Out and about. Amy Robach and T.J. Holmes were spotted grabbing drinks together amid their ongoing suspension from GMA3: What You Need to Know.
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, because the tragically short life of Amy Winehouse is coming soon to a theater near you. TThe “Rehab” singer, who at the age of 27 from alcohol poisoning, is the subject of an upcoming biopic.
But while some fans of her music are excited to explore Winehouse's story and songs—and introduce them to a new generation—others are already skeptical of the project. The final product remains to be seen. For now, here's everything we know about Back To Black.The film is written by Matt Greenhalgh and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, who previously collaborated on Nowhere Boy, a film about the early years of John Lennon.
It's reported in some places that the script is based on Daphne Barak's book Saving Amy, but that book appears to have been the basis of a different biopic that isn't going forward, per .Both Universal Music Group and the Amy Winehouse Estate are on board with the project, meaning that the filmmakers will have access to all her songs. Marisa Abela, star of Industry on HBO (BBC 2 if you're across the pond), will play Here's an early look at Abela in character:Also in the cast: Eddie Marsan as Winehouse's father, Mitch, and Ryan O'Doherty as her on-and-off boyfriend Chris Taylor.It looks like a relatively straightforward drama about her life as a singer. Specific details are scant, but from what's out there, it seems to track her start as a jazz singer and her rise to fame.
It's about her life as a musician, so we probably won't see much of her childhood.“I first saw [Winehouse] perform at a talent show at Ronnie Scott’s Jazz Club in Soho and it was immediately obvious she wasn’t just ’talent’… she was genius," director Taylor-Johnson told . “As a filmmaker you can’t really ask for more.
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In a nutshell the brilliantly hilarious, pertinent, and wickedly smart new movie, You People is in some ways a new age Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner, that landmark 1967 Tracy-Hepburn-Poitier Oscar winning comedy about the effect an interracial relationship has on the parents of the young couple. Of course back then it was a major social issue and even had trouble booking some southern theatres. The idea was switched in a Bernie Mac/Ashton Kutcher 2005 remake that all those years later did not have the same impact. With anti-semitism and racism back on the rise in 2023 America however the concept of an interracial/interfaith marriage, Black and White, Jew and Muslim, could not be more timely or needed, and in co-star Jonah Hill’s and director Kenya Barris’ whipsmart screenplay is also a knock-you-out-of- your-seat laugh riot. Ironically I saw it this week at its World Premiere at the same Westwood Village theatre where I saw Guess Who’s Coming To Dinner all those years ago. With a packed house the laughter was so continuous and loud for You People it was hard to hear a lot of the lines. When was the last time that happened?
Last week, news broke that “Industry” star Marisa Abela would play Amy Winehouse in Samuel Taylor-Johnson‘s upcoming biopic “Back To Black.” And now there’s the first bit of additional casting news. Deadline reports that Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan, and Lesley Manville join the cast of the upcoming film, with production currently underway in London.
EXCLUSIVE: Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville have joined the ensemble of Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black, starring Marisa Abela as the Grammy-winning singer who died in 2011 at 27. Sam Taylor-Johnson is on board to direct the film from of StudioCanal, Focus Features and Monumental Pictures.
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Well, it’s official: “Industry” star Marisa Abela plays Amy Winehouse in Sam Taylor-Johnson‘s upcoming biopic “Back To Black.” The long-gestating project finally enters production on January 16 in London. The film traces Winehouse’s rise to fame in London in the early ’00s, when she and Taylor-Johnson first met and became friends in Camden’s High Street scene. READ MORE: ‘Back To Black’: ‘Industry’ Star Marisa Abela Emerges As Frontrunner To Play Amy Winehouse In Biopic Taylor-Johnson has had the project in mind for a while, but Abela emerged as the frontrunner for the Winehouse role only last summer.
EXCLUSIVE: Studiocanal’s coveted Amy Winehouse package Back to Black looks to have found a home as sources tell Deadline that Focus Features and Monumental Pictures are partnering with Studiocanal on the new biopic about the Grammy-winning singer who tragically passed away in 2011. Industry breakout Marisa Abela is set to star as Winehouse, with Sam Taylor-Johnson on board to direct.
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