Ritchie Valens is headed back to the big screen.
Mucho Mas Media and Sony Pictures have teamed up to develop a remake of the Golden Globe-nominated 1987 film “La Bamba,” based on the life of the rock and roll legend.
Luis Valdez, the writer and director of the original film, is on board as an executive producer. Oscar-nominated writer José Rivera (“The Motorcycle Diaries,” “On the Road”) is attached to pen the script.
Lou Diamond Phillips portrayed Valens in the original Columbia Pictures movie, which depicts the 17-year-old Mexican-American’s rise to fame, from field laborer to rock star with a string of hit singles and a date
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