After years spent sitting on the shelf, the planned Amy Winehouse biopic BackToBlack finally has a director, with Fifty Shades of Grey's Sam Taylor-Johnson attached.
The long-awaited Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black, gets a significant update after years of production gridlock. Announced back in 2018 and signed off by Winehouse’s own estate, the biopic movie reportedly hopes to document the star’s rise to stardom before her tragic death in 2011. Beginning her career as a jazz club singer, Winehouse went on to be a beloved musical artist, creating global hits such as Rehab, You Know I’m No Good and Back To Black.
In Back to Black’s first major update in years, Deadline has revealed that Sam Taylor-Johnson has been attached to direct. Previously helming the biopic Nowhere Boy, Taylor-Johnson is best known for her directorial work on the first instalment of the Fifty Shades of Grey franchise in 2015. Her involvement in this latest Amy Winehouse project follows years of the film sitting in development limbo, though work on the picture is now said to be moving quickly.
SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY Related: Michael Jackson's Biopic Must Avoid Bohemian Rhapsody's Blinker Mistake Responding to the news on social media, Taylor-Johnson described the opportunity as her “dream” job. Produced by Studiocanal with Alison Owen, Debra Hayward and Tracey Seaward, the script for Back to Black has reportedly already been penned by the BAFTA-nominated writer, Matt Greenhalgh.
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