Disney Starlet Zendaya to play Aaliyah in Lifetime Biopic Movie

Come on in for a little Hot Tea. Recording artist Zendaya will portray Aaliyah in a Lifetime film about the R&B sensation who died in a plane crash at the height of her stardom.

The biopic will be filmed this summer and is scheduled to air this fall, the network announced Monday.

It will trace a career that began with Aaliyah's debut on "Star Search" at age 10. In August 2001 her life was cut short when her plane crashed after takeoff from a Bahamian runway.  I wonder will they show the part where her and R.Kelly really were so close that we really did think she was messing with him. Because if she married him clearly there would be a marriage certificate. In my honest opinion I though the singer/Songwriter Sevyn Streeter would make a good Aaliyah but i really think Zendaya will do the movie justice. She was just 22 when she departed this world.

Zendaya will record four of Aaliyah's songs for the film. She recently released her debut album and its first single, "Replay," has sold 1.1 million copies. She starred on the Disney Channel series "Shake It Up!" and was a runner-up on ABC's "Dancing With the Stars."

Only time will tell if she is the right for the part. We will be looking.

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