Selena Gomez to play mountaineer Silvia Vasquez-Lavado

The film is titled "In the Shadow of the Mountain" and is based on upcoming memoir of the same name by Vasquez-Lavado.

Los Angeles: Singer-actor Selena Gomez will play Silvia Vasquez-Lavado, the Peruvian mountaineer and social entrepreneur in a biopic to be helmed by “Mayans MC” co-creator Elgin James.

The film is titled “In the Shadow of the Mountain” and is based on upcoming memoir of the same name by Vasquez-Lavado.

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Vasquez-Lavado who became the first Peruvian woman to summit Mount Everest and the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits, a challenge to climb the highest mountain on each continent.

Her story has found home in One Community, impact-focused co-finance company which backed Michael B Jordan’s legal drama “Mercy”, given she is a victim of childhood assault and neglect who found healing and power in mountaineering.

Vasquez-Lavado’s work in survivor circles has been heralded, particularly her efforts to organize treks to Mt Everest’s base camp for other women who have endured abuse.

Gomez will also produce through her July Moon Productions. Vasquez-Lavado and Lara Love Hardin of Idea Architects are on board to executive produce.Oscar winner Donna Gigliotti and her Tempesta Films banner are producing.

The singer had also executive-produced The Broken Hearts Gallery, which is scheduled to get a theatrical release in India on November 20. The film stars Geraldine Viswanathan, who traces her roots to India.

The romantic comedy follows Lucy (Geraldine), a 20-something art gallery assistant living in New York City, who also happens to be an emotional hoarder. After she gets dumped by her boyfriend, Lucy is inspired to create The Broken Heart Gallery, a pop-up space for items from previous relationships.