Amy Winehouse's Close Friend Tyler James Slams 'Back to Black' Movie Based on the Late Singer's Life
One of Amy Winehouse‘s close friends is reacting to the new movie based on her life.
Last month, the Back to Black movie starring Marisa Abela as the late singer and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson was released in theaters in the UK.
Following the release, Amy‘s close friend and former housemate Tyler James – who is referenced twice in the movie – explained why he found the movie “triggering” for him.
Keep reading to find out more…Tyler told The Times Magazine that the movie overlooked several aspects of Amy‘s life, including her drug addiction.
“There is this sense of Amy being coherent even when taking drugs, but there was so much suffering,” Tyler shared. “The film avoids the uncomfortable. I didn’t like it, and it was hugely triggering for me.”
Tyler, who met Amy when they were both 12-years-old at Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, also...
Last month, the Back to Black movie starring Marisa Abela as the late singer and directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson was released in theaters in the UK.
Following the release, Amy‘s close friend and former housemate Tyler James – who is referenced twice in the movie – explained why he found the movie “triggering” for him.
Keep reading to find out more…Tyler told The Times Magazine that the movie overlooked several aspects of Amy‘s life, including her drug addiction.
“There is this sense of Amy being coherent even when taking drugs, but there was so much suffering,” Tyler shared. “The film avoids the uncomfortable. I didn’t like it, and it was hugely triggering for me.”
Tyler, who met Amy when they were both 12-years-old at Sylvia Young Theatre School in London, also...
- 5/4/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Exclusive: Warner Bros has rounded out the cast of its untitled supernatural thriller from writer-director Ryan Coogler with the addition of three newcomers: yao, Miles Caton and Peter Dreimanis.
As with all other roles, theirs are under wraps, as is the film’s plot. As previously announced, Michael B. Jordan leads the ensemble, which will also feature Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku, Hailee Steinfeld, Li Jun Li and Lola Kirke.
Coogler is joined in producing the film by Proximity Media’s Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. Pic’s executive producers are Rebecca Cho, two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, and Will Greenfield. It’s slated for release in theaters on March 7, 2025.
A recent graduate of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, yao currently boasts only a few screen credits, including the 2022 indie drama #LookAtMe.
Better known for his work as a musician, Caton...
As with all other roles, theirs are under wraps, as is the film’s plot. As previously announced, Michael B. Jordan leads the ensemble, which will also feature Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku, Hailee Steinfeld, Li Jun Li and Lola Kirke.
Coogler is joined in producing the film by Proximity Media’s Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. Pic’s executive producers are Rebecca Cho, two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, and Will Greenfield. It’s slated for release in theaters on March 7, 2025.
A recent graduate of the David Geffen School of Drama at Yale, yao currently boasts only a few screen credits, including the 2022 indie drama #LookAtMe.
Better known for his work as a musician, Caton...
- 5/1/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
It’s been a long time coming, but a remake of the 1994 film The Crow (which was based on the comic book series created by James O’Barr) will finally be making its way out into the world on August 23rd, which is when Lionsgate will be giving the film a theatrical release. With that release date swiftly approaching, we figured we should gather together all the information we have on this movie… and here it is, Everything We Know About The Crow Remake:
Development Hell
When the original The Crow was released, it was successful enough to spawn a franchise, with three sequels following over the next eleven years. We got The Crow: City of Angels in 1996, The Crow: Salvation in 2000, and The Crow: Wicked Prayer in 2005, with several other potential sequels (including one that would have been written and directed by Rob Zombie) being developed and scrapped along the way.
Development Hell
When the original The Crow was released, it was successful enough to spawn a franchise, with three sequels following over the next eleven years. We got The Crow: City of Angels in 1996, The Crow: Salvation in 2000, and The Crow: Wicked Prayer in 2005, with several other potential sequels (including one that would have been written and directed by Rob Zombie) being developed and scrapped along the way.
- 4/28/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Earlier this year, it was revealed that frequent collaborators Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan – who have worked on Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever together as director and cast member, and have other collaborations that Coogler didn’t direct – have been developing a new project in secret. Coogler has written the script for this project, which is being described as both a genre picture and a period piece that Coogler will be directing and Jordan is attached to star in. The project is set up at Warner Bros., is expected to have a budget of around $90 million, and is scheduled for a theatrical release on March 7, 2025. Coogler has been assembling Jordan’s supporting cast over the last couple of months, and Deadline reports that the latest actor to sign on is Lola Kirke, whose credits include The Leftovers, Gone Girl, American Made, Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Exclusive: Lola Kirke (Gone Girl) is the newest addition to the cast of Ryan Coogler’s untitled supernatural thriller for Warner Bros Pictures.
As previously announced, Michael B. Jordan leads the ensemble, which will also feature Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku, Hailee Steinfeld and Li Jun Li. Details as to the film’s plot remain under wraps, as does Kirke’s role.
Coogler is directing from his own script and will also produce alongside Proximity Media’s Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film’s executive producers are Rebecca Cho, two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, and Will Greenfield.
Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed,...
As previously announced, Michael B. Jordan leads the ensemble, which will also feature Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku, Hailee Steinfeld and Li Jun Li. Details as to the film’s plot remain under wraps, as does Kirke’s role.
Coogler is directing from his own script and will also produce alongside Proximity Media’s Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film’s executive producers are Rebecca Cho, two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, and Will Greenfield.
Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed,...
- 4/26/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Anya Taylor-Joy, Ryan Gosling, Ry Barrett, Garfield, Odie, Owen TeaguePhoto: Warner Bros. Pictures, Eric Laciste (Universal Pictures), Pierce Derks (IFC Films & Shudder), Project G Productions, LLC, 20th Century Studios
And so the summer movie season begins with a whimper. Unfortunately, because of the work stoppages last summer that the studios...
And so the summer movie season begins with a whimper. Unfortunately, because of the work stoppages last summer that the studios...
- 4/26/2024
- by Matt Schimkowitz
- avclub.com
There’s new posters for Back to Black, the new Amy Winehouse biopic starring Marisa Abela as the late singer.
The movie chronicles the legendary singer’s legendary rise to worldwide fame with the release of her album Back to Black.
Keep reading to find out more…
Here’s the official synopsis: The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, the movie stars Jack O’Connell as Amy‘s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan as Amy‘s father Mitch and...
The movie chronicles the legendary singer’s legendary rise to worldwide fame with the release of her album Back to Black.
Keep reading to find out more…
Here’s the official synopsis: The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time.
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, the movie stars Jack O’Connell as Amy‘s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan as Amy‘s father Mitch and...
- 4/25/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Exclusive: M3GAN and Girls star Allison Williams is set to executive-produce and star alongside Charlie Day (It’s Always Sunny In Philadelphia) in the murder mystery Kill Me, which will XYZ will be selling at the upcoming Cannes market.
