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Dec. 11 (UPI) -- Netflix said Tuesday it is working with Selena Quintanilla's family on a series about the murdered Tejano music icon. "Selena will always have a lasting place in music history and we feel great responsibility to do justice to her memory," executive producer Suzette Quintanilla, Selena's sister, said in a statement. "Viewers will finally get the full history of Selena, our family, and the impact she has had on all of our lives."
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The Texas-born singer-songwriter was shot and killed by a former employee in 1995. She was 23. Jennifer Lopez portrayed the artist in the 1997 movie, Selena.
No casting for Selena: The Series has been announced yet.
Moisés Zamora -- whose credits include Star and American Crime -- is the show's writer and executive producer.
"I'm writing this amazing story!" Zamora tweeted.
Selena was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in November 2017.
