Selena Gomez Cast in Paul Rudd Movie The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving

Get the details on her new role!

By Bruna Nessif Jan 14, 2015 3:40 AMTags
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Selena Gomez fans, get ready to see your girl on the big screen!

The brunette beauty confirmed today that she's landed a new movie role starring opposite (the wonderful, adorable, hilarious and swoonworthy) Paul Rudd in the Rob Burnett-helmed adaptation The Revised Fundamentals of Caregiving.

"Finally able to share my new movie... Meet Dot," she tweeted.

The Jonathan Evison novel of the same name was published in 2012 and tells the story of Ben Benjamin (Rudd), a man escaping divorce who just barely qualifies as a professional caregiver for a typical video-game-obsessed and sex-crazed teenage boy Trevor, who has muscular dystrophy.

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And that's where Selena comes in!

Gomez snagged the female lead role of Dot, an outspoken young woman full of sass, who hitches a ride with the pair during a road trip, and whose no-holds-barred attitude and lack of embarrassment about Trevor's condition causes him to develop a crush on her.

Donna Gigliotti (Silver Linings Playbook) will produce along with James Spies (Constantine). Production begins Jan. 22 in Atlanta.

Deadline was first to report on Selena's casting.