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Amy Winehouse’s story is on its way to the big screen.
Halcyon Studios has received the green light to produce a biopic about the late pop star based on Daphne Barak’s 2010 bookSaving Amy— which utilizes hours of photos, videos and notes collected during a six-month period three years before she died, according toThe Hollywood Reporter. Barak will serve as an executive producer for the film.
“Our team is honored to be working on this project,” Halcyon Studio CEO David Ellender said in a statement to theReporter. “Although her career was cut far too short, Amy was the voice of a generation and we look forward to telling her story in the most poignant way possible.”
Amy and Janice Winehouse.Peter Macdiarmid/Getty
Winehouse died from alcohol poisoning at her home in London in July 2011 at the age of 27. She is a member of the so-called “27 Club, joining musicians like Kurt Cobain, Janice Joplin, Jimi Hendrix and Jim Morrison who died at the same age.
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Winehouse’s father said filmmakers for the biopic were seeking “an unknown actress, ideally a Jewish girl from North or East London who looks a bit like Amy and talks like Amy” for the lead role.
In July, the BBC premiered a documentary entitledAmy Winehouse: 10 Years On, where the singer’s mother Janis Winehouse detailed her daughter’s life story. The film debuted on the 10th anniversary of Winehouse’s death.
“I don’t feel the world knew the true Amy, the one I brought up,” Janis said in a press release, per the BBC. “I’m looking forward to the opportunity to offer an understanding of her roots and a deeper insight into the real Amy.”
source: people.com
