Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan & Lesley Manville Join Amy Winehouse Biopic ‘Back To Black’ From StudioCanal & Focus
deadline.comEXCLUSIVE: 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. 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. Deadline was first to report 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.
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