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Back to Back (November 5)

Back to Back is a biographical drama film directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a screenplay by Matt Greenhalgh. Based on the life of English singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, the 2024 film follows the life and music of Amy Winehouse from her adolescence to adulthood as she creates one of the best-selling albums of our time. Back to Back stars Marisa Abela in the lead role with Jack O’Connell,...

From Whitney Houston to Elvis, there is no shortage of iconic singers who inspire sweeping films that dramatize their life stories. No matter the genre, cinematic features have captured the careers of the King of Rock and Roll Elvis Presley to country singer Jonny Cash. Most recently, Back to Black (2024) launched in theaters to capture the life and musical career of Amy Winehouse.

Still other films in the works will add to the canon of singer biography movies, like Timothée Chalamet’s upcoming portrayal of Bob Dylan in A Complete Unknown and nephew to Jaafar Jackson’s portrayal of his uncle the late Michael Jackson in Michael.

We’ve compiled a list of music-centric biopics available to stream should the urge overcome viewers.

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Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody (2022)

Naomi Ackie embodied singer Whitney Houston in Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance With Somebody.

Sam Taylor-Johnson has pushed back against criticism of how “Back to Black,” her Amy Winehouse biopic starring Marisa Abela as the late iconic singer, depicts some of its main characters.

The Focus Features film finally lands in the U.S. today, more than a month after it released in the U.K. with StudioCanal.

For all the noise and controversy leading up to its release on home soil, “Back to Black” was met with mostly positive reviews, with Abela’s lead performance — in her big screen debut — singled out for praise. But that’s not to say there hasn’t been some disapproval, mostly over how it depicts Winehouse’s father, Mitch Winehouse, and former husband, Blake Fielder-Civil.

Mitch has been the subject of scrutiny since Winehouse died of alcohol poisoning in 2011, portrayed in the British media as a fame-seeker who exploited his daughter’s success to aid his own...

Marisa Abela stars as Amy Winehouse in director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Back To Black, a Focus Features release. Credit: Olli Upton/Focus Features

Talented singer/songwriter Amy Winehouse’s tragic life was already the subject of an Oscar-winning documentary, Amy in 2015, made a few years after her death in 2011at age 27 from alcohol poisoning. So my first reaction on hearing of the biopic drama Back To Black was to wonder if we needed another Amy Winehouse movie. The excellent 2015 documentary seems to have have told her story well and thoroughly, but reportedly the Winehouse family was unhappy with it. However, the family granted permission to the filmmakers of this new biopic drama, Back To Black, with access to materials and song use.

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson and writer Matt Greenhalgh previously collaborated on another music biopic, Nowhere Boy, a fine drama about the childhood of John Lennon. The filmmakers assert that...

While some may approach the new film Back to Black expecting a lurid tale of a talented performer’s descent into addiction and eventual death, they would be wise to learn that the film is more of a celebration of the talent that it’s subject – Amy Winehouse – had and a lovingly crafted ode to remembering that talent.

Telling the story of Winehouse’s somewhat meteoric rise to fame and the making of her album Back to Black, the film draws from the personal lyrics from her phenomenal album to tell Winehouse’s tale from her own perspective.

Working from a script by Matt Greenhalgh – with whom she last collaborated in 2009 on Nowhere Boy – director Sam Taylor-Johnson, weaves a pseudo-whimsical tale of incredible creativity and talent stopped dead in its tracks. The approach taken here though, tells Winehouse’s story as though the tragedy is being perpetrated upon her and...

Back to Black lacks depth in portraying Amy Winehouse's life and struggles. Marisa Abela delivers a decent performance but the film's story disappoints. Film neglects Winehouse's full complexity, inner struggles, and musical influences.

Amy Winehouses tragic life was well-documented, but theres no denying her influence and the power behind her voice and songs. She was a woman who contained multitudes, but youd never really know that by watching Back to Black, a flimsy, one-dimensional biopic that reduces Winehouse (Marisa Abela) to tabloid headlines about her life and relationship with ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil (Lady Chatterlys Lovers Jack OConnell). Back to Black is the worst type of biopic, one that made me feel little and offers next to nothing truly personal about the iconic singer or her inner life.

