Charles MoriartyFilm & TV / NewsFilm & TV / NewsThere’s another Amy Winehouse biopic in the worksThe forthcoming film will chronicle the last three years of the musician’s life, as told in Daphne Barak’s 2010 book, Saving AmyShareLink copied ✔️September 1, 2021September 1, 2021TextBrit DawsonBack to Amy: An intimate portrait of the real Amy Winehouse In 2015, Asif Kapadia released his Oscar-winning documentary AMY, which delivered an unflinching portrayal of Amy Winehouse’s turbulent life and exceptional talent. Since then, her father Mitch – who described Kapadia’s film as “misleading” – has announced not one, but two biopics, backed a hologram tour (which was later put “on hold”), and proposed an Amy Winehouse musical. Two other documentaries – Back to Black and the BBC’s Reclaiming Amy – have also delved into the late singer’s life. Now, there’s another posthumous project: a biopic film based on Daphne Barak’s 2010 book Saving Amy. The book itself is based on six months of photos and footage, filmed with Winehouse and her family over the last three years of her life; it was released in January 2010, a year and a half before Winehouse’s death on July 23, 2011 at the age of 27. “Our team is honoured to be working on this project,” said David Ellender, the CEO of Halcyon Studios, which is producing the biopic. “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.” While these posthumous projects often have noble, celebratory aims, the sheer volume of content that’s been produced about someone who died only a decade ago is a little jarring, especially when you consider the media’s role in her death. As journalist Daisy Jones wrote in a 2015 op-ed for Dazed: “While art has always been a business, and arguably needs to be in order to sustain itself, it’s hard to shake the fact that people are capitalising off Amy Winehouse in the same way they always have done, even after her death. Surely nobody needs to tell her story, because she already did it so beautifully herself.” There’s no more details about the new biopic as of yet, aside from the fact that Barak will executive produce. In the meantime, you can watch the trailer for Kapadia’s 2015 AMY documentary below. Escape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy Expand your creative community and connect with 15,000 creatives from around the world.READ MOREDazed x MUBI Cinema Club’s season finale: Father Mother Sister Brother6LILITH6: Inside the witchy femme mall cult of Forbidden FruitsOnMeet the creatives turning up the heat in Lagos with Burna Boy and OnDJ Ahmet, a coming-of-ager about an EDM-obsessed teen sheep farmerWho is Takashi Miike? An intro to Japanese cinema’s cult provocateurThe Good Boy is a sick, twisted nightmare about delinquent teensArco, a striking, soul-stirring sci-fi about lonely kids in 2075Bill Skarsgård and Gus Van Sant on their scrappy thriller Dead Man’s WireScarlet: Anime legend Mamoru Hosoda’s trippy new take on Hamlet7 unmissable films from South by Southwest 2026 Why fans are turning against Timothée ChalametOscars 2026: The biggest snubs from this year’s nominationsEscape the algorithm! Get The DropEmail address SIGN UP Get must-see stories direct to your inbox every weekday. Privacy policy Thank you. You have been subscribed Privacy policy