Selena Gomez is set to play a trailblazing gay mountaineer in an upcoming biopic, it has been announced.
The 28-year-old singer and actress will play Peruvian climber Silvia Vasquez-Lavado in In The Shadow of the Mountain, producers said.
Gomez will also serve as executive producer. The film is based on Vasquez-Lavado's memoir of the same name.
Vasquez-Lavado became the first openly gay woman to complete the Seven Summits challenge - climbing the highest mountain in each continent - and founded a charity helping survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking.
The In the Shadow of the Mountain memoir is expected to be published in 2022 but the film adaptation does not have a release date.
Earlier this year, Gomez served as executive producer on the acclaimed rom-com The Broken Hearts Gallery.