4/10 ProsMarisa Abela gives a solid performance and Jack O'Connell is great in a difficult roleConsSupporting characters are sanitizedThe film's story is a...

Marisa Abela in Back To Black Image: Focus Features Since the blockbuster success of the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018, a music biopic gold rush has been underway in Hollywood. Some of the resulting films—made as they are with the participation of the artist, or more often their estate...

Marisa Abela in Back To BlackImage: Focus Features

Since the blockbuster success of the Queen movie Bohemian Rhapsody in 2018, a music biopic gold rush has been underway in Hollywood. Some of the resulting films—made as they are with the participation of the artist, or more often their estate—have...

Writer Matt Greenhalgh and director Sam Taylor-Johnson, who previously collaborated on the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, return to the genre with Back to Black, telling the story of iconic musician Amy Winehouse. Although the film’s heart is consistently in the right place, its attempts at a complicated execution all too often misfire, leaving a somewhat bitter aftertaste despite occasional success.

Back to Black focuses on Winehouse’s ascent from humble beginnings as a lounge singer in Britain to become one of the most acclaimed voices of her generation. With Winehouse’s tragic rise and fall happening not even a decade and a half ago, audiences likely already know much of this story, but Greenhalgh’s script doesn’t imagine that audiences are ignorant.

Where Back to Black succeeds the most is exploring Winehouse’s struggles with addiction, from alcohol to drugs and codependence with her partner. It narrowly avoids being didactic and exploitative,...

Back to Black, a biopic on Amy Winehouse, is set for a May 2024 release. The 2024 film will eventually make its way to Peacock. A PVOD release date for Back to Black is unknown.

The number of biopics centered around famous singers continues growing with Back to Black, a movie that chronicles the life and career of Amy Winehouse. The 2024 biographical drama film is named after Winehouse's popular 2006 album (and title track) of the same name, which was the British artist's second and last recorded studio album before her tragic death in 2011. Back to Black (the album) was critically acclaimed and received five Grammys at the 2008 ceremony, including Record of the Year (for "Rehab"), Song of the Year (for "Rehab"), Best Pop Vocal Album, and more.

Matt Greenhalgh wrote and Sam Taylor-Johnson directed Back to Black, while actress Marisa Abela stars as Winehouse in the biopic based on the singer-songwriter's life.

Bohemian Rhapsody should have been the final nail in the music-biopic coffin––instead, its near-billion box-office gross ensured it became Hollywood’s go-to template for a movie in this mold. Going beyond merely emulating its Walk Hard-like adherence to over-simplifying the highs and lows of a career within a neat three-act structure, director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black goes one further in how it ghoulishly holds the singer accountable for many of the tragedies and misfortunes she suffered. Remember how the surviving band members of Queen came across as responsible family men as the long-departed Freddie Mercury was chastised for addiction issues? Matt Greenhalgh’s screenplay, his second for Taylor-Johnson after the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, goes one further by obfuscating the full extent of the bad influences in her life that heightened her years-long battle with substance and alcohol abuse, depicting the singer as...

Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Apr 12-14) Total gross to date Week 1. Back To Black (Studiocanal) £2.7m £2.7m 1 2. Kung Fu Panda 4 (Universal) £1.8m £17.3m 3 3. Civil War (Entertainment Film) £1.6m £1.8m 2 4. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (Warner Bros) £1.2m £11.9m 3 5. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony) £787,034 £14.1m 4

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Studiocanal’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black led the UK and Ireland box office this weekend with a £2.7m debut.

Sam Taylor-Johnson’s feature, starring Marisa Abela as the late singer, opened in 719 cinemas – the widest of the year so far – making for a £3,853 location average.

It is...

Nick Cave has released “Song for Amy,” a new track appearing on both his score and the soundtrack for the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black. Stream it below.

On “Song for Amy,” Cave sings over a gorgeous arrangement of piano, flute, and strings while delivering somber lyrics like, “I’d give you anything for you to stay/ But if you go now, I won’t stay in your way.”

