A Quintanilla Family-Approved Selena Series Is Coming To Netflix And People Are Freaking Out

Araceli Cruz - 12/11/18 - entertainment
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Sit down. You *might* pass out after hearing this news. It’s as if the Tejano gods have heard all of our prayers. The world is finally in sync to our most favorite things ever: Netflix + Selena, the Tejano music legend. The streaming giant officially announced that a scripted Selena show is coming to all of our Netflix accounts and the world is screaming with excitement.

Netflix has just announced they are doing a scripted series based on Selena.

The show will be called “Selena: The Series,” and it centers around Selena, of course, but her early years as a young woman. It’s being described as a coming of age story. A premiere date and episode count have not been released yet.

Suzette Quintanilla, Selena’s sister, released the following statement: “Selena will always have a lasting place in music history and we feel great responsibility to do justice to her memory. With this series, viewers will finally get the full history of Selena, our family, and the impact she has had on all of our lives. We are excited to partner with Campanario and Netflix to give fans a never-before-seen glimpse at our story and highlight why Selena will remain a legend for generations to come.”

This show should not be confused with the other Quintanilla-approved show that will be seen on ABC. That is a Selena-inspired show, this new project is all about the queen. Both projects, however, are being produced by Campanario Entertainment

According to the Hollywood Reporter, Moisés Zamora is a writer and executive producer on the series, while Jaime Dávila, Rico Martinez, Suzette Quintanilla, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., and Simran A. Singh are also executive producers.

The Latino community adores Selena, so they’re making sure everything is done right.

Fortunately, some of Selena’s family is working on the show so we should expect a solid telling of the young singer’s life.

Clearly, some are still triggered by her untimely death.

It’ll be hard, but at least we know this show focuses on her as a young girl. It’s a part of the story that we all want to know more about.

There most certainly will not be any culture appropriation.

People will riot. There is no news on who will play the young Tejano singer, yet.

Fans are already putting a lot of pressure on Netflix to do it right.

Netflix and producers must understand the seriousness of this topic.

People want to see Latinos in the show, and we mean Latinos.

We have gotten used to seeing non-Latino characters play Latino roles and that is just not going to fly anymore. People will not forgive Netflix or the family.

All in all, we couldn’t be happier.

Now we’ll have to wait until it’s actually released.

It’s so hard to contain our excitement.

You know J.Lo will have something to say about this.

And one more time for the people in the back!

But please do not tell Chris Perez, he’s still in ligation with the Quintanilla family over his proposed Selena TV deal. Sorry boo.


READ: Telemundo Has Announced A Selena Mini Series And People Are Pissed

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