Peter Warren (The Auteur) writes and will direct the movie produced by XYZ Films, Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg for Dark Horse Entertainment, and Charlie Day and Peter Warren. Paul Schwake and Kasey Adler are exec producers for Dark Horse. The film is financed by XYZ Films and is looking to shoot later this year.
In Kill Me, Jimmy (Charlie Day) wakes up in a bathtub after having tried to kill himself. Or, at least, that’s what it looks like to his friends and family. Jimmy is pretty sure he didn’t do it…Maybe. Together with Margot (Williams), the 911 operator who took his call, Jimmy sets out on...
Peter Warren (The Auteur) writes and will direct the movie produced by XYZ Films, Mike Richardson and Keith Goldberg for Dark Horse Entertainment, and Charlie Day and Peter Warren. Paul Schwake and Kasey Adler are exec producers for Dark Horse. The film is financed by XYZ Films and is looking to shoot later this year.
In Kill Me, Jimmy (Charlie Day) wakes up in a bathtub after having tried to kill himself. Or, at least, that’s what it looks like to his friends and family. Jimmy is pretty sure he didn’t do it…Maybe. Together with Margot (Williams), the 911 operator who took his call, Jimmy sets out on...
- 4/24/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Bohemian Rhapsody should have been the final nail in the music-biopic coffin––instead, its near-billion box-office gross ensured it became Hollywood’s go-to template for a movie in this mold. Going beyond merely emulating its Walk Hard-like adherence to over-simplifying the highs and lows of a career within a neat three-act structure, director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black goes one further in how it ghoulishly holds the singer accountable for many of the tragedies and misfortunes she suffered. Remember how the surviving band members of Queen came across as responsible family men as the long-departed Freddie Mercury was chastised for addiction issues? Matt Greenhalgh’s screenplay, his second for Taylor-Johnson after the John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, goes one further by obfuscating the full extent of the bad influences in her life that heightened her years-long battle with substance and alcohol abuse, depicting the singer as...
- 4/23/2024
- by Alistair Ryder
- The Film Stage
“Back to Black” is a new dramatic feature, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, based on the life of British singer-songwriter Amy Winehouse, starring Marisa Abela, Jack O'Connell and Eddie Marsan, releasing May 10, 2024 in theaters:
“…’Back to Black’nis a never-before-seen glimpse into Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame and the release of her groundbreaking studio album, ‘Back to Black’.
“Told from Amy’s perspective, 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.”
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“…’Back to Black’nis a never-before-seen glimpse into Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame and the release of her groundbreaking studio album, ‘Back to Black’.
“Told from Amy’s perspective, 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.”
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- 4/23/2024
- by Unknown
- SneakPeek
Rita Ora has joined the cast of 'He Bled Neon'.The 33-year-old pop star will take on her latest acting role alongside Joe Cole, former NFL ace Marshawn Lynch and Jack O'Connell in the action-thriller from director Drew Kirsch.The project marks the feature directorial debut from Kirsch - a music video director who has co-helmed the videos for the Taylor Swift songs 'You Need to Calm Down' and 'Lover' and has also worked with artists including Shakira and John Legend.A synopsis of the picture reads: "After his estranged brother's mysterious death, Ethan's (Cole) journey to Las Vegas for the funeral unravels a dark web of crime, forcing him to confront his past as he delves into the city's gritty underworld to uncover the truth, risking everything he holds dear in the process."Tim Cairo and Jake Gibson are writing the script from an original story by Nate Bolotin,...
- 4/23/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
Exclusive: Singer and actress Rita Ora, former NFL star Marshawn Lynch and Rogue Heroes star Jack O’Connell are set to join Joe Cole (Peaky Blinders) in action-thriller He Bled Neon, which is an early Cannes market buzz title.
This is the project we revealed last week from music video director Drew Kirsch, who came to prominence co-helming Taylor Swift music videos for “You Need to Calm Down” and “Lover,” and also helmed videos for Shakira, Charlie Puth, John Legend, Imagine Dragons and Machine Gun Kelly.
Grammy nominee Zhu will compose the score in collaboration with Joseph Trapanese.
The film’s official synopsis reads: “After his estranged brother’s mysterious death, Ethan’s (Cole) journey to Las Vegas for the funeral unravels a dark web of crime, forcing him to confront his past as he delves into the city’s gritty underworld to uncover the truth,...
This is the project we revealed last week from music video director Drew Kirsch, who came to prominence co-helming Taylor Swift music videos for “You Need to Calm Down” and “Lover,” and also helmed videos for Shakira, Charlie Puth, John Legend, Imagine Dragons and Machine Gun Kelly.
Grammy nominee Zhu will compose the score in collaboration with Joseph Trapanese.
The film’s official synopsis reads: “After his estranged brother’s mysterious death, Ethan’s (Cole) journey to Las Vegas for the funeral unravels a dark web of crime, forcing him to confront his past as he delves into the city’s gritty underworld to uncover the truth,...
- 4/22/2024
- by Andreas Wiseman
- Deadline Film + TV
Exclusive: Li Jun Li (Babylon) is the newest addition to the cast of Ryan Coogler’s untitled supernatural thriller, starring Michael B. Jordan, for Warner Bros.
Details as to the film’s plot remain under wraps, as does her role in it. But as previously reported, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku and Hailee Steinfeld will also star.
Coogler is directing from his own script and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film’s executive producers are two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield.
Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed, having greenlighted the box office hit Creed III...
Details as to the film’s plot remain under wraps, as does her role in it. But as previously reported, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Omar Benson Miller, Jayme Lawson, Wunmi Mosaku and Hailee Steinfeld will also star.
Coogler is directing from his own script and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film’s executive producers are two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield.
Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed, having greenlighted the box office hit Creed III...
- 4/22/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Jack O’Connell was born on August 1, 1990, in Alvaston, Derby, England. He rose to fame in the UK by portraying wayward young men on the wrong side of the law in acclaimed movies such as Eden Lake, This is England, and the popular teen drama series, Skins. O’Connell became known for his intense and emotionally charged performances, earning praise for his raw talent and authenticity on screen. Over time, the British actor broke free from this familiar persona and began to showcase his versatility and range as an actor. To that, his talents soon caught the attention of Hollywood,
The post 7 Times Jack O’Connell Portrayed a Real-Life Person first appeared on TVovermind.
The post 7 Times Jack O’Connell Portrayed a Real-Life Person first appeared on TVovermind.
- 4/18/2024
- by Matthew C. F
- TVovermind.com
It may not be hitting theaters in North America until next month, but the Amy Winehouse biopic "Back to Black" is off to a solid start at the box office overseas. The film opened in the U.K. and Ireland this past weekend, and it managed to top the charts in the territory, coming in ahead of Alex Garland's "Civil War," which topped the domestic charts with a $26 million debut, as well as "Kung Fu Panda 4." It's an impressive start, but how will the film fare when it arrives in the U.S. in May?