In addition to “Song for Amy,” the Back to Black soundtrack features highlights from Winehouse’s discography and several songs from artists who inspired her, including Billie Holliday and The Shangri-Las. The film’s score was composed by Cave and his longtime collaborator Warren Ellis. Stream both albums below.

Back to Black has already opened in the UK, but won’t arrive in US theaters until May 17th. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson off a script penned by Matt Greenhalgh, the...

Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black sets a new widest UK-Ireland opening record for Studiocanal, starting its run in 719 sites.

The film beats the distributor’s previous record – February release Wicked Little Letters – by 33 venues. It is also the widest opening of the year, beating Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two by two sites.

Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a script by Matt Greenhalgh, Back To Black depicts the life of music icon Winehouse, from her early career through her turbulent relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, and her creation of seminal 2006 album Back To Black.

The film stars 2023 Screen Star of Tomorrow Marisa Abela as Winehouse,...

In “Back to Black,” Jack O’Connell’s Blake Fielder-Civil comes into the life of Amy Winehouse — played by an exceptional Marisa Abela — with seductive bravado, sweeping the singer off her feet on their first meeting in a London pub thanks to, among other things, a lip-synced rendition of the Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack”.

As the divisive biopic, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and released in the U.K. by StudioCanal this Friday (and in the U.S. by Focus Features on May 17), agonizingly portrays, the smitten pair quickly descend into violent self-destruction — a “toxic co-dependency” as Fielder-Civil later describes it in the film — fueled by alcoholism and drug abuse.

Many may question the ethics of picking at a tragic story that was heavily chronicled and sensationalized by the media in real-time during Winehouse’s final years. But for anyone who’s been tracking O’Connell’s career, the opportunity to...

For anyone who witnessed her tumultuous rise to fame and eventual fall from grace, it’s clear that Amy Winehouse was truly one of a kind. A diamond in the rough that not only needed to be handled with kid gloves, but one who also craved love and attention from all the wrong people. Her sudden death at the age of 27 in the summer of 2011, while not entirely unexpected, was still a huge shock for most of us.

The story of how a bright and talented nice Jewish girl from North London became prime tabloid fodder and a global superstar, is told with a fair amount of contrivance in this slightly disjointed biopic from Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson.

Starring Marisa Abela (Industry) as Amy, Back To Black – the title taken from one of the singer’s most iconic singles and album – focuses the bulk of its narrative...

Amy Winehouse’s music endures because of her voice, obviously — that sultry Billie Holiday-esque sound that could lend timelessness to lyrics that referenced Slick Rick. Her regular producers, such as Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, imbued her classical jazz training with a pop sound that borrowed from ’60s and ’70s soul as well as contemporary garage rock and hip hop. Her image was a knowing collage of vintage looks, but while you can’t talk about Winehouse’s hair without referencing Ronnie Spector, that amalgamation of “bad girl” styles became entirely her own. She had the unique ability to cultivate originality from a self-conscious fusion of different musical designs; any traces of influences disappeared under the weight of sampling and swagger.

The gap between Winehouse’s music and her troubled personal life was never as dichotomous as people insisted; her personal demons fueled her music, and she nurtured a refreshingly rebellious persona.

When Sam Taylor-Johnson started working on her Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black, she asked screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh to listen to one of Winehouse’s tracks, “Tears Dry on Their Own,” before he started writing. “I kept saying in those early days, ‘I feel like this song is our path to understanding her,’ ” Taylor-Johnson says.

In the deceptively upbeat single about Winehouse’s tumultuous relationship with her on-again, off-again love, Blake Fielder-Civil, she sings, “It’s my responsibility/And you don’t owe nothing to me.”

For Taylor-Johnson, 57, that line spoke to something largely misunderstood about Winehouse, the English singer who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011: Just 27, she left behind an outsize cultural impact. Winehouse’s defining album, Back to Black, sold more than 16 million copies worldwide, and her unique mix of jazz and soul with punk-era defiance would go on to influence artists like Adele, Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish.

It’s the film everyone is talking about, so why not hear from those behind it – as HeyUGuys were fortunate participants at the press junket for the forthcoming Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black.

