Back to Black, 2024. Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. Starring Marisa Abela, Jack O’Connell, Eddie Marsan, Lesley Manville, Juliet Cowan, Bronson Webb, Ansu Kabia, Harley Bird, Michael S. Siegel, Matilda Thorpe, Ryan O’Doherty, Jeff Tunke, Izaak Cainer, Tracey Lushington, Sam Buchanan, Pete Lee-Wilson, Thelma Ruby, Anna Darvas, Spike Fearn, Liv Longborne, Kumbi Mushambi, Therica Wilson-Read, and […]
Marisa Abela is Amy Winehouse in new Back to Black trailer
Focus Features has released a new trailer for director Sam Taylor-Johnson’s Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black which stars Marisa Abela as the iconic British singer and tells the story of her rise to fame. Starring alongside Abela are Jack O’Connell as Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan as Mitch Winehouse, Juliet Cowan as Janis Winehouse and Lesley […]
Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black gets a first trailer
StudioCanal has debuted the first trailer and a poster for Back to Black, the upcoming biopic from director Sam Taylor-Johnson (Nowhere Boy, Fifty Shades of Grey), which is based on the life of iconic British singer-songwriter Amy Winhouse (Marisa Abela). Joining Abela in the cast are Jack O’Connell as Blake Fielder-Civil, Eddie Marsan as Mitch […]
Marisa Abela is Amy Winehouse in first look at biopic Back to Black
With principal photography set to get underway this coming Monday, Focus Features and Monumental Pictures have shared a first-look image from the upcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black featuring Marisa Abela (Industry) as the iconic singer. The film is being directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson from a script by Matt Greenhalgh, reuniting the filmmaker and […]
Sam Taylor-Johnson to direct Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black
Over a decade after the generational talent that was Amy Winehouse passed away, Studiocanal have decided to pick up the mic on a biopic titled Back to Black, with Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson calling the shots. Deadline reports that Back to Black is now being fast-tracked thanks to Taylor-Johnson’s involvement, who will […]
Russell Crowe, Aisling Franciosi, Aaron Taylor-Johnson and more to star in Rothko
Deadline is reporting that Russell Crowe (The Nice Guys) and Aisling Franciosi (The Nightingale) are set to lead the cast of Rothko, a biographical drama about the American painter Mark Rothko and his daughter Kate’s protracted legal battle to honour his legacy. The film is being directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson, and will see Crowe and […]
First trailer for A Million Little Pieces starring Aaron Taylor-Johnson
Entertainment One have debuted the first poster and trailer for Sam Taylor-Johnson’s upcoming drama A Million Little Pieces. Based on James Frey’s book of the same name, the film stars Aaron Taylor-Johnson as a 23-year-old addict who enters rehab after hitting rock bottom alongside a cast that includes Billy Bob Thornton, Odessa Young, Giovanni Ribisi, […]
Sam Taylor-Johnson to direct Aaron Taylor-Johnson in A Million Little Pieces
Variety is reporting that Sam Taylor-Johnson is set to direct her husband Aaron Taylor-Johnson in a feature adaptation of James Frey’s book A Million Little Pieces. Originally published as a memoir telling the story of Frey’s rehabilitation from drug and alcohol abuse, the author subsequently admitted on The Oprah Winfrey Show that he had fabricated […]
Wonder Woman crosses $500 million, Spider-Man spin-offs in MCU, Duke Nukem movie update and more – Weekend News Roundup
SUCCESS WOMAN After a fantastic opening weekend and even better follow-up (where it only fell 45%), Wonder Woman was finally knocked off the top of the US box office this weekend by Cars 3. However it wasn’t all bad news. The movie earned another $40 million and its worldwide total is now $571 million. It’s […]
Sam Taylor-Johnson discusses on set conflicts with E.L. James on Fifty Shades of Grey
It may have been a huge hit at the box office, but director Sam Taylor-Johnson has revealed to The Sunday Times that she regrets taking on Fifty Shades of Grey, mainly due to her on-set conflicts with author E.L. James. “With the benefit of hindsight would I go through it again? Of course I wouldn’t. […]
