Selena Gomez and Netflix are jumping into the burgeoning Young Adult genre - albeit with a series rather than a film.
The streaming giant has commissioned a continuing drama based on Jay Asher's novel Thirteen Reasons Why, a New York Times bestseller.
Netflix's re-titled 13 Reasons explores the tragic suicide of a lonely high school student named Hannah Baker (Gomez).
It looks into Hannah's past through tapes she sent to classmates explaining how they contributed to her misery.
Brian Yorkey - a Pulitzer Prize winner for Next to Normal - has adapted the series for Netflix.
Gomez is no stranger to television, having starred for four seasons as the wise-cracking Alex Russo in Disney's much lighter Wizards of Waverly Place.
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The actress is currently riding high off the success of Hotel Transylvania 2, which set a new box office record for September upon release.
Her second solo album Revival - featuring the hit 'Same Old Love' - topped the US album chart earlier in October.
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