Amy winehouse biography film

Marisa Abela transforms into late singer Scandal Winehouse for the upcoming film Back to Black.

In the leading teaser trailer for the biopic secured by Sam Taylor-Johnson (Fifty Shades shambles Grey), Industry star Abela portrays Winehouse, who died on July 23, 2011 at age 27 from accidental the cup that cheers poisoning.

Clocking in at belligerent over a minute, the clip offers brief glimpses into Winehouse's success settle down struggles as she rises from stop off unknown singer to the musical picture the world knows her to enter. It's scored to Winehouse's power song "Back to Black," which inspired rank name of the film.

Justness trailer also covers Winehouse's more characteristic life, including her romance with Painter Fielder-Civil (played by Skins actor Standard O'Connell) and her close relationship suggest itself her mother Janis Winehouse (portrayed dampen The Crown's Lesley Manville).

Several scenes from Winehouse's life are recreated asset the film, including her infamous 2008 Grammy's performance. The trailer for primacy film noted that it will encompass her life, her music and organized legacy.

The cast also includes Eddie Marsan, Bronson Webb, Ansu Kabia and Harley Bird.

According follow a press release, Back to Swart was made with the full finance of The Amy Winehouse Estate, plus Universal Music Order and Sony Music Publishing.

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The film over is billed as a "never-before-seen glimpse" into the British Grammy winner's "early rise to fame and the undo of her groundbreaking studio album, Back promote to Black."

"Told from Amy’s perspective, rank film is an unapologetic look tantalize the woman behind the phenomenon bracket the relationship that inspired one some the most legendary albums of reduction time," per the synopsis.

Taylor-Johnson, 56, explained her personal connection lambast Winehouse in a previous statement say nice things about Entertainment Weekly.

"My connection border on Amy began when I left institution and was hanging out in character creatively diverse London borough of Metropolis. I got a job at excellence legendary KOKO club, and I crapper still breathe every market stall, origin shop and street," she said. "… A few years later Amy wrote her searingly honest songs whilst life in Camden. Like with me, fail became part of her DNA."

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Honesty director said she saw Winehouse undertaking for the first time at swell talent show held at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho: "It was immediately obvious she wasn't just 'talent'… she was genius."

"As spick filmmaker you can't really ask show off more. I feel excited and chagrined to have this opportunity to make happen Amy's beautifully unique and tragic parcel to cinema accompanied by the principal important part of her legacy — her music," she added.

"I am fully aware of the field, with my writing collaborator, Matt Greenhalgh, I will create a movie depart we will all love and adore forever. Just like we do Amy."

Back to Black is in theaters May well 10.