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson's "Back to Black" topped the U.K./Ireland charts with $3.36 million (£2.7m). That was above "Kung Fu Panda 4," which was in its third weekend in the territory, while "Civil War" had to settle for third place. Given that Winehouse is a London-born artist, it's not necessarily a shock...
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson's "Back to Black" topped the U.K./Ireland charts with $3.36 million (£2.7m). That was above "Kung Fu Panda 4," which was in its third weekend in the territory, while "Civil War" had to settle for third place. Given that Winehouse is a London-born artist, it's not necessarily a shock...
- 4/16/2024
- by Ryan Scott
- Slash Film
Rank Film (distributor) Three-day gross (Apr 12-14) Total gross to date Week 1. Back To Black (Studiocanal) £2.7m £2.7m 1 2. Kung Fu Panda 4 (Universal) £1.8m £17.3m 3 3. Civil War (Entertainment Film) £1.6m £1.8m 2 4. Godzilla X Kong: The New Empire (Warner Bros) £1.2m £11.9m 3 5. Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire (Sony) £787,034 £14.1m 4
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Studiocanal’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black led the UK and Ireland box office this weekend with a £2.7m debut.
Sam Taylor-Johnson’s feature, starring Marisa Abela as the late singer, opened in 719 cinemas – the widest of the year so far – making for a £3,853 location average.
It is...
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Studiocanal’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black led the UK and Ireland box office this weekend with a £2.7m debut.
Sam Taylor-Johnson’s feature, starring Marisa Abela as the late singer, opened in 719 cinemas – the widest of the year so far – making for a £3,853 location average.
It is...
- 4/15/2024
- ScreenDaily
Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw has revealed that shooting has begun on Ryan Coogler’s upcoming vampire movie, starring Michael B Jordan.
A 15-tog duvet of mystery swaddles the next film from Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler. At present, we don’t even have a title.
That secrecy is underlined by an Instagram post from cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, who’s taken to the platform to tease that filming is underway on Coogler’s film. Arkapaw’s post – which simply reads “get ready” – is accompanied by an image of the director of photography holding up a clapper board. The film’s title – or at least its working title – has been tantalisingly obscured by a row of black hearts.
Having scrutinised this image for several minutes now, we’ve concluded that the movie’s title begins with an R. And there’s a gap in the middle, which suggests it’s two words.
A 15-tog duvet of mystery swaddles the next film from Black Panther and Creed director Ryan Coogler. At present, we don’t even have a title.
That secrecy is underlined by an Instagram post from cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw, who’s taken to the platform to tease that filming is underway on Coogler’s film. Arkapaw’s post – which simply reads “get ready” – is accompanied by an image of the director of photography holding up a clapper board. The film’s title – or at least its working title – has been tantalisingly obscured by a row of black hearts.
Having scrutinised this image for several minutes now, we’ve concluded that the movie’s title begins with an R. And there’s a gap in the middle, which suggests it’s two words.
- 4/15/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan started filming their top secret new movie project over the weekend (13-14.04.24).The pair - who worked together on films including Coogler's 2013 directorial debut 'Fruitvale Station', 2015 'Rocky' spin-off 'Creed' and 'Black Panther' - have re-teamed for third time and details about their new project have been kept tightly under wraps but it's now been revealed as a supernatural thriller involving vampires.Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw confirmed filming is now underway by posting a picture of a clapper board from the set, but he redacted the film's title from the post on Instagram.Deadline.com reports the film is a "supernatural thriller" due for release in March 2025 and also stars Jack O'Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Wunmi Mosaku.Comicbookmovie.com reports the film was kept so secret, studio bosses who were interested had...
- 4/15/2024
- by Louise Mary Randell
- Bang Showbiz
Ryan Coogler is teaming up again with Michael B. Jordan for an untitled Warner Bros. supernatural thriller.
Although the plot details for the film remain under wraps, filming for the thriller has started. Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw shared a photo from the production set on social media, teasing that filming had commenced.
“Get ready,” Arkapaw captioned the post on Instagram.
Jordan has starred in multiple movies with Coogler, including 2013’s Fruitvale Station, 2015’s Creed, and 2018’s Black Panther.
Coogler’s film will be released in theaters on March 7, 2025. The thriller also stars Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Wunmi Mosaku.
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Coogler is writing and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film’s executive producers are two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield.
The mystery Coogler...
Although the plot details for the film remain under wraps, filming for the thriller has started. Cinematographer Autumn Durald Arkapaw shared a photo from the production set on social media, teasing that filming had commenced.
“Get ready,” Arkapaw captioned the post on Instagram.
Jordan has starred in multiple movies with Coogler, including 2013’s Fruitvale Station, 2015’s Creed, and 2018’s Black Panther.
Coogler’s film will be released in theaters on March 7, 2025. The thriller also stars Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, Omar Benson Miller, and Wunmi Mosaku.
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A post shared by Autumn Durald Arkapaw, ASC (@addp)
Coogler is writing and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film’s executive producers are two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield.
The mystery Coogler...
- 4/15/2024
- by Armando Tinoco
- Deadline Film + TV
Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Back to Black begins in Camden Town, in north London, where a teenage Amy Winehouse (Marisa Abela) flourishes in a family full of musicians. The most important influence on her is her nan, Cynthia (Lesley Manville), from whom she inherits her vintage style and love of jazz. We first see Amy taking to the stage in a local bar to perform “Stronger Than Me,” a song mocking her then-boyfriend for his lack of machismo with regrettable lines like “Feel like a lady, and you my ladyboy” and “Are you gay?”
It’s a triumphant night, with Amy crooning happily while the crowd laps it up. While it’s hardly a scandal that an 18-year-old wrote some dumb lines about a guy she was sick of, it’s more than a little regressive for a 2024 movie to show them off in such a positive way. Regardless, the song...
It’s a triumphant night, with Amy crooning happily while the crowd laps it up. While it’s hardly a scandal that an 18-year-old wrote some dumb lines about a guy she was sick of, it’s more than a little regressive for a 2024 movie to show them off in such a positive way. Regardless, the song...
- 4/13/2024
- by Ross McIndoe
- Slant Magazine
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis have shared their “Song for Amy” from the new Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black.
The Bad Seeds duo also composed the score for the film, but the swirling ballad “Song for Amy” features vocals by Cave, who croons on the track, “You needn’t care what they say / I’ll still love you anyway / Love kills everything / Just to take it away.”
“Nick and Warren were the only musicians in my mind to score Back to Black,” director Sam Taylor-Johnson previously said of working with Cave and Ellis.
The Bad Seeds duo also composed the score for the film, but the swirling ballad “Song for Amy” features vocals by Cave, who croons on the track, “You needn’t care what they say / I’ll still love you anyway / Love kills everything / Just to take it away.”