To mark the film’s cinematic release on April 12, we spoke to the leading lady herself, Marisa Abela, as she talks about embodying such an icon, and her process in undertaking all of the songs of the subject, which she herself sings in the movie. She was paired with director Sam Taylor-Johnson, who talks about the talents of the actress sat besides her. We also spoke to Eddie Marsan who plays Amy’s father Mitch, as he talks about addiction, and how he went about understanding and connecting to his character. Finally you can watch our interview with producer Alison Owen, alongside screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh.

Marisa Abela & Sam Taylor-Johnson

Eddie Marsan

Matt Greenhalgh & Alison Owen

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For her “unofficial” 2009 John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, Sam Taylor-Johnson had so little music to work with that the opening chord of “Hard Day’s Night” pretty much had to carry the whole movie. You might think that history would repeat for Back to Black, the short but fast-lived story of Amy Winehouse, who rose to international fame in her teens and never saw 28, never mind 30. Surprisingly, the Winehouse estate is all in, and although one might argue that the singer’s trainwreck notoriety has been slightly snow-washed to protect the living, there’s still a surprisingly hard edge here, in a rare film that gives rock ’n’ roll agency to a woman for once, like a reverse-angle Sid & Nancy.

In a way, any music biopic is off to a bad start, since there’s always going to be the curse of symmetry: everything must square with what we already know,...

Sam Taylor-Johnson’s best film to date is more interested in romance and creativity than demons or blame

‘Her demons were probably worse’: does Back to Black reveal the real Amy Winehouse?

The last time Sam Taylor-Johnson directed a movie about drugs it was A Million Little Pieces in 2019, based on James Frey’s notoriously inauthentic memoir of addiction – and the last time she made a film about a music legend it was Nowhere Boy in 2009, about John Lennon.

Now she brings the two together in what’s easily her best work so far: an urgent, warm, heartfelt dramatisation, scripted by Matt Greenhalgh, of the life of Amy Winehouse, the brilliant London soul singer who died of alcohol poisoning at 27 in 2011. It’s a movie with the simplicity, even the naivety, of a fan-tribute. But there’s a thoroughly engaging and sweet-natured performance from Marisa Abela as Amy – though...

Fans regularly make film biopics about famous musicians successful, but they also love to nitpick the results. Or to misquote Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division and the subject of a rather good musical biopic (Control), love will tear apart any work of fan service if it screws up the story, paints the subject in too unflattering a light or, worst of all, mangles the music with impersonations that barely rise above the level of karaoke. (Consider, if you dare, Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin in Beyond the Sea.)

On the other hand, there’s also something irksome about biopics that have actors lip sync to the original songs, like Naomi Ackie did for I Wanna Dance With Somebody or, much less successfully, Dennis Quaid in Great Balls of Fire! Especially if that means access to the original recordings or even rights to the songs in the first...

The upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black has been in the headlines ever since it was announced. The film follows a series of films based on celebrated musicians and artists that have entertained audiences around the world. Actress Marisa Abela is taking on the responsibility of playing the famed singer.

Amy Winehouse in the music video for Back to Black

Promotional materials and posters of the film have been released and Winehouse fans are not liking how the film looks. While the filmmakers are confident and happy with what they made, fans are not on the same page and are finding every inaccuracy and problem with the film through the trailers.

Upcoming Amy Winehouse Biopic Receives Backlash From Fans

Marisa Abela plays Amy Winehouse in Back to Black

The online chatter about the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic has been divisive among fans. The biopic titled Back to Black (named...

Nick Cave and his longtime collaborator Warren Ellis have teamed up to score the forthcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black.

Cave and Ellis composed “about 20-30 minutes” of music for the film’s score. Additionally, Cave has contributed a new song called “Song for Amy” that will appear on the soundtrack.

“Nick and Warren were the only musicians in my mind to score Back to Black,” said director Sam Taylor-Johnson in a statement. “Over the years I’ve listened to everything they’ve composed and longed to realize the dream of working together. Their sensibility as well as understanding of this story has led to a profoundly deep and moving film score.”

The soundtrack also includes six songs from Winehouse, as well a five songs from artists who inspired her, including Billie Holliday and The Shangri-Las. It will be released on May 17th.

Cave and Ellis most recently composed...

