Amy Winehouse Film Sets Release Date With First Look Image

The beforehand introduced film concerning the lifetime of singer Amy Winehouse is nearing launch; Focus introduced in the present day that Back to Black will debut in theaters subsequent spring.

The movie stars Marisa Abela because the late Winehouse — that’s her within the pictures above and beneath. At least within the publicity images, Abela’s resemblance to Winehouse is absolutely hanging.

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Back to Black was directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and written by Matt Greenhalgh. (The similar staff beforehand made Nowhere Boy, a movie concerning the lifetime of John Lennon within the years previous to his stardom with the Beatles. A press launch concerning the film boasts that it was “made with the full support of Universal Music Group, Sony Music Publishing and The Amy Winehouse Estate” — which implies it can embrace Winehouse’s well-known songs within the movie.

Winehouse has beforehand been the topic of an excellent documentary — Amy, directed by Asif Kapadia, which received the Oscar for Best Documentary for 2015 — however this would be the first fiction movie. Here is Back to Black’s official synopsis:

BACK TO BLACK is a never-before-seen glimpse into Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame and the discharge of her groundbreaking studio album, Back to Black. Told from Amy’s perspective, the movie is an unapologetic have a look at the girl behind the phenomenon and the connection that impressed one of the crucial legendary albums of all time.

Back to Black is scheduled to open in theaters on May 10, 2024.