Amy Winehouse biopic tempts Noomi Rapace | News. EXCLUSIVE: The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo lead in talks to star as iconic UK soul singer. Noomi Rapace (Prometheus, The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo) is in talks to play the late British soul icon Amy Winehouse in a script biopic that is gathering steam at the AFM. August Rush director Kirsten Sheridan has written the script and is due to direct the feature, a UTA/CAA package that the two agencies are co- repping, which has a handful of sales companies and financiers circling. Producers are Dublin–based Subotica Films, producers of Jake Paltrow’s Young Ones and Jimi Hendrix music biopic Jimi: All Is by My Side, and US outfit City Entertainment, exec- producers of NBC mini- series Rosemary’s Baby. Music rights are currently in negotiation on the development project. The script for Amy Winehouse (working title) comes hot on the heels of Asif Kapadia’s successful Winehouse documentary Amy, the box office and festival hit which has also generated controversy for its portrayal of the relationship between Winehouse and her father, who is understood to be lining up a separate project dedicated to his daughter. Winehouse, known for her mellifluous voice on hit albums Frank and Back To Black, tragically died in 2. The ever- in demand Rapace is to soon reprise her role as Elizabeth Shaw in Ridley Scott’s Prometheus sequel and is reportedly set to play opposite Christian Bale in hot AFM package Enzo Ferrari. The versatile Swedish actress has never shied away from challenging roles, having broken out on the international scene portraying Lisbeth Salander in the Millenium trilogy, and having committed to upcoming Maria Callas biopic Callas. Amy Winehouse Biopic Release DateSheridan was Oscar nominated for 2. In America, which she co- wrote with her father Jim Sheridan and sister Naomi. Rapace is repped by CAA, Shelley Browning at Magnolia and attorney Howard Fishman at Hirsch Wallerstein. Amy Winehouse's Father Opposes Biopic. Amy Winehouse’s father has vowed to keep his daughter’s life off the big screen. Today, Mitch Winehouse told Britain’s Daily Mail that he will oppose a tentative biopic about his troubled daughter, one that may involve Amy’s ex- boyfriend, filmmaker Reg Traviss. Winehouse cited his authority as the copyright holder of his daughter’s catalog, insisting, “It would hardly be a biopic without the music, and we’d never allow the songs to be released.”Last week, Traviss told Britain’s Mirror that a biographical film of the troubled soul diva was “inevitable,” although he said he declined involvement in the project. Mitch Winehouse has his own projects in the pipeline: the taxi driver has signed a deal with Harper. Collins to write a memoir, with proceeds benefiting the Amy Winehouse Foundation for victims of substance abuse and disadvantaged children. Proceeds of Lioness, Winehouse’s posthumous album of previously unreleased material, also went to the foundation. Related• Album Review: 'Lioness'• Amy Winehouse's Last Days and Lost Music. Amy Jade Winehouse (14 September 1983 – 23 July 2011) was an English singer and songwriter. She was known for her deep, expressive contralto vocals and her eclectic. Makers of a biopic about Amy Winehouse, which has been criticised by the late singer's family, have defended their work at its screening in Cannes. From the award winning team behind SENNA, AMY tells the heart-breaking, extraordinary story of six-time Grammy-winner Amy Winehouse.
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