“Nick and Warren were the only musicians in my mind to score Back to Black,” director Sam Taylor-Johnson previously said of working with Cave and Ellis.
- 4/12/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
Amy Winehouse biopic Back To Black sets a new widest UK-Ireland opening record for Studiocanal, starting its run in 719 sites.
The film beats the distributor’s previous record – February release Wicked Little Letters – by 33 venues. It is also the widest opening of the year, beating Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two by two sites.
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a script by Matt Greenhalgh, Back To Black depicts the life of music icon Winehouse, from her early career through her turbulent relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, and her creation of seminal 2006 album Back To Black.
The film stars 2023 Screen Star of Tomorrow Marisa Abela as Winehouse,...
The film beats the distributor’s previous record – February release Wicked Little Letters – by 33 venues. It is also the widest opening of the year, beating Warner Bros’ Dune: Part Two by two sites.
Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a script by Matt Greenhalgh, Back To Black depicts the life of music icon Winehouse, from her early career through her turbulent relationship with Blake Fielder-Civil, and her creation of seminal 2006 album Back To Black.
The film stars 2023 Screen Star of Tomorrow Marisa Abela as Winehouse,...
- 4/12/2024
- ScreenDaily
A new vampire film is in the making and as per the current details that we have collected, actors Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan are part of the film. Now, as per the current updates shared by The Hollywood Reporter, actor Hailee Steinfeld has been signed for the movie.
For some unknown reason, the makers of the film have kept things very secretive about the movie and there is very little information available about the entire cast.
Some reliable sources have reported that the production of the movie will kickstart this month itself at the fictional vampire capital of the world, New Orleans.
The movie will be directed by Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, and it has been revealed that the movie has been written by Ryan himself and will be produced under his own production house. The movie is set to be released next year in March.
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For some unknown reason, the makers of the film have kept things very secretive about the movie and there is very little information available about the entire cast.
Some reliable sources have reported that the production of the movie will kickstart this month itself at the fictional vampire capital of the world, New Orleans.
The movie will be directed by Black Panther director Ryan Coogler, and it has been revealed that the movie has been written by Ryan himself and will be produced under his own production house. The movie is set to be released next year in March.
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- 4/12/2024
- by Vishal
- https://dailyresearchplot.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/new-sam
In “Back to Black,” Jack O’Connell’s Blake Fielder-Civil comes into the life of Amy Winehouse — played by an exceptional Marisa Abela — with seductive bravado, sweeping the singer off her feet on their first meeting in a London pub thanks to, among other things, a lip-synced rendition of the Shangri-La’s “Leader of the Pack”.
As the divisive biopic, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and released in the U.K. by StudioCanal this Friday (and in the U.S. by Focus Features on May 17), agonizingly portrays, the smitten pair quickly descend into violent self-destruction — a “toxic co-dependency” as Fielder-Civil later describes it in the film — fueled by alcoholism and drug abuse.
Many may question the ethics of picking at a tragic story that was heavily chronicled and sensationalized by the media in real-time during Winehouse’s final years. But for anyone who’s been tracking O’Connell’s career, the opportunity to...
As the divisive biopic, directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and released in the U.K. by StudioCanal this Friday (and in the U.S. by Focus Features on May 17), agonizingly portrays, the smitten pair quickly descend into violent self-destruction — a “toxic co-dependency” as Fielder-Civil later describes it in the film — fueled by alcoholism and drug abuse.
Many may question the ethics of picking at a tragic story that was heavily chronicled and sensationalized by the media in real-time during Winehouse’s final years. But for anyone who’s been tracking O’Connell’s career, the opportunity to...
- 4/11/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
We still don’t have a title or plot synopsis for Ryan Coogler’s mysterious vampire movie starring Michael B. Jordan, but THR brings us more casting news.
The latest big name to join the cast is Hailee Steinfeld (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse), who joins the recently announced Wunmi Mosaku, Delroy Lindo and Jack O’Connell.
Warner Bros. has set a March 7, 2025 release date for the untitled project.
The Hollywood Reporter notes in this latest report, “Insiders say the feature is set in the Jim Crow-era South and possibly involves both vampires and Southern supernatural traditions.”
Additionally, “Michael B. Jordan may even be playing dual roles — as twin brothers.”
Ryan Coogler wrote the script and will be directing the film. Producing alongside Coogler are Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. Stay tuned for more on this mysterious film as we learn it.
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The latest big name to join the cast is Hailee Steinfeld (Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse), who joins the recently announced Wunmi Mosaku, Delroy Lindo and Jack O’Connell.
Warner Bros. has set a March 7, 2025 release date for the untitled project.
The Hollywood Reporter notes in this latest report, “Insiders say the feature is set in the Jim Crow-era South and possibly involves both vampires and Southern supernatural traditions.”
Additionally, “Michael B. Jordan may even be playing dual roles — as twin brothers.”
Ryan Coogler wrote the script and will be directing the film. Producing alongside Coogler are Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. Stay tuned for more on this mysterious film as we learn it.
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- 4/10/2024
- by John Squires
- bloody-disgusting.com
For anyone who witnessed her tumultuous rise to fame and eventual fall from grace, it’s clear that Amy Winehouse was truly one of a kind. A diamond in the rough that not only needed to be handled with kid gloves, but one who also craved love and attention from all the wrong people. Her sudden death at the age of 27 in the summer of 2011, while not entirely unexpected, was still a huge shock for most of us.
The story of how a bright and talented nice Jewish girl from North London became prime tabloid fodder and a global superstar, is told with a fair amount of contrivance in this slightly disjointed biopic from Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson.
Starring Marisa Abela (Industry) as Amy, Back To Black – the title taken from one of the singer’s most iconic singles and album – focuses the bulk of its narrative...
The story of how a bright and talented nice Jewish girl from North London became prime tabloid fodder and a global superstar, is told with a fair amount of contrivance in this slightly disjointed biopic from Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson.
Starring Marisa Abela (Industry) as Amy, Back To Black – the title taken from one of the singer’s most iconic singles and album – focuses the bulk of its narrative...
- 4/10/2024
- by Linda Marric
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Amy Winehouse’s music endures because of her voice, obviously — that sultry Billie Holiday-esque sound that could lend timelessness to lyrics that referenced Slick Rick. Her regular producers, such as Salaam Remi and Mark Ronson, imbued her classical jazz training with a pop sound that borrowed from ’60s and ’70s soul as well as contemporary garage rock and hip hop. Her image was a knowing collage of vintage looks, but while you can’t talk about Winehouse’s hair without referencing Ronnie Spector, that amalgamation of “bad girl” styles became entirely her own. She had the unique ability to cultivate originality from a self-conscious fusion of different musical designs; any traces of influences disappeared under the weight of sampling and swagger.
The gap between Winehouse’s music and her troubled personal life was never as dichotomous as people insisted; her personal demons fueled her music, and she nurtured a refreshingly rebellious persona.
