Zendaya quits 'Aaliyah' Lifetime movie

By Rickey ·

Two weeks after Lifetime announced that Zendaya Coleman will star and perform as Aaliyah in a an original movie, the network announced that she is no longer on the project and production is now on hold.

The network said:

We are sad Zendaya will no longer portray Aaliyah. Production is currently on hold.

Zendaya also made an indirect announcement on her Twitter:

https://twitter.com/Zendaya/status/483333504357261312

https://twitter.com/Zendaya/status/483333554147819520

E! Online reported that Lifetime had trouble obtaining rights to Aaliyah's songs among other production issues.

How sad. This would have been a great project for Zendaya.

H/T: THR

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