Sam Taylor-Johnson tapped to direct Amy Winehouse biopic

Sam Taylor-Johnson, finest recognized for Nowhere Boy and Fifty Shades of Grey, is about to direct a biopic about singer and shut buddy Amy Winehouse. European studio Studiocanal is producing the movie titled Back to Black, which attracts its title from the late singer’s a number of Grammy-winning studio album.

According to Variety, the script for the film is full and the venture is now in casting phases.

Taylor-Johnson hopes to solid a relative newcomer to play Amy Winehouse within the movie. The singer-songwriter, additionally recognized for songs “Rehab” and “You Know I’m No Good”, died on the age of 27 resulting from unintended alcohol poisoning in 2011.

The upcoming function movie has the complete help of Mitch Winehouse, the late singer’s father, who was portrayed in a adverse gentle in Asif Kapadia’s Oscar-winning documentary Amy. He additionally participated within the BBC documentary Reclaiming Amy, which marked the 10-year anniversary of Amy Winehouse’s loss of life.

Back to Black is penned by Matt Greenhalgh, Taylor-Johnson’s Nowhere Boy collaborator.

A biopic about Amy Winehouse has been beneath growth for a very long time, with Alison Owen and Debra Hayward hooked up from the outset.

The Winehouse property first signed a deal for the movie in 2018. At the time, the venture was being developed on the idea of an unique script by author Geoff Deane of Kinky Boots fame.

Studiocanal is producing Back to Black with Owen and Hayward alongside Tracey Seaward.