Nick Cave and his longtime collaborator Warren Ellis have teamed up to score the forthcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black.

Cave and Ellis composed “about 20-30 minutes” of music for the film’s score. Additionally, Cave has contributed a new song called “Song for Amy” that will appear on the soundtrack.

“Nick and Warren were the only musicians in my mind to score Back to Black,” said director Sam Taylor-Johnson in a statement. “Over the years I’ve listened to everything they’ve composed and longed to realize the dream of working together. Their sensibility as well as understanding of this story has led to a profoundly deep and moving film score.”

The soundtrack also includes six songs from Winehouse, as well a five songs from artists who inspired her, including Billie Holliday and The Shangri-Las. It will be released on May 17th.

Cave and Ellis most recently composed...

Clockwise left to right: Joker: Folie A Deux (Warner Bros.) The Bikeriders, (Focus Features), Dune: Part Two (Warner Bros.), Furiosa (Warner Bros.)Graphic: The A.V. Club

Two years ago, right around the time Everything Everywhere All At Once came out during awards season, we thought it would be...

Mark Ronson is applauding the “Back to Black” screenplay for capturing late singer Amy Winehouse’s inherent “humor.”

Music producer Ronson, who collaborated with Winehouse on her Grammy-winning album of the same name, told Entertainment Tonight during the 2024 Oscars that while he has not watched biopic “Back to Black” yet, he can confirm the script captured Winehouse’s essence.

“I haven’t seen the film [but] I read the script,” Ronson said. “I love the script and the way that it really got…Amy was so funny and they really nailed her humor. I haven’t seen the film yet.”

“Back to Black” stars “Industry” breakout Marisa Abela as Winehouse, with Jack O’Connell as Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan as Winehouse’s father Mitch Winehouse, and Lesley Manville as her maternal grandmother. Jeff Tunke portrays Ronson.

While Ronson did not meet with Tunke for the role, the “Barbie” composer...

Mark Ronson has declared the Amy Winehouse biopic 'Back to Black' has "nailed" the late singer's sense of hunour.The produced worked with Winehouse - who died in 2011 aged 27 - on her huge 2006 album 'Back To Black' and he's now weighed in on the film based on her life story - admitting he hasn't seen it but he read the script and thinks the writers have got it spot on.Speaking to 'Entertainment Tonight' on the red carpet at the 96th Academy Awards, Ronson said: "I haven't seen the film [but] I read the script. I love the script and the way that it really got ... Amy was so funny and they really nailed her humour. I haven't seen the film yet."He went on to praise actress Marisa Abela, who is playing Winehouse in the film. Ronson added: "She came to visit us in...

A new poster for for the upcoming film Back to Black has been released, and you can check it out right here on CinemaNerdz (see below). The film will be in theaters nationwide on Friday, May 17th.

The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, “Back to Black” that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.

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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music Starring: Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson Screenplay: Matt Greenhalgh Producer: Alison Owen, p.g.a., Debra Hayward, Nicky Kentish-Barnes

Back To Black is in...

Back in 1999, no cinema event was as hotly anticipated as the return of Star Wars. Thus the prequel trilogy began, unfolding George Lucas’ epic tragedy – vastly expanding the galaxy that fans loved, while pioneering the future of digital production. Now, to celebrate 25 years of the prequels, Empire presents an epic new look back at the trilogy that changed everything – packed with brand new interviews, rarely-seen concept art, and explorations of the greatest set pieces.

The issue hits newsstands on Thursday 15 February, with collectible light side and dark side covers – but in the meantime, here’s a sneak peek inside the mag.

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How do you tell the story of Amy Winehouse on screen? Not only was it extensively documented by the media before her untimely death at the age of 27 in 2011, but it was also put into sharp focus in Asif Kapadia’s 2015 documentary Amy – an unflinching look at her story, and the media’s complicity in her struggles. The filmmakers tasked with creating a music biopic celebrating the legendary singer’s life, titled Back To Black, are director Sam Taylor-Johnson and writer Matt Greenhalgh, the duo behind John Lennon movie Nowhere Boy – and despite fears that their officially-sanctioned film might shy away from the difficult roles that Amy’s nearest and dearest played in her life, they tell Empire that they weren’t under pressure to tell the story a certain way.