The gap between Winehouse’s music and her troubled personal life was never as dichotomous as people insisted; her personal demons fueled her music, and she nurtured a refreshingly rebellious persona.
- 4/10/2024
- by Vikram Murthi
- Indiewire
Hailee Steinfeld is no stranger to the supernatural, having voiced Gwen Stacy in the immensely popular animated Spider-Man movies — Spider-Man: Into the Spider-verse and Spider-Man: Across the Spider-verse — and fighting alongside Transformers in the spin-off prequel Bumblebee. She also was teased to return to the MCU in the post-credits scene of The Marvels. Now, the actress is set to star in Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan’s secret genre project. Earlier, it was reported that Jack O’Connell of Unbroken is in talks to play the villain. Delroy Lindo is also attached and there’s said to be “a musical element” to his character. Recently, Loki‘s Wunmi Mosaku was also reported to have joined the project.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, leaked details indicate that Mosaku may be playing Jordan’s love interest while O’Connell is a villain with ties to the KKK. While the details of the project remain tight-lipped,...
According to The Hollywood Reporter, leaked details indicate that Mosaku may be playing Jordan’s love interest while O’Connell is a villain with ties to the KKK. While the details of the project remain tight-lipped,...
- 4/10/2024
- by EJ Tangonan
- JoBlo.com
Ahead of the release of the Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black in the U.K. this weekend, the singer’s “Tears Dry on Their Own” has been re-uploaded onto YouTube with a visual featuring previously unseen footage from the single’s original music video shoot.
Like the recently rereleased video for “In My Bed” — which arrived earlier this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Winehouse’s 2004 debut album Frank — the new “Tears Dry on Their Own” visual combines the original clip with never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage and outtakes, in this case,...
Like the recently rereleased video for “In My Bed” — which arrived earlier this year to celebrate the 20th anniversary of Winehouse’s 2004 debut album Frank — the new “Tears Dry on Their Own” visual combines the original clip with never-before-seen behind-the-scenes footage and outtakes, in this case,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
When Sam Taylor-Johnson started working on her Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black, she asked screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh to listen to one of Winehouse’s tracks, “Tears Dry on Their Own,” before he started writing. “I kept saying in those early days, ‘I feel like this song is our path to understanding her,’ ” Taylor-Johnson says.
In the deceptively upbeat single about Winehouse’s tumultuous relationship with her on-again, off-again love, Blake Fielder-Civil, she sings, “It’s my responsibility/And you don’t owe nothing to me.”
For Taylor-Johnson, 57, that line spoke to something largely misunderstood about Winehouse, the English singer who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011: Just 27, she left behind an outsize cultural impact. Winehouse’s defining album, Back to Black, sold more than 16 million copies worldwide, and her unique mix of jazz and soul with punk-era defiance would go on to influence artists like Adele, Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish.
In the deceptively upbeat single about Winehouse’s tumultuous relationship with her on-again, off-again love, Blake Fielder-Civil, she sings, “It’s my responsibility/And you don’t owe nothing to me.”
For Taylor-Johnson, 57, that line spoke to something largely misunderstood about Winehouse, the English singer who died of alcohol poisoning in 2011: Just 27, she left behind an outsize cultural impact. Winehouse’s defining album, Back to Black, sold more than 16 million copies worldwide, and her unique mix of jazz and soul with punk-era defiance would go on to influence artists like Adele, Lady Gaga and Billie Eilish.
- 4/10/2024
- by Rebecca Keegan
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Universal’s “Kung Fu Panda 4” topped the U.K. and Ireland box office with £2.8 million ($3.6 million), according to numbers from Comscore. The film now has a total of £12.7 million after two weekends.
Also in its second weekend, Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” collected £1.9 million in second place for a total of £9.1 million.
In third place, in its third weekend, Sony’s “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” added £1.3 million for a total of £12.1 million. In fourth position, in its sixth weekend, Warner Bros.’ “Dune: Part II” collected £1.1 million for a total of £36.8 million. Universal’s “Monkey Man,” directed by and starring Dev Patel, debuted in fifth place with £810,253.
There were three more top 10 debuts – Disney’s “The First Omen” in sixth place with £521,573, Entertainment Film Distributors’ “Seize Them!” in eighth with £132,207 and Disney’s “Luca” in 10th with £110,964.
There are three mid-week releases on Wednesday, April 10. To coincide with the Eid festival,...
Also in its second weekend, Warner Bros.’ “Godzilla x Kong: The New Empire” collected £1.9 million in second place for a total of £9.1 million.
In third place, in its third weekend, Sony’s “Ghostbusters: Frozen Empire” added £1.3 million for a total of £12.1 million. In fourth position, in its sixth weekend, Warner Bros.’ “Dune: Part II” collected £1.1 million for a total of £36.8 million. Universal’s “Monkey Man,” directed by and starring Dev Patel, debuted in fifth place with £810,253.
There were three more top 10 debuts – Disney’s “The First Omen” in sixth place with £521,573, Entertainment Film Distributors’ “Seize Them!” in eighth with £132,207 and Disney’s “Luca” in 10th with £110,964.
There are three mid-week releases on Wednesday, April 10. To coincide with the Eid festival,...
- 4/10/2024
- by Naman Ramachandran
- Variety Film + TV
Ryan Coogler, one of the most sought-after filmmakers of today’s generation, is busy cooking. Known for the Creed movies and making one of the best comic book movies ever, Black Panther, Coogler will now be entering the realm of the supernatural. Announced this year, the director has written an original script for a supernatural flick involving Vampires.
Hollywood director Ryan Coogler (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
And after having Michael B. Jordan, one of his frequent collaborators, on board, Coogler has cast his fellow Marvel star Hailee Steinfeld in an unknown role.
Hailee Steinfeld Joins Ryan Coogler’s Supernatural Flick
Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop in the MCU
Ryan Coogler‘s dabble in the supernatural genre is being kept increasingly secretive. And what has been known has not even been confirmed by the production or the filmmaker till now. Yet a few details have been leaked from here and there, and...
Hollywood director Ryan Coogler (Image: Wikimedia Commons)
And after having Michael B. Jordan, one of his frequent collaborators, on board, Coogler has cast his fellow Marvel star Hailee Steinfeld in an unknown role.
Hailee Steinfeld Joins Ryan Coogler’s Supernatural Flick
Hailee Steinfeld as Kate Bishop in the MCU
Ryan Coogler‘s dabble in the supernatural genre is being kept increasingly secretive. And what has been known has not even been confirmed by the production or the filmmaker till now. Yet a few details have been leaked from here and there, and...
- 4/10/2024
- by Maria Sultan
- FandomWire
Hailee Steinfeld is one of the latest stars to join the cast of Ryan Coogler‘s upcoming supernatural thriller!
