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Dec. 11, 2018 / 6:47 PM

Netflix working with Selena's family on biographical drama series

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Karen Butler
Netflix is working on a series about murdered Tejano music icon Selena Quintanilla. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo
Suzette Quintanilla stands with a wax statue of her late sister Selena Quintanilla at Madame Tussauds in New York City on June 23, 2017. File Photo by John Angelillo/UPI | License Photo

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."

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.

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