According to Taylor-Johnson, Winehouse’s family didn’t contribute to the film. “It was important to meet with them out of respect,...

Check out the official trailer (above), poster, and stills for the upcoming film Back to Black. The film will be in theaters nationwide on Friday, May 17th.

The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, “Back to Black” that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.

About The Film

Genre: Biography, Drama, Music Starring: Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville Director: Sam Taylor-Johnson Screenplay: Matt Greenhalgh Producer: Alison Owen, p.g.a., Debra Hayward, Nicky Kentish-Barnes

Back to Black is in theaters nationwide on May 17, 2024!

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“I want people to hear my voice and just forget their troubles for five minutes,” says Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in the official trailer for Back to Black. After promising the film will show the love story behind one of the greatest albums of all times, the trailer ends with Abela as Amy saying, “I don’t write songs to be famous. I write songs ’cause I’ve got to make something good outta something bad.”

In addition to Marisa Abela (Industry), the cast includes Jack O’Connell (Ferrari), Eddie Marsan (Fair Play), and Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris). Sam Taylor-Johnson (Fifty Shades of Grey) directs from a screenplay by Matt Greenhalgh.

Back to Black was made with the full cooperation of Amy Winehouse’s estate. Alison Owen, Debra Hayward, and Nicky Kentish-Barnes served as producers, with Sam Taylor-Johnson, Anna Marsh, Ron Halpern, and Joe Naftalin executive producing.

Marisa Abela in Back To Black Screenshot: Focus Features/YouTube Anything to do with Amy Winehouse is bound to receive a lot of attention. In life, she was hounded by the voyeuristic media; in death, she’s become an icon whose short career has been the subject of articles, documentaries,...

Marisa Abela in Back To BlackScreenshot: Focus Features/YouTube

Anything to do with Amy Winehouse is bound to receive a lot of attention. In life, she was hounded by the voyeuristic media; in death, she’s become an icon whose short career has been the subject of articles, documentaries, and general fan devotion.

Much hyped Sam Taylor-Johnson film stars Marisa Abela as the singer, who died at her north London home in 2011

The full trailer for the much-hyped Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black has been released, after a short teaser trailer was made available in January.

Starring Marisa Abela as Winehouse, Back to Black is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and written by Matt Greenhalgh; also appearing are Jack O’Connell as Winehouse’s boyfriend Blake Fielder-Civil and Eddie Marsan as her father Mitch.

Amy Winehouse had a quick rise to fame and unfortunately, it lasted just as quickly when her addictions would take a toll on her tumultuous life. Her talent would not go unnoticed as the singer gained a huge following, and her fans celebrate her music to this day. Focus Features has now released the official trailer for the biopic about Winehouse as it chronicles her meteoric celebrity and how the dark forces of it all would become too much for her. Marisa Abela, of the TV series Industry and Barbie, plays the singer. The film also stars Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville. The biopic comes from filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson.

The official plot synopsis from Focus Features reads,

“The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame.

The first trailer for the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black has been released.

Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy) with a script by Matt Greenhalgh, Back to Black stars Marisa Abela as Winehouse. The film chronicles the singer’s early years as a jazz musician in North London and her turbulent journey to fame.

The film’s cast also includes Jack O’Connell as Winehouse’s husband, Blake Fielder Civil; Eddie Marsan as Winehouse’s father, Mitch; Lesley Manville as her grandmother, Cynthia.

Back To Black has the full support of Winehouse’s estate and will feature songs from her catalog.

The film is set to premiere in the UK on April 12th, with a US release following on May 17th.

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with the full-length US trailer released by Focus Features

Amy Winehouse Biopic Back to Black Gets First Trailer: Watch

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The first trailer for the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black has been released.

Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy) with a script by Matt Greenhalgh, Back to Black stars Marisa Abela as Winehouse. The film chronicles the singer’s early years as a jazz musician in North London and her turbulent journey to fame.

The film’s cast also includes Jack O’Connell as Winehouse’s husband, Blake Fielder Civil; Eddie Marsan as Winehouse’s father, Mitch; Lesley Manville as her grandmother, Cynthia.

