Current:Home > ContactSee Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in first trailer for biopic 'Back to Black' -TrueNorth Finance Path
See Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse in first trailer for biopic 'Back to Black'
View
Date:2025-04-27 23:47:51
Amy Winehouse's story is getting the biopic treatment.
The first trailer for "Back to Black," a new film starring Marisa Abela as the late singer, debuted on Thursday. The short teaser offers glimpses of Abela's Winehouse performing to cheering crowds, being chased by the paparazzi and recording the movie's title song.
"I don't write songs to be famous," she says in the trailer. "I write songs because I don't know what I'd do if I didn't." She also declares that she "ain't no Spice Girl," and the footage closes with Abela's Winehouse reflecting that she wants to "be remembered for just being me."
The trailer also provides a look at Winehouse's husband Blake Fielder-Civil, played by Jack O'Connell.
"Back to Black" was directed by "Fifty Shades of Grey" filmmaker Sam Taylor-Johnson, whose first movie, "Nowhere Boy," was about a young John Lennon. Matt Greenhalgh, the screenwriter of "Nowhere Boy," also wrote "Back to Black."
Watch Amy Winehouse biopic trailer
Winehouse, whose short but iconic career also produced hits like "Rehab," struggled with drug and alcohol addiction during her life and was found dead in her home in 2011 at age 27. Her cause of death was ruled as accidental alcohol poisoning.
Remembering Amy WinehouseA look back at the singer's life and career in photos
According to Focus Features, "Back to Black" will feature "many" of Winehouse's hit songs, and it's being made with the full support of The Amy Winehouse Estate. "We are thrilled that StudioCanal, Focus Features and Monumental are making this movie celebrating our daughter Amy's extraordinary music legacy and showcasing her talent in the way that it deserves," the estate previously said.
Taylor-Johnson also said she is "fully aware of the responsibility" of telling Winehouse's "beautifully unique and tragic story," promising to "create a movie that we will all love and cherish forever. Just like we do Amy." Focus Features describes the movie as a "never-before-seen glimpse" into Winehouse’s rise to fame and release of her album "Back to Black," which debuted in 2006. The studio adds, "The film is an unapologetic look at the woman behind the phenomenon and the relationship that inspired one of the most legendary albums of all time."
"Back to Black":What we learned from the new Amy Winehouse documentary
Abela is best known for starring as Yasmin on "Industry," and she also recently appeared in a small role as Teen Talk Barbie in Greta Gerwig's "Barbie."
"Back to Black," the latest in a string of biopics about iconic musicians including "Elvis" and "Whitney Houston: I Wanna Dance with Somebody," also stars Eddie Marsan as Winehouse's father, Mitch, Juliet Cowan as her mother, Janis, and Lesley Manville as her grandmother, Cynthia.
The film is scheduled for release in the United States on May 10.
veryGood! (7954)
Related
- Spooky or not? Some Choa Chu Kang residents say community garden resembles cemetery
- Rent is falling across the U.S. for the first time since 2020
- Florida woman who shot Black neighbor through door won't face murder charge
- Chicago has the worst air quality in the world due to Canadian wildfire smoke
- Current, future North Carolina governor’s challenge of power
- Dr. Anthony Fauci to join the faculty at Georgetown University, calling the choice a no-brainer
- Lily-Rose Depp Recalls Pulling Inspiration From Britney Spears for The Idol
- SZA Details Decision to Get Brazilian Butt Lift After Plastic Surgery Speculation
- Paula Abdul settles lawsuit with former 'So You Think You Can Dance' co
- United Airlines CEO blasts FAA call to cancel and delay flights because of bad weather
Ranking
- Selena Gomez's "Weird Uncles" Steve Martin and Martin Short React to Her Engagement
- Britney Spears Responds to Ex Kevin Federline’s Plan to Move Their 2 Sons to Hawaii
- New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs law to protect doctors providing out-of-state telehealth abortion pill prescriptions
- The Bachelorette's Andi Dorfman Marries Blaine Hart in Italy
- Could Bill Belichick, Robert Kraft reunite? Maybe in Pro Football Hall of Fame's 2026 class
- 13-year-old becomes first girl to complete a 720 in skateboarding – a trick Tony Hawk invented
- Developing Countries Weather Global Warming, Cold Shoulders
- Brie Larson's Lessons in Chemistry Release Date Revealed
Recommendation
Jamie Foxx reps say actor was hit in face by a glass at birthday dinner, needed stitches
Dancing with the Stars Pros Daniella Karagach and Pasha Pashkov Welcome First Baby
Armie Hammer Not Charged With Sexual Assault After LAPD Investigation
Renewable Energy Groups Push Back Against Rick Perry’s Controversial Grid Study
2 killed, 3 injured in shooting at makeshift club in Houston
Trump’s ‘Energy Dominance’ Push Ignores Some Important Realities
Lala Kent Slams Tom Sandoval Over That Vanderpump Rules Reunion Comment About Her Daughter
Biden says U.S. and allies had nothing to do with Wagner rebellion in Russia