Zendaya and Barry Jenkins are teaming up for a new biopic. The two are set to collaborate on a movie about music legend Ronnie Spector. Jenkins will direct the biopic, with Zendaya to play the American songstress who co-founded and fronted the 1960s girl group the Ronettes.

Rumors that Zendaya was set to play Spector have been buzzing for years, but the project had yet to take shape until now. Oscar winner Barry Jenkins ( Moonlight, If Beale Street Could Talk, Mufasa) is set to direct the film.

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.”