text: Just weeks after Endemol Shine North America announced it would develop a television series about Tejano music queen Selena’s love story with her husband Chris Perez, the project faces a legal roadblock. 
   
   The late singer’s father, Abraham Quintanilla, Jr. on Friday filed a suit in a Texas court against Endemol and Perez to stop production of the series, alleging that only Selena’s estate has the right to her name, image and “to author or authorize and commercially exploit a book, play, video, film, TV movie” about her life. 
   
   Earlier this year, Endemol Shine signed a deal with Perez to adapt his best-selling book To Selena With Love, published in 2012, which tells the story of his romance with Selena from his perspective. Perez was married to the star from 1992 until she was murdered in 1995. She was only 23. 
   
   The suit states Perez is in violation of an Estate Properties Agreement he signed two months after her death in 1995. That agreement stipulates that Quintanilla, Jr. is the exclusive rights holder of all “Entertainment Properties,” which includes contract, trademark and copyright rights, rights to income, rights of publicity, rights to name, voice, signature, and photographs, among other rights, “throughout the world in perpetuity without restriction.” 
   
   According to the suit, Perez accepted the terms of the Estate Properties Agreement and in doing so, “agreed to receive, among other things, twenty-five percent (25%) of the net profits derived from the exploitation of the Entertainment Properties.” 
   
   That means that Perez’s book To Selena With Love, which includes a photo of the star on its cover, was published in breach of contract, and is considered “unauthorized.” 
   
   “The petition states Mr. Perez violated the Entertainment Properties agreement. He doesn't have the rights to publish a book or produce a television series based in any part on Selena,” says Quintanilla estate attorney Simran A. Singh. “Among other things, we are seeking a judicial declaration that the defendants have no right to exploit the series and stop production.” ||||| Selena Quintanilla and Chris Perez's love story might not make it to TV. 
   
   On Friday, the late singer's father, Abraham Quintanilla Jr., filed a lawsuit in a Texas court against Perez and Endemol to stop the production of the TV series based on their relationship, which they announced just two weeks ago. 
   
   The documents state that in 1995, after Selena's death, Perez and others entered a legal agreement about the late singer's estate. According to the documents, Quintanilla Jr. is the only person with ownership and all proprietary rights in the name, voice, signature, photograph, and likeness of Selena.
target: – For fans looking forward to watching Selena Quintanilla and Chris Perez's love story play out on screen, don't get your hopes up too high. A TV series about the relationship was just announced two weeks ago, but now Quintanilla's father is suing Perez, her widower, to stop production, E! reports. The series was to be an adaptation of Perez's 2012 book about his romance with Quintanilla, the iconic "queen of Tejano music" who was murdered by her fan club president in 1995 when she was just 23. The couple married in 1992. In the lawsuit, Abraham Quintanilla Jr. says that, per an Estate Agreement entered into after Selena's murder, only Quintanilla Jr. holds the rights to "Entertainment Properties," a broad category that includes the use of Selena's name, voice, signature, and photographs. Per the suit, Perez agreed to that in exchange for receiving, "among other things," 25% of "net profits derived from the exploitation of the Entertainment Properties." Perez "doesn’t have the rights to publish a book or produce a television series based in any part on Selena," a Quintanilla estate attorney tells Forbes.