Amy Winehouse (Photo by Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images)
After years of promising it was in the works, a biopic about the life of Grammy Award-winning superstarAmy Winehouseis finally in development. The project was just confirmed with ‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ director Sam Taylor-Johnson on board to bring the film to the big screen. Titled ‘Back To Black,’ the project also has the full support of the Amy Winehouse estate and casting is set to begin soon.
@Deadlinereports, the film is expected to take a look at the life and music of Amy Winehouse as a rising jazz singer from North London to eventually becoming a Grammy-winning music superstar with hit records that included ‘Rehab’and‘Back To Black,’ before tragically passing away at the age of 27 following a highly publicized battle with drugs and alcohol.
Shortly after her death back in 2011, there have been many Hollywood projects in the works to tell the Amy Winehouse story that would please both her loved ones and her fansand unfortunately most of those projects were either put on hold or shelved indefinitely. However, the 2015 documentary Amy, produced by A24 was a critical and box-office hit, winning the 2016 Academy Award for Best Documentary.
Taylor-Johnson is highly familiar with directing box-office hits, as she helped launch the is best known for helping launch theFifty Shades of Greywhen she directed the first film that racked up $569 million globally. Her most recent work is the Amazon Prime Video series Solos.
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