Selena Gomez is set to executive produce a scripted drama inspired by her own life experiences for Lifetime, which also is executive produced by Trigger Street’s Kevin Spacey and Dana Brunetti. The project is among the highest-profile entries on the network’s development slate, which is being unveiled today in conjunction with Lifetime’s upfront presentation. It also features the Shakespeare-themed horror drama A Midsummer’s Nightmare, which I hear has been heating up for a pickup after a year and a half in development at the network.

Search is underway for a writer to pen the untitled Selena Gomez project, which draws from the young actress’ experience navigating a career in Hollywood as seen through the eyes of her friends who quickly become her most trusted inner circle. The drama, which draws parallels to the HBO comedy Entourage, inspired by executive producer Mark Wahlberg’s life as a young Hollywood actor surrounded by his close friends, is also executive produced by Mandy Teefey, Samantha Droke and Troy Searer for A+E Studios and Trigger Street.

A Midsummer’s Nightmare (working title), which was originally set up at Lifetime in late 2014, is an anthological concept where each season takes a classic Shakespearean tale and twists it into a modern-day horror-mystery. A Midsummer Night’s Dream inspires the first season as two young lovers escape their lives on a romantic getaway into the woods until their journey takes an unexpected twist when their friends arrive trying to lure them back home. Something hiding in the forest has other plans, however, and they are targeted one by one while a thrilling and desperate tale of survival unravels. Feature writer Anthony Jaswinski (The Shallows) wrote the pilot script for the project, from A+E Studios and The Firm, with Jeff Kwatinetz and Josh Barry executive producing.

Gomez has been ramping up her portfolio as a producer. She and Teefey also are executive producing Netflix’s upcoming series 13 Reasons Why, which has set Tom McCarthy to direct the first two episodes, as well as a Latina Empire drama in development at Freeform..

Not here for this. Glorifying her lifestyle is wrong

The **** for?

I'll be glued to my TV for this

this is gonna be perfect and so dramatic, i'm here for it

Curious to see how this is going to turn out.

WOW! SLAY SELENA!

Queen going IN - 13 Reasons Why, Rising, this and I think she has another project with Trigger Street as well.

i'm here for it

I really hope this isn't tragic like the full house and saved by the bell films

She cannot sing.

Should make for an interesting movie

this will borgin
she 23 nothing happend to her besides dating superstar Justin
I dont care about her family
NO drugs
no babies
no drama

ehh what?? is this really happening? why tho?

This will be good. I can't wait to see who plays Demi & Justin.

IMPACT

Taylor is gonna be a main character in this, isn't She?

Well.. when she was young her dad left her mom, her mom had 4 jobs to survive yet she supported her to have a career, she meets Demi she goes and lives with her, then she goes to Disney, I find that interesting tbh not to mention they'll make it dramatic.

TERRIBLE title tho

Besides I think people are forgetting that it is a drama BASED on her life. It's not going to be a dramatized reenactment. There's a ton of stuff that goes on behind the scenes of celebrities lives that we don't really know about so she may add some of that in there. Her projects have got some revered people behind them so I'm confident this will be good.

Why? Lifetime is for middle aged suburban housewives. Coming off of such a great era she should keep her focus on music.. this sounds like a complete waste of time. Selena Gomez does not currently have a prolific career, she is nowhere near a veteran with some ultra fascinating life story. Who would even be the target audience for this? Flop in the making, Nicki already is doing it

Omg is Wendy producing this tho? I'm gonna need all of her exaggerated tea on Demi and Justin

Edit: rushed in without reading correctly. Nonetheless, expose Demi and Justin my queen