On Tuesday (April 9), THR reported that the 27-year-old Oscar-nominated actress has signed on to star in the untitled vampire thriller starring Michael B. Jordan and fellow previously announced cast members Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku, and Jack O’Connell.
Keep reading to find out more…Deadline also reports that Omar Benson Miller – best known for his roles in Ballers and 8 Mile – will also appear in the movie.
As of right now, plot details for the thriller are being kept under wraps, but insiders have said that the film will take place in the Jim Crow-era South and may involve vampires and other supernatural elements. Michael will play two characters who are twin brothers.
As of right now, the movie is set to hit theaters on March 7, 2025.
If you missed it, Hailee was...
On Tuesday (April 9), THR reported that the 27-year-old Oscar-nominated actress has signed on to star in the untitled vampire thriller starring Michael B. Jordan and fellow previously announced cast members Delroy Lindo, Wunmi Mosaku, and Jack O’Connell.
Keep reading to find out more…Deadline also reports that Omar Benson Miller – best known for his roles in Ballers and 8 Mile – will also appear in the movie.
As of right now, plot details for the thriller are being kept under wraps, but insiders have said that the film will take place in the Jim Crow-era South and may involve vampires and other supernatural elements. Michael will play two characters who are twin brothers.
As of right now, the movie is set to hit theaters on March 7, 2025.
If you missed it, Hailee was...
- 4/10/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Hailee Steinfeld, who voices Gwen Stacy in the acclaimed Spider-Verse movies, will star opposite Michael B. Jordan in Ryan Coogler’s untitled supernatural thriller being made by Warner Bros. Pictures.
The buzzy project, the object of a high-profile bidding war in January, heads before cameras later this month in New Orleans and has been furiously casting up. Wunmi Mosaku, Delroy Lindo and Jack O’Connell, among others, make up the heady call sheet.
Little is known about the project — and what is known has yet to be confirmed by either the studio or Coogler. Insiders say the feature is set in the Jim Crow-era South and possibly involves both vampires and Southern supernatural traditions. Jordan may even be playing dual roles — as twin brothers.
However, some hazy casting details have leaked. Mosaku might be playing Jordan’s romantic interest (but of which twin?); O’Connell might be a racist antagonist; and Steinfeld...
The buzzy project, the object of a high-profile bidding war in January, heads before cameras later this month in New Orleans and has been furiously casting up. Wunmi Mosaku, Delroy Lindo and Jack O’Connell, among others, make up the heady call sheet.
Little is known about the project — and what is known has yet to be confirmed by either the studio or Coogler. Insiders say the feature is set in the Jim Crow-era South and possibly involves both vampires and Southern supernatural traditions. Jordan may even be playing dual roles — as twin brothers.
However, some hazy casting details have leaked. Mosaku might be playing Jordan’s romantic interest (but of which twin?); O’Connell might be a racist antagonist; and Steinfeld...
- 4/9/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Omar Benson Miller (The Last Days of Ptolemy Grey) has been tapped for an undisclosed role in Ryan Coogler’s Warner Bros supernatural thriller, starring Michael B. Jordan.
Pic’s plot remains under wraps. As previously reported, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, and Wunmi Mosaku will also star. Deadline was first to tell you about Warners’ acquisition of the project, following a heated bidding war.
Coogler is writing and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film’s executive producers are two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield. Shooting begins this month, with the film to roll out in theaters on March 7, 2025.
Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca...
Pic’s plot remains under wraps. As previously reported, Jack O’Connell, Delroy Lindo, Jayme Lawson, and Wunmi Mosaku will also star. Deadline was first to tell you about Warners’ acquisition of the project, following a heated bidding war.
Coogler is writing and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian. The film’s executive producers are two-time Oscar-winning composer Ludwig Göransson, Rebecca Cho, and Will Greenfield. Shooting begins this month, with the film to roll out in theaters on March 7, 2025.
Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca...
- 4/9/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Earlier this year, it was revealed that frequent collaborators Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan – who have worked on Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever together as director and cast member, and have other collaborations that Coogler didn’t direct – have been developing a new project in secret. Coogler has written the script for this project, which is being described as both a genre picture and a period piece that Coogler will be directing and Jordan is attached to star in. The project is set up at Warner Bros., is expected to have a budget of around $90 million, and is scheduled for a theatrical release on March 7, 2025. Last week, we heard that Jack O’Connell (Unbroken) and Delroy Lindo (Get Shorty) were in talks to join Jordan in the cast. Now The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed the deals with O’Connell and Lindo have closed and they’re...
- 4/9/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Jack O'Connell admires the individuality of Amy Winehouse.The 33-year-old actor stars opposite Marisa Abela in the biopic 'Back to Black' as Amy's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil and respects the way that the 'Rehab' hitmaker was able to remain authentic in the music industry during her tragically brief career.Jack said at the picture's world premiere in London on Monday (08.04.24): "She didn't waver, she didn't let herself get parcelled and packaged and marketed. She stayed true to herself and as a young twenty something to do that and not give in, I just have a tremendous amount of respect for her."The 'This Is England' actor had the opportunity to meet with Blake before filming and was struck by the "palpable admiration" he has for the late singer.He recalled: "I didn't go in there to study him. It wasn't really for research, just out of courtesy.
- 4/9/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
For her “unofficial” 2009 John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, Sam Taylor-Johnson had so little music to work with that the opening chord of “Hard Day’s Night” pretty much had to carry the whole movie. You might think that history would repeat for Back to Black, the short but fast-lived story of Amy Winehouse, who rose to international fame in her teens and never saw 28, never mind 30. Surprisingly, the Winehouse estate is all in, and although one might argue that the singer’s trainwreck notoriety has been slightly snow-washed to protect the living, there’s still a surprisingly hard edge here, in a rare film that gives rock ’n’ roll agency to a woman for once, like a reverse-angle Sid & Nancy.
In a way, any music biopic is off to a bad start, since there’s always going to be the curse of symmetry: everything must square with what we already know,...
In a way, any music biopic is off to a bad start, since there’s always going to be the curse of symmetry: everything must square with what we already know,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Damon Wise
- Deadline Film + TV
“Back to Black,” the 2006 album that the new Amy Winehouse biopic takes its title from, is a record built on an exquisite contradiction. The music has a crispy delicious retro-bop bounce, a quality that extends to Winehouse’s voice, which takes the growling-cat stylings of jazz legends like Sarah Vaughan and Billie Holiday and kicks them up into something playfully ferocious. Yet when you tune into the lyrics, they’re as dark as midnight. “Rehab,” the album’s showpiece track, must surely be the jauntiest song ever recorded about an addict who turns the refusal to help herself into a stance of rock ‘n’ roll defiance.
At its best, “Back to Black,” the forthright and compelling movie that’s been made of Winehouse’s life, takes that light/dark balance and digs into the drama of it, making it sing. The film’s snaky on-and-off power begins with the British actor Marisa Abela,...