Back To Black has the full support of Winehouse’s estate and will feature songs from her catalog.

The film is set to premiere in the UK on April 12th, with a US release following on May 17th.

Editor’s Note: This article has been updated with the full-length US trailer released by Focus Features

Amy Winehouse Biopic Back to Black Gets First Trailer: Watch

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The Amy Winehouse biopic is almost here. On Friday, Focus Features dropped the first official trailer for Back to Black, the drama based on the short, stratospheric life of the British soul music legend.

Up-and-coming British actress Marisa Abela (Industry) plays Winehouse in the feature from director Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy, 50 Shades of Grey). Produced by Monumental Pictures and StudioCanal, Back to Black will bow in the U.K. and Ireland on April 12 and go out in the U.S. via Focus Features on May 17.

The film focuses on Winehouse’s early years, living in London, her rise to fame and the recording of her groundbreaking breakout studio album, the titular Back to Black.

In the trailer, we see Abela as Winehouse evolve from her early days, practicing guitar in her room, all brick walls and pink bedsheets, to her first recordings and performing before sellout crowds. We also...

Amy Winehouse’s legacy is getting the big screen treatment.

Following the acclaimed A24 documentary “Amy,” Winehouse’s life now lands a narrative feature with biopic “Back to Black” directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. “Industry” breakout star Marisa Abela portrays the ill-fated British crooner who died at age 27.

The official synopsis reads: “The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking 2006 album, ‘Back to Black,’ that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.”

The film is written by “Nowhere Boy” scribe Matt Greenhalgh, and co-stars Jack O’Connell as Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan as Winehouse’s father Mitch Winehouse,...

One does not simply wake up one morning and embody Amy Winehouse. According to vocal coach Anne-Marie Speed, Back to Black star Marisa Abela trained “like an athlete”” to transform into the “Valerie” singer.

In an interview with The Guardian, Speed opened up about the process of preparing Abela to play the lead in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s upcoming biopic. The two worked together between September 2022 and January 2023, when shooting started for the film.

In those months, Abela had to learn to sing, play the guitar, master Winehouse’s accent and...

Marisa Abela has transformed into Amy Winehouse for biopic “Back to Black.”

The first fictionalized look at late singer Winehouse’s life, the film is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and written by “Nowhere Boy” scribe Matt Greenhalgh. “Industry” breakout Abela stars as Winehouse, with Jack O’Connell playing her ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan portraying Winehouse’s father Mitch Winehouse, and Lesley Manville as her maternal grandmother.

The official synopsis reads: “‘Back to Black’ [is] a never-before-seen glimpse into Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame and the release of her groundbreaking 2006 studio album, ‘Back to Black.’ Told from Amy’s perspective, the film is an unapologetic look at the woman behind the phenomenon and the relationship that inspired one of the most legendary albums of all time.”

Winehouse sold more than 30 million records worldwide, and today is generating more than 80 million streams per month. The Grammy-winning singer won Record of the...

Amy Winehouse had a quick rise to fame and unfortunately, it lasted just as quickly when her addictions would get the best of her. Her talent would not go unnoticed as the singer gained a huge following, and her fans celebrate her music to this day. StudioCanal has just released the teaser trailer for the biopic about Winehouse as it chronicles her meteoric celebrity and how tumultuous it became for her. Marisa Abela, of the TV series Industry and Barbie, plays the singer. The movie comes from filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson.

According to Deadline, the biopic “charts Winehouse’s career from her years as a breakout in the London underground music scene to her rapid ascension to worldwide superstardom. Supporting Abela are BAFTA-winning actor Jack O’Connell as Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan as Mitch Winehouse, Juliet Cowan as Janis Winehouse, and Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated Lesley Manville as Winehouse’s grandmother, Cynthia.

Studiocanal UK releases the trailer for upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black. Back to Black will cover Winehouse's rise to fame, likely grappling with her lifelong struggle with addiction. The film is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, who is best known for her work on 50 Shades of Grey.

