EXCLUSIVE: Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan and Lesley Manville are on board to join the ensemble of StudioCanal, Focus Features and Monumental Pictures’ Amy Winehouse biopic ‘Back To Black’ starring Marisa Abela as the Grammy-winning singer
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.‘Emancipation’s Antoine Fuqua To Direct Michael Jackson Biopic For Lionsgate; John Logan Script & ‘Bohemian Rhapsody’s Graham King Producing With Estate
Focus will distribute the pic in the U.S., with Universal Pictures International handling international distribution excluding the UK, France, Germany, Australia/New Zealand, Benelux, Scandinavia and Poland which will be handled by Studiocanal. Filming is set to begin on Monday in London.that Studiocanal and Taylor-Johnson were moving forward with the film as well as Focus’ recent involvement with the project. Production is currently under way in London.
O’Connell will play the love of Winehouse’s life, Blake Fielder-Civil. The two would marry in 2007 but after a tumultuous relationship that was filled with booze and drugs that led to stints in rehab, the two would ultimately divorce prior to Winehouse’s passing.Winehouse is considered one of the greatest artists in recent history, selling more than 30 million records worldwide, and today generating more than 80 million streams per month.
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