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 […]
Movie Review – Fifty Shades of Grey (2015)
Fifty Shades of Grey, 2015 Directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson. Starring Dakota Johnson, Jamie Dornan, Jennifer Ehle, Eloise Mumford, and Victor Rasuk. SYNOPSIS: Literature student Anastasia Steele’s life changes forever when she meets handsome, yet tormented, billionaire Christian Grey. Not even five minutes into Fifty Shades of Grey is a scene where Anastasia Steele trips and falls entering […]
Director Sam Taylor-Johnson reportedly wants to pull out of Fifty Shades of Grey sequels
Given the spectacular box office performance of Fifty Shades of Grey, Universal Pictures must surely be keen to get the second instalment going, but if The Sun is to be believed (and that’s generally a big “if”), the studio may have to do so without director Sam Taylor-Johnson. According to the paper, Taylor-Johnson is contracted […]
E.L. James wants to write the scripts for Fifty Shades of Grey sequels
After several bust-ups on set over the direction of the movie, it is currently rumoured that Sam Taylor-Johnson will not be returning to direct the sequels for Fifty Shades of Grey. Not only that, but it looks like script writer Kelly Marcel won’t be returning either. According to Variety, the book series author E.L. James […]
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 […]
Fifty Shades of Grey director had on-set bust ups with book’s author E.L. James
Having just been announced to have received an 18-rating here in the UK, Fifty Shades of Grey director Sam Taylor-Johnson has been talking about some of the on-set issues she had with the book’s author E.L. James. “It was difficult I’m not going to lie” she told Porter Magazine. “We definitely fought but they were […]
