Selena Gomez to play gay mountaineer Silvia Vasquez Lavado in Elgin James' next

Selena Gomez has bagged a new project in industry. She is all set to play role of Peruvian mountaineer and social entrepreneur Silvia Vasquez Lavo in upcoming biopic, In Show of Mountain. It is based on upcoming memoir of same name by Vasquez Lavo, who became first Peruvian woman to summit Mount Everest and first openly gay woman to complete Seven Summits, a challenge to climb highest mountain on each continent, stated a report of Hollywood Reporter.

report ded that Gomez will produce film under banner of July Moon Productions along with Scott Budnick's One Community and Oscar winner Donna Gigliotti's Tempesta Films. More so, movie will be written and directed by Elgin James, who has also helmed Little Birds, written Low Riders, and has written-directed series, Mayans M.C. In Show of Mountain that is scheduled to be published by Holt/Macmillan in winter 2022, said report. 

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movie will entail Silvia Vasquez Lavo's inspirational story. She was a victim of childhood assault and neglect, who in turn, found healing and power in mountaineering. In 2014, Vasquez launched Courous Girls, a nprofit organisation that helps survivors of sexual abuse and trafficking with several opportunities. With this, she encours women to find ir strength and raise ir voices.

Speaking about Silvia's charisma, Gigliotti said that she is a force of nature and that Scott and she are all excited to work with Elgin and Selena to tell this story of resilience, cour, venture and humanity. Scott Budnick also expressed excitement and mentioned that team is thrilled to get to work bringing Silvia’s incredible and inspiring story to life on screen, as per report. 

Silvia Vasquez Lavo's statement:

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Selena Gomez has released an array of songs in her career that have become chartbusters. Apart from this, she has also appeared in several movies. Her table work is in movies like Wizards of Waverly Place: Movie (2009), Ar Cinderella Story (2008), Monte Carlo (2011), Princess Protection Program (2009), Fundamentals of Caring (2016) among ors. 

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