Production of the television movie has been put on hold.
Zendaya Coleman will not play Aaliyah in a Lifetime television movie.
The 17-year-old actor and singer is "no longer involved" with the project, a rep confirmed Sunday, just weeks after Lifetime announced her casting.
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Shortly after, Aaliyah's uncle and former manager Barry Hankerson vowed to stop production of the film, saying that a TV movie would be "too small" a tribute.
It's possible that Aaliyah's family's wish that the film not be made had something to do with Zendaya's decision to pull out.
A Lifetime press release in June said Zendaya would re-record four Aaliyah songs for the film, but on Sunday, a source told E! that the biopic had "problems obtaining the rights to Aaliyah's music."
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