The life and career of rock pioneer Ritchie Valens will be re-told in a remake of the 1987 biopic 'La Bamba.'
Ritchie Valens died in a 1959 plane crash that also claimed the lives of Buddy Holly and J.P. Richardson. A remake of 'La Bamba' will retell his story.
Lou Diamond Phillips starred as Valens in the original, which was nominated for a Golden Globe and earned Los Lobos a 1987 chart-topper for their version of Valens’ 1958 single “La Bamba,” which was based on a Mexican folk song. Valens was also known for the ballad “Donna” and the rave-up “Come On, Let’s Go,” two late-Fifties radio hits.
Valens died in a plane crash on Feb. 3, 1959, at age 17. The crash, in a cornfield in Iowa, also claimed the lives of Buddy Holly and Jiles Perry Richardson, a.k.a. “The Big Bopper.” Don McLean would go on to mythologize the tragedy, known as “The Day the Music Died,” in his 1971 opus, Mucho Mas Media and Sony Pictures will develop the remake of Valens’ life story. Luis Valdez, who wrote and directed the 1987 film, will serve as executive producer.'Black Myth: Wukong' Is a Hit.
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