Jennifer Lopez and Marc Anthony will team for an independent biopic of salsa singer Hector Lavoe reports Production Weekly.

Lavoe was one of the biggest Spanish-language singers in the 1970s, but personal tragedy and a heroin addiction left him penniless and dying from complications from AIDS. Known as salsa's bad boy, he had a crystal-clear voice and an incomparable talent for improvisation.

Leon Ichaso (Pinero) will write and direct. Filming begins November 14th in New York for four weeks, with one additional week of filming taking place in El Cantante, Puerto Rico.

Thanks to 'Mark'