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The trailer for the biopic that centres around Amy Winehouse's career and her album of the same name is here! On Saturday, Focus Features released the trailer of Back to Black, which stars Marisa Abela as the iconic singer who rose to stardom and then died in 2011 at age 27 from accidental alcohol poisoning. (Also read: Brad Pitt scores latest win in Château Miraval dispute against Angelina Jolie over $500M French Winery) Marisa Abela in a still from Back to Black. About the trailerThe trailer opens with the…

One does not simply wake up one morning and embody Amy Winehouse. According to vocal coach Anne-Marie Speed, Back to Black star Marisa Abela trained “like an athlete”” to transform into the “Valerie” singer.  In an interview with The Guardian, Speed opened up about the process of preparing Abela to play the lead in Sam Taylor-Johnson’s upcoming biopic. The two worked together between September 2022 and January 2023, when shooting started for the film.  In those months, Abela had to learn to sing, play the…

Studio Canal has dropped the first teaser trailer for its forthcoming Amy Winehouse biopic Back to Black. The clip showcases Industry actress Marisa Abela as Winehouse, who intones “I want to be remembered for just being me.” The trailer also offers glimpses of Jack O’Connell as Winehouse’s husband, Blake Fielder-Civil, and Lesley Manville, who plays Winehouse’s grandmother, Cynthia Winehouse. It’s soundtracked by Winehouse’s 2006 song “Back to Black.” https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tu4VJLCyD3g The…

Get our free weekly email for all the latest cinematic news from our film critic Clarisse LoughreyGet our The Life Cinematic email for freeA new image has been released from the forthcoming Amy Winehouse biopic, Back to Black, following the divisive discourse surrounding the project at the start of the year.The image of Marisa Abela (Industry, COBRA), shows her bearing an uncanny resemblence to the late singer, sporting her trademark lip piercing and famous winged eyeliner. The still might assuage concerns among fans that…

Batten down the hatches In a moment threatening to tear the very planet asunder, Capcom has released a character showcase video for Street Fighter 6, which sees two of the game’s absolute solid-steel powerhouses throwing down in a battle for the ages — Hide the fine china before you check out Zangief vs. Marisa. The earth-shattering scrap sees Street Fighter veteran Zangief take on one of SF6‘s exciting newcomers, Marisa, battling in a makeshift cage match held at an ironworks. While we’ve previously seen Marisa in…

Wherever I May Rome… Of all of Street Fighter 6’s new World Warriors, perhaps none has quite made the impact on social media as the mountainous warrior and lover of all things beautiful, Marisa. Ever since Street Fighter fans first saw her in action, Marisa fast became one of the most talked-about characters, complete with a vast array of fan art and more than few fluttering hearts. An Italian woman of Greek ancestry, Marisa (Ma-Ritz-ah) claims to have lineage traced to the warriors of old, reflected in her stoic visual…

Horror platform Alter first added horror short Laboratory Conditions for Halloween viewing—but it’s so good we wanted to share it anyway. Spider-Man’s Marisa Tomei stars as a doctor whose hunt for a missing patient leads her to discover an unusual experiment being conducted in a remote corner of her hospital.Directed by Jocelyn Stamat and written by Terry Rossio, Laboratory Conditions also stars Minnie Driver (The Witcher: Blood Origin) and Paolo Costanzo (The Expanse).Horror Sci-Fi Short Film “Laboratory Conditions” |…

The first image of actress Marisa Abela as Amy Winehouse has been released and fans are divided in their opinions. The English actress, 26, will take on the role of the late star when production begins on a biopic about the `Back to Black` singer`s early life in London in the early 2000s and her rise to global fame, reports The Mirror. Also Read: Amy Winehouse biopic gets family`s nod Amy`s loved ones have backed the project, with the late star`s estate previously releasing a statement saying: "We are thrilled that…

Last year it was announced that Sam Taylor-Johnson would direct an Amy Winehouse biopic titled Back to Black. Now the first image has been released of Marisa Abela in the title role, wearing the late singer’s trademark black beehive and gold hoop earrings. Back to Black will chronicle Winehouse’s time living in London in the early 00s and her rise to fame. The film was written by the Manchester-born screenwriter Matt Greenhalgh, who wrote the script for Taylor-Johnson’s 2009 John Lennon biopic Nowhere Boy, and unlike the…

Chaotic scenes from Capcom TV Early this morning, Capcom held its latest Capcom TV live stream, in which we got our first proper glimpse at some new Street Fighter 6 characters in action. Clumsily strutting their stuff for the home audience were newcomers Marisa, Manon, and J.P. who joined series veterans Dhalsim, Dee Jay, and E. Honda for some impromptu slugfests. Now, without being mean, it must be said that these matches are hardly what you’d call “deep dive character showcases” — featuring a helluva lot of wild…