2024's biggest movies - Everything you need to know about Back to Black

Martin Macdonald - 17 January 2024, 11:20 Share

The impact of the 2023 actor and writer strikes in Hollywood is still being felt in 2024 as many big productions face significant delays.

However, there are still some major, highly-anticipated movies that will be released this year, including Back to Black, a biopic about the career and tragic life of Amy Winehouse.

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It is directed by Sam Taylor-Johnson and written by Matt Greenhalgh, with Marisa Abela. playing the legendary Amy.

Taylor-Johnson was inspired to helm the biopic through her connection to Camden, where Winehouse made her name as an aspiring young singer.

"My connection to Amy began when I left college and was hanging out in the creatively diverse London borough of Camden," Taylor-Johnson said after the movie was announced.

"I got a job at the legendary Kolo Club, and I can still breathe every market stall, vintage shop and street... A few years later Amy wrote her searingly honest songs whilst living in Camden. Like with me, it became part of her DNA. I first saw her perform at a talent show at Ronnie Scott's Jazz Club in Soho and it was immediately obvious she wasn't just 'talent'... she was genius."

Here's everything you need to know about Back to Black.

What is the plot of Back to Black?

The official synopsis reads:

'The film will delve into the life and career of Winehouse, beginning with her early days in the early 2000s as a North London jazz musician and culminating in her rise to fame as a Grammy-winning singer with hit songs like 'Rehab' and 'Back to Black'.