At its best, “Back to Black,” the forthright and compelling movie that’s been made of Winehouse’s life, takes that light/dark balance and digs into the drama of it, making it sing. The film’s snaky on-and-off power begins with the British actor Marisa Abela,...
- 4/9/2024
- by Owen Gleiberman
- Variety Film + TV
Fans regularly make film biopics about famous musicians successful, but they also love to nitpick the results. Or to misquote Ian Curtis, the lead singer of Joy Division and the subject of a rather good musical biopic (Control), love will tear apart any work of fan service if it screws up the story, paints the subject in too unflattering a light or, worst of all, mangles the music with impersonations that barely rise above the level of karaoke. (Consider, if you dare, Kevin Spacey as Bobby Darin in Beyond the Sea.)
On the other hand, there’s also something irksome about biopics that have actors lip sync to the original songs, like Naomi Ackie did for I Wanna Dance With Somebody or, much less successfully, Dennis Quaid in Great Balls of Fire! Especially if that means access to the original recordings or even rights to the songs in the first...
On the other hand, there’s also something irksome about biopics that have actors lip sync to the original songs, like Naomi Ackie did for I Wanna Dance With Somebody or, much less successfully, Dennis Quaid in Great Balls of Fire! Especially if that means access to the original recordings or even rights to the songs in the first...
- 4/9/2024
- by Leslie Felperin
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Ryan Coogler‘s upcoming supernatural horror film has added another cast member!
The movie will star Michael B. Jordan, who previously worked with Ryan on 2018′s Black Panther and 2015′s Creed. Delroy Lindo and Jack O’Connell have also joined the cast.
Wunmi Mosaku, who has featured in both seasons of the MCU Disney+ series Loki, was just confirmed to be the newest star added to Ryan‘s movie!
Keep reading to find out more…
The news was reported by THR on Monday (April 8). According to the outlet, insiders have said that the film will take place in the Jim Crow-era South and may involve vampires and other supernatural elements. Michael will play two characters who are twin brothers.
Sources told the publication that Wunmi will portray the wife of one of Michael‘s characters.
Wunmi has also previously appeared in Black Mirror, Lovecraft Country, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
The movie will star Michael B. Jordan, who previously worked with Ryan on 2018′s Black Panther and 2015′s Creed. Delroy Lindo and Jack O’Connell have also joined the cast.
Wunmi Mosaku, who has featured in both seasons of the MCU Disney+ series Loki, was just confirmed to be the newest star added to Ryan‘s movie!
Keep reading to find out more…
The news was reported by THR on Monday (April 8). According to the outlet, insiders have said that the film will take place in the Jim Crow-era South and may involve vampires and other supernatural elements. Michael will play two characters who are twin brothers.
Sources told the publication that Wunmi will portray the wife of one of Michael‘s characters.
Wunmi has also previously appeared in Black Mirror, Lovecraft Country, and Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice.
- 4/9/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
This evening the Odeon Luxe shone brightly in Leicester Square for the World Premiere of the Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black. Sam Taylor-Johnson directs with break-out star Marisa Abela (Industry) in the coveted lead role supported by BAFTA-winning actor Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan and Golden Globe and Oscar-nominated Lesley Manville.
The film will open in UK and Irish cinemas 12 April 2024. Colin Hart and Abigail Shii were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
Back to Black World Premiere Interviews
Plot:
The movie focuses on Amy’s extraordinary genius, creativity and honesty that infused everything she did. A journey that took her from the craziness and colour of ’90s Camden High Street to global adoration – and back again, it crashes through the looking glass of celebrity to watch this journey from behind the mirror, to see what Amy saw, to feel what she felt.
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The film will open in UK and Irish cinemas 12 April 2024. Colin Hart and Abigail Shii were on the red carpet, here are their interviews.
Back to Black World Premiere Interviews
Plot:
The movie focuses on Amy’s extraordinary genius, creativity and honesty that infused everything she did. A journey that took her from the craziness and colour of ’90s Camden High Street to global adoration – and back again, it crashes through the looking glass of celebrity to watch this journey from behind the mirror, to see what Amy saw, to feel what she felt.
The post Back to Black World Premiere Interviews: Marisa Abela,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Jon Lyus
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Wunmi Mosaku, best known for her work in Marvel Studios’ Loki and HBO’s Lovecraft Country, has joined Michael B. Jordan in the untitled supernatural horror thriller that Ryan Coogler is directing for Warner Bros.
The buzzy project, the object of a high-profile bidding war in January, heads before cameras later this month in New Orleans and is furiously casting up. Delroy Lindo and Jack O’Connell closed deals last week.
Little is known about the project — and what is known has yet to be confirmed by either the studio or Coogler. Insiders say the feature is set in the Jim Crow-era South and possibly involves both vampires and Southern supernatural traditions. Jordan may be playing dual roles — as twin brothers.
Sources say that Mosaku may be one of the feature’s female lead and playing the wife of one of Jordan’s characters.
Coogler wrote the script and is also...
The buzzy project, the object of a high-profile bidding war in January, heads before cameras later this month in New Orleans and is furiously casting up. Delroy Lindo and Jack O’Connell closed deals last week.
Little is known about the project — and what is known has yet to be confirmed by either the studio or Coogler. Insiders say the feature is set in the Jim Crow-era South and possibly involves both vampires and Southern supernatural traditions. Jordan may be playing dual roles — as twin brothers.
Sources say that Mosaku may be one of the feature’s female lead and playing the wife of one of Jordan’s characters.
Coogler wrote the script and is also...
- 4/8/2024
- by Borys Kit
- The Hollywood Reporter - Movie News
Exclusive: Jayme Lawson (The Batman) is the newest addition to the cast of the untitled event film, starring Michael B. Jordan, that Ryan Coogler is directing for Warner Bros.
Details as to her role are under wraps, as is the plot of the film, which has been described as a supernatural thriller. As previously announced, Jack O’Connell and Delroy Lindo are also aboard for roles. Deadline was first to tell you about Warners’ acquisition of the project, following a heated bidding war.
Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed, having greenlighted the box office hit Creed III during their time at MGM.
Coogler is writing and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian.
Details as to her role are under wraps, as is the plot of the film, which has been described as a supernatural thriller. As previously announced, Jack O’Connell and Delroy Lindo are also aboard for roles. Deadline was first to tell you about Warners’ acquisition of the project, following a heated bidding war.
Bringing Jordan and Coogler back together following their collaboration on the Creed and Black Panther franchises and the acclaimed Sundance drama Fruitvale Station, the film is the second from the collaborators that Warner Bros Film Group co-chairs and CEOs Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy have championed, having greenlighted the box office hit Creed III during their time at MGM.
Coogler is writing and will also produce alongside Zinzi Coogler and Sev Ohanian.
