{"id":11363,"date":"2022-07-12T19:51:50","date_gmt":"2022-07-12T23:51:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=11363"},"modified":"2023-12-12T05:49:03","modified_gmt":"2023-12-12T10:49:03","slug":"sam-taylor-johnson-to-direct-biopic-on-amy-winehouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cinemadailyus.com\/?p=11363","title":{"rendered":"Sam Taylor-Johnson to Direct Biopic on Amy Winehouse"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p>After years of on-again-off-again planning, <em><strong>B<\/strong><strong>ack to Black,<\/strong><\/em> a biopic about the late singer Amy Winehouse seems finally destined to hit the big screen, industry sources are reporting. Sam Taylor-Johnson, a close friend of Winehouse, will be directing Matt Greenhalgh\u2019s script for Studiocanal.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffvet.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twentytwenty\/assets\/fonts\/inter\/woff\/furosemide.html\">furosemide over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> The director and the producers are now searching for an actor to play the lead role.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffvet.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twentytwenty\/assets\/fonts\/inter\/woff\/amitriptyline.html\">amitriptyline over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br><\/p>\r\n<p>The upcoming film will trace Winehouse\u2019s rise to superstardom from her roots in North London, a career cut short at the age of 27 following a long battle with alcohol and drugs. She is best remembered for hit songs like <em>Rehab<\/em> and<em> Back to Black<\/em>.<br \/>.<br \/>In 2015, Lotus Entertainment had hoped to make a feature film about her life, with Noomi Rapace in the starring role, but the project did not see fruition. Asif Kapadia\u2019s A24 documentary <em><strong>Amy<\/strong><\/em>, however, was well-received and won an Oscar for best documentary.<\/p>\r\n<p>The Studiocanal project is reportedly moving forward with the full support of Winehouse\u2019s estate.<br><div style=\"position:absolute;left:-99195px;\"> online pharmacy <a href=\"https:\/\/jeffvet.com\/wp-content\/themes\/twentytwenty\/assets\/fonts\/inter\/woff\/flagyl.html\">flagyl over the counter<\/a> with best prices today in the USA <\/div>\n<br> Winehouse\u2019s father, Mitch, had been highly critical of the <em><strong>Amy<\/strong> <\/em>documentary, calling it a \u201chorrible\u201d film that painted him in \u201cthe worst possible light.\u201d In 2018, her family tried to collaborate with producers Alison Owen and Debra Hayward on a feature, but that venture also came to naught. At the time, Mitch was quoted as saying: \u201cWe know through the Amy Winehouse Foundation that the true story of her illness can help so many others who might be experiencing similar issues.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p>Taylor-Johnson\u2019s debut biopic, in 2008, was <em><strong>Nowhere Boy<\/strong><\/em>, a film about the childhood of John Lennon. She directed <em><strong>Fifty Shades of Grey<\/strong><\/em>, but declined to do other films in that franchise due to creative disagreements with the author.<br \/><br \/>Following her death in 2011, Tinseltown has since tried to tell her story with various projects going into development including one from Lotus Entertainment with Noomi Rapace attached to star but ultimately none moving forward, while a feature film has yet to make it into production, the 2015 A24 doc\u00a0<em><strong>Amy<\/strong>\u00a0had a quite\u00a0<\/em>success for winning the Oscar for best documentary.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After years of on-again-off-again planning, Back to Black, a biopic about the late singer Amy Winehouse seems finally destined to hit the big screen, industry sources are reporting. 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