt’s manager, John Boylan, and James Keach co-producing.

Additional cast details and a release date for the biopic have not yet been announced.

Both Gomez and Rondstadt, 77, are of Mexican descent.

Selena Gomez will officially star as music legend Linda Ronstadt in an upcoming biopic (Ronsadt pictured R in 1970)

Linda revealed she was suffering from Parkinson’s disease in August 2013. The diagnosis forced her retirement from singing.

A doctor confirmed the diagnosis after she went for a check up suffering from tingling in her arm and shoulder.

In late 2019, it was revealed doctors had revised their diagnosis to progressive supranuclear palsy, a degenerative disease commonly mistaken for Parkinson’s due to the similarity of the symptoms.

When asked about the future, Linda who has sold over 100 million albums, was candid.

‘Well, long-term prognosis is death, I guess, she said. ‘Something’s going to kill you eventually,

‘It takes a long time [for Parkinson’s] to kill you. Something else will probably get you first … I don’t think about it. I think about what’s going to happen today because I just figure, I don’t have a crystal ball.’

Her final performance was in 2009 at San Antonio’s Municipal Auditorium. Her last album, a collaboration with Cajun singer Ann Savoy that Ronstadt considers one of her best, was released in 2006.

She said: ‘They say your life flashes before your eyes when you die. But it does when you retire from singing, too.’

Linda revealed she was suffering from Parkinson’s disease in August 2013 but said at the time she may have had it for some time. The diagnosis forced her retirement from singing. (pictured 1976)

Ronstadt was the most successful female singer of the 1970s and stands as one of the most successful female recording artists in U.S. history

Gomez, 31  posted a snap of Ronstadt’s 2013 memoir Simple Dreams earlier this week

In 2014 she revealed her health had stolen her voice, saying: ‘It wouldn’t sound like anything. I can’t get to the note. I can’t make any quality sound. I can’t arrange pitch. I might aim for a note and hit another one. It sounds like shouting.’

‘I’m still getting around, but it’s harder and harder, said the Don’t Know Much singer. ‘It’s just really hard to move. It’s hard to wash my hair, brush my teeth, put my clothes on. It’s hard to get up and out of a chair. But once I get going, I can go for a little bit.’

‘I walk around the neighborhood a little bit, only a couple blocks now. I used to walk down to the beach, but I don’t do that anymore.’

The San Francisco Bay resident added: ‘My life is very different. That’s all there is to it.’

In 2021, she sold her catalog to Irving Azoff‘s Iconic Artists Group.

Ronstadt helped shape the future of folk-rock music in her heyday. Most well known for hit songs You’re No Good and When Will I Be Loved, the star was also notably engaged to Star Wars creator George Lucas in the 1980s.

While she never married, Linda adopted daughter Mary in 1990 and son Carlos in 1994 as infants.

In late 2019, it was doctors revised their diagnosis to progressive supranuclear palsy, a degenerative disease commonly mistaken for Parkinson’s due to the similarity of the symptoms (pictured 2020)

Ronstadt was the most successful female singer of the 1970s and stands as one of the most successful female recording artists in U.S. history.

The new film role comes after Selena  took to Instagram Stories Tuesday evening, saying it was time for a social media break amid brewing drama over her Golden Globes gossip session with Taylor Swift, 34.

‘I’m off social for a while,’ the Grand Prairie, Texas native said. ‘I’m focusing on what really matters.’

The Only Murders in the Building star accompanied the statement by a brief clip she shot of her boyfriend Benny Blanco, 35,  and a pair of young kids.

Selena previously attempted to shut down speculation she and Swift were gossiping about Kylie and Timothee at the Golden Globes – despite a forensic lip reader confirming the pair were.

Video from their table showed Gomez, Swift and Miles Teller‘s wife Keleigh Sperry having an extremely animated discussion – with a somber Selena waxing lyrical to a shocked Taylor and Keleigh, before the latter is clearly heard clarifying: ‘with Timothee?’ as Selena nods.

Lip reader Jeremy Freeman exclusively uncovered the trio’s conversation for DailyMail.com – alleging Selena was denied a photo with Timothee, 28, and claiming she feared ‘upsetting’ him and Kylie, 26.

Freeman says Selena dished to Taylor and Keleigh: ‘He didn’t want a picture with me, he said no’ with Keleigh responding: ‘Timothee?’

Taylor then whispered in Selena’s ear, with the Only Murders In The Building actress allegedly saying: ‘I tried, I couldn’t, it’ll upset em.’

Now Selena has claimed she was in fact gossiping about ‘two friends that hooked up’ – even though Keleigh is heard clearly stating Timothee’s name.