Amy Winehouse
‘Back to Black’ Review: Flawed but Affecting Amy Winehouse Biopic Benefits From Marisa Abela’s Intensely Physical Performance
Sam Taylor-Johnson's film about the dazzlingly talented English singer who died at age 27 also features Jack O'Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville.
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Roger Federer Doc by Director Asif Kapadia Set at Prime Video
Asif Kapadia has been tapped by Amazon’s Prime Video to direct a feature documentary on Roger Federer. The Amy and Senna helmer and co-director Joe Sabia will capture Federer through the final 12 days of his celebrated pro tennis career. The documentary will exclusively stream on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide. […]
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Watch the First Trailer for Amy Winehouse Biopic ‘Back to Black’
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). […]
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‘Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes’ Moves Up Two Weeks in May to Avoid ‘Furiosa’
Filmmaker Wes Ball’s 2024 summer tentpole Kingdom of the Planet of the Apes will try to conquer moviegoers two weeks early. Disney’s 20th Century Studios announced Friday that the film will now open May 10 instead of May 24. The shift gives it distance from the crowded Memorial Day marquee, which includes George Miller’s Furiosa: […]
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Amy Winehouse Biopic ‘Back to Black’ Trailer Drops
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 […]
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Tony Bennett, the Gold Standard of Singers Everywhere, Dies at 96
He collected 19 Grammy Awards, found immortality with 'I Left My Heart in San Francisco" and connected with a younger generation to mount one of the great comebacks in music history.
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Amy Winehouse Biopic ‘Back to Black’ Releases First Look
The first-look image of Marisa Abela as late musician Amy Winehouse in the biopic Back to Black has been released. The project, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, is heading into production, with Focus Features and Monumental Pictures joining StudioCanal in backing the feature. Matt Greenhalgh, who worked with Taylor-Johnson on Nowhere Boy, penned the screenplay, with […]
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‘Amy’ Director Asif Kapadia Set to Helm ‘2073’ Documentary Thriller
Oscar-winning director Asif Kapadia is set to direct 2073, a documentary thriller set in a dystopian future. Neon, Double Agent and Film4 will co-finance and executive produce the project. 2073 will tackle challenges the world faces and is inspired by Chris Marker’s iconic 1962 featurette La Jetée, about a time traveler who risks his life […]
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Amy Winehouse Biopic Taps ‘Fifty Shades’ Director Sam Taylor-Johnson
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson has been tapped to helm the biopic about late singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse. Studiocanal is behind the project, titled Back to Black, which is backed by Winehouse’s estate. Matt Greenhalgh penned the screenplay, with exact plot details currently unknown. A casting search for the onscreen Winehouse is expected to begin soon. The Grammy-winning […]
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Amy Winehouse Auction Rakes in $4 Million; Last Performance Dress Sells for $243,200
An auction of most than 800 of Amy Winehouse’s dresses, shoes, jewelry and accessories that she wore on stage, in photo shoots and at various public events brought in $4 million over the weekend, Julien’s Auctions said Sunday. The biggest seller of the event was the dress Winehouse wore in her final stage performance in […]
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Billie Piper Talks Directing First Film ‘Rare Beasts’ While Being 7 Months Pregnant
Billie Piper shared the inspiration behind her new feature film Rare Beasts and what it was like to direct her first movie while being seven months pregnant on Tuesday’s episode of The Late Late Show. The actress wrote, directed, and starred in her latest release about a rebellious single-mother who navigates falling in and out […]
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Amy Winehouse Biopic in the Works at Halcyon Studios
Halcyon Studios is set to produce a biopic based on the life of Amy Winehouse after it optioned Daphne Barak’s 2010 book Saving Amy. The book is based on six months of filming — comprising 40 hours of footage, exclusive photos and notes — that Barak completed with Winehouse and her family in the last […]
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