The new trailer for Back to Black gives a look at the upcoming biopic about Amy Winehouse. Winehouse was an acclaimed singer behind hit songs such as “Rehab,” “Valerie,” and the titular “Back to Black.” She is also the subject of the acclaimed 2015 documentary Amy, which chronicled her rise to fame and struggles with addiction until her tragic 2011 death by alcohol poisoning, at the age of 27.

Now, Studiocanal UK releases the trailer for Back to Black, giving a look at the upcoming Winehouse biopic. Featuring the music of Winehouse throughout, the Back to Black teaser trailer begins by showing Winehouse’s intense passion for songwriting.

Abela was named a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2023.

StudiocanalUK has released the first trailer for Back To Black, its upcoming biopic of singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse.

Marisa Abela – a Screen Star of Tomorrow in 2023 – stars as the late Winehouse, with the trailer depicting her performing at various gigs, as well as interactions with paparazzi and her husband Blake Fielder-Civil, played by Jack O’Connell.

The film sees director Sam Taylor-Johnson reteam with writer Matt Greenhalgh; the duo had a hit with a previous music star biopic, 2009’s John Lennon story Nowhere Boy. Back To Black is produced by Debra Hayward and Alison Owen for Monumental Pictures,...

Studio Canal has dropped the first international teaser trailer for its forthcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black. The clip showcases Industry actress Marisa Abela as Winehouse, who intones, “I want to be remembered for just being me.”

The trailer also offers glimpses of Jack O’Connell as Winehouse’s husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, and Lesley Manville, who plays Winehouse’s grandmother, Cynthia Winehouse. It’s soundtracked by Winehouse’s 2006 song “Back to Black.”

The film’s official synopsis describes it as “A celebration of the most iconic – and much missed – homegrown star of the 21st century.

Producers StudioCanal and Monumental Pictures have dropped the first international teaser trailer for the hotly anticipated Back to Black, the upcoming music biopic on the late Amy Winehouse.

Up-and-coming British actress Marisa Abela (Industry) plays Winehouse in the feature from director Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy, 50 Shades of Grey). Back to Black bows in the UK and Ireland on April 12. Focus Features will release the film in the U.S. on May 10.

Written by Nowhere Boy and Control scribe Matt Greenhalgh, the biopic was made with the full support of The Amy Winehouse Estate, Universal Music Group and Sony Music Publishing and will feature many of Winehouse’s hit songs. In addition to the title track, the multi-Grammy-winning British soul sensation charted with such tracks as “Rehab,” “Valerie” and “Love Is a Losing Game.” In her short career, she sold more than 30 million records worldwide. While she enjoyed stratospheric success,...

“Back to Black,” a new biopic about the late Amy Winehouse, has debuted its first footage.

Starring “Industry” actor Marisa Abela as Winehouse and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, “Back to Black” is executive produced by Nicky Kentish-Barnes, Ron Halpern and Joe Naftalin for Studiocanal and Alison Owen and Debra Hayward for Monumental Pictures from a screenplay written by Matt Greenhalgh (“Film Stars Don’t Die in Liverpool”).

“‘Back to Black’ is a never-before-seen glimpse into Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame and the release of her groundbreaking studio album, ‘Back to Black,” the logline reads. “Told from Amy’s perspective, the film is an unapologetic look at the woman behind the phenomenon and the relationship that inspired one of the most legendary albums of all time.”

“I don’t write music to be famous,” Abela as Winehouse says in the trailer as the title song rings out. “I write songs...

Marisa Abela stars as Amy Winehouse in director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s ‘Back To Black’, a Focus Features release. (Photo Credit : Courtesy of Dean Rogers/Focus Features)

Director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black will open in U.S. theaters on May 10, 2024. Industry‘s Marisa Abela stars as the iconic singer who tragically passed away at the age of 27 on July 23, 2011.

The cast also includes Jack O’Connell (Ferrari), Eddie Marsan (Fair Play), and Lesley Manville (Mrs. Harris Goes to Paris).

“My connection to Amy began when I left college and was hanging out in the creatively diverse London borough of Camden. I got a job at the legendary Koko Club, and I can still breathe every market stall, vintage shop, and street… A few years later Amy wrote her searingly honest songs whilst living in Camden. Like with me, it became part of her DNA,” said director Taylor-Johnson.