Zendaya Coleman Drops Out of Aaliyah Biopic

Current “It” chick Zendaya Coleman wowed in a festive Peter Pilotto silk wrap dress and red pumps. The actress/singer is probably somewhere enjoying the news that her Disney movie Zapped scored great ratings. Werk!

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Looks like the Aaliyah Lifetime biopic is NOT happening. Zendaya, 17, who was initially cast as the late singer, has dropped out of the biopic. Zendaya tweeted about the biopic and said that if she was going to play Aaliyah 

The news of her departure comes less than two weeks after it was first announced that Zendaya would portray the "Back and Forth" singer in the Lifetime biopic, tentatively titled "Aaliyah: Princess of R&B." Production was scheduled to begin this summer

Production on Lifetime's Aaliyah biopic entitled “Aaliyah: Princess of R&B” has been put on hold after its star, Disney Channel singer and actress Zendaya Coleman (better known as simply Zendaya), has left the pic. Lifetime announced the news through