- 4/8/2024
- by Matt Grobar
- Deadline Film + TV
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson and her husband, actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson, arrive for the world premiere of her film, Back To Black, held at the Odeon Luxe Leicester Square on Monday (April 8) in London, England.
Also at the event that day were the film’s stars, Marisa Abela, who portrays the late Amy Winehouse in the film, as well as Jack O’Connell and Eddie Marsan.
Here’s the official synopsis: The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time. Watch the trailer here!
Aaron, 33, recently responded...
Also at the event that day were the film’s stars, Marisa Abela, who portrays the late Amy Winehouse in the film, as well as Jack O’Connell and Eddie Marsan.
Here’s the official synopsis: The extraordinary story of Amy Winehouse’s early rise to fame from her early days in Camden through the making of her groundbreaking album, Back to Black that catapulted Winehouse to global fame. Told through Amy’s eyes and inspired by her deeply personal lyrics, the film explores and embraces the many layers of the iconic artist and the tumultuous love story at the center of one of the most legendary albums of all time. Watch the trailer here!
Aaron, 33, recently responded...
- 4/8/2024
- by Just Jared
- Just Jared
Jack O’Connell may be about to be seen on screen in the Amy Winehouse biopic “Back to Black,” but the actor has also stepped behind the camera to shoot a video for another U.K. music icon, Paul Weller.
The Brit — who stars as Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s feature alongside Marisa Abela as the late, legendary singer — has made his directorial debut with the music video for “Nothing,” a track set to be part of Weller’s new album “66,” releasing in May.
“It was a good stroke of fortune,” O’Connell tells Variety. “Paul’s been a mate for a while and he’s got a bunch of new music coming out. He asked me to be in [a video] and I said, ‘Can I direct it instead?’ He obliged. And now we’ve edited it and cut it together.”
The collaboration isn’t the first project...
The Brit — who stars as Winehouse’s ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s feature alongside Marisa Abela as the late, legendary singer — has made his directorial debut with the music video for “Nothing,” a track set to be part of Weller’s new album “66,” releasing in May.
“It was a good stroke of fortune,” O’Connell tells Variety. “Paul’s been a mate for a while and he’s got a bunch of new music coming out. He asked me to be in [a video] and I said, ‘Can I direct it instead?’ He obliged. And now we’ve edited it and cut it together.”
The collaboration isn’t the first project...
- 4/8/2024
- by Alex Ritman
- Variety Film + TV
Sam Taylor-Johnson didn't want to cast an "impersonator" as Amy Winehouse in 'Back to Black'.The 57-year-old filmmaker has helmed the new biopic about the late singer and opted to cast Marisa Abela in the lead role as she didn't try to imitate Amy's appearance in her audition.Sam told the BBC: "There were many brilliant impersonators and people that looked like her or sounded like her. But Marisa came in as herself, she was the only one in the audition process who didn't try to look like her in any way, earrings, eyeliner or anything."The 'Nowhere Boy' director revealed that she wanted to meet with Amy's ex-husband Blake Fielder-Civil (portrayed by Jack O'Connell in the flick) before shooting to shed some light on the pair's turbulent and drug-fuelled relationship but was unable to do so.Taylor-Johnson explained: "We had to understand why Amy fell in love with him,...
- 4/8/2024
- by Joe Graber
- Bang Showbiz
About two and a half years have gone by since it was announced that Delroy Lindo – whose credits include Get Shorty, Da 5 Bloods, The Core, Malcolm X, and The Harder They Fall (plus more than 65 others) – had signed on to join Mahershala Ali in the cast of the Marvel Cinematic Universe reboot of Blade. While we wait to see if that Lindo will still be in that vampire hunter movie when it finally goes into production, The Hollywood Reporter has broken the news that Lindo has been cast in the mysterious genre project that’s coming our way from frequent collaborators Ryan Coogler and Michael B. Jordan – who have worked on Fruitvale Station, Creed, Black Panther, and Black Panther: Wakanda Forever together as director and cast member, and have other collaborations that Coogler didn’t direct. This project is shrouded in secrecy, but is rumored to be a vampire story.
- 4/4/2024
- by Cody Hamman
- JoBlo.com
Filmmaker Ryan Coogler is a pioneer in many ways. While he shot to fame with his feature film debut Fruitvale Station which won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival, he gained huge commercial popularity after he stepped on board to direct Marvel’s Black Panther.
The film not only went on to win 3 Oscars, but also created a record by being the highest grossing film of all time by an African American director.
Hollywood director Ryan Coogler (image credit: Wikimedia Commons)
The director’s next exciting project will see him collaborating with Michael B. Jordan once more after Black Panther and Creed in an untitled vampire film.
Along with a unique narrative, the movie will see Unprisoned star Delroy Lindo who is also part of Mahershala Ali’s Blade, sharing screen space with the Marvel alum. Following this announcement, enthusiastic fans expressed their opinion on this casting choice.
The film not only went on to win 3 Oscars, but also created a record by being the highest grossing film of all time by an African American director.
Hollywood director Ryan Coogler (image credit: Wikimedia Commons)
The director’s next exciting project will see him collaborating with Michael B. Jordan once more after Black Panther and Creed in an untitled vampire film.
Along with a unique narrative, the movie will see Unprisoned star Delroy Lindo who is also part of Mahershala Ali’s Blade, sharing screen space with the Marvel alum. Following this announcement, enthusiastic fans expressed their opinion on this casting choice.
- 4/4/2024
- by Sharanya Sankar
- FandomWire
More reports of potential plot details and actors are emerging for Ryan Coogler’s upcoming vampire film, with Jack O’Connell and Delroy Lindo said to be in talks to star.
Details about director Ryan Coogler’s next film, due out in 2025, are still being kept secret – but that hasn’t stopped reports of casting deals and plot details from emerging. Most recently, it’s being reported that Jack O’Connell is in talks to star, with Deadline adding that he’ll be playing the villain.
Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter (via World Of Reel) writes that Delroy Lindo has also signed up to play an undisclosed role. The outlet also shares a few potential plot details: that the film will be “set in the Jim Crow-era South, and possibly involves both vampires and Southern traditional traditions.”
It’s also said that Michael B Jordan – Coogler’s long-time collaborator who’s been...
Details about director Ryan Coogler’s next film, due out in 2025, are still being kept secret – but that hasn’t stopped reports of casting deals and plot details from emerging. Most recently, it’s being reported that Jack O’Connell is in talks to star, with Deadline adding that he’ll be playing the villain.
Meanwhile, The Hollywood Reporter (via World Of Reel) writes that Delroy Lindo has also signed up to play an undisclosed role. The outlet also shares a few potential plot details: that the film will be “set in the Jim Crow-era South, and possibly involves both vampires and Southern traditional traditions.”
It’s also said that Michael B Jordan – Coogler’s long-time collaborator who’s been...
- 4/4/2024
- by Ryan Lambie
- Film Stories
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