The world truly lost a young talent two years ago when Amy Winehouse’s life ended tragically at the age of 27, but an upcoming documentary on her short time on Earth and rise to fame is sure to help her legion of fans continue to heal over one of music’s saddest losses.

Currently unnamed, the biopic is set to feature unseen footage of the Back to Black powerhouse and will be released in theaters worldwide.

British director Asif Kapadia, who won a BAFTA Film Award for his 2010 documentary Senna, is working closely with producer James Gay-Rees on the project.

“Amy was a once-in-a-generation talent who captured everyone’s attention,” the duo said in a joint statement. “She wrote and sung from the heart and everyone every fell under her spell.”

No word on the exact date of release.

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It’s starting a bit early as we don’t even have an album or an actual official single out there yet, but Beyoncé is already managing to make people question how she’s getting the rights to certain songs.

In this case, its her and Andre 3000′s cover of Amy Winehouse’s amazing track, “Back To Black” for the upcoming Leonardo DiCaprio flick, The Great Gatsby.

Turns out there’s one person who actually had no idea the song would be “reimagined” for the movie: Amy’s father, Mitch Winehouse.

“First I have heard about Beyonce and Back to Black”, he tweeted on Tuesday. “Sounds like some of you don’t like the idea.”

This isn’t the first time the wife of Jay-Z has done some questionable things to other people’s songs — she apparently attempted to add a word to the classic 90′s track “Angel” by Sarah McLachlan to give her a songwriting credit and then copyright the song. She also apparently tried to do the same to Alanis Morrissette’s “You Oughta Know”, which she used in live performances from time to time.

Of course, this may not be the same kind of thing, but even Mitch believes there should be some kind of mention or compensation for using the song.

“I don’t know this but what if Beyonce gave £100,000 [close to $152,000] to [the Amy Winehouse] foundation. Do you know how many kids that would help? Just putting it out there,” Winehouse wrote, before again stating, “Let me repeat. This is the first I have heard of Beyonce doing Amys song.”

So, he’s making it a bit obvious, but does he have a point?

Well, you can somewhat figure it out on your own. Head on after the jump to check out the just released trailer to The Great Gatsby, which uses a piece of Beyoncé’s cover of “Back To Black”.

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Not too sure on how I feel about this one.

It’s a rare feat for Queen Bey — you probably know her better as Beyoncé — to do something questionable in her career, but now, she’s taking on quite the  legend while recording a song for a soundtrack.

The singer is set to cover Amy Winehouse’s classic track, “Back To Black” for the soundtrack to the upcoming flick, The Great Gatsby, starring Leonardo DiCaprio.

The “very different take” of the song will feature Outkast member Andre 3000, who worked with Beyoncé before on her single, “Party”.

The movie is set to hit theaters in May after being pushed from last Christmas.

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So this was for nothing.

The second inquiry into the tragic young passing of Amy Winehouse has been concluded and even though the first one was deemed to be incorrect considering the coroner did not have the qualifications to make any claims, it turns out it wasn’t needed whatsoever — Amy did in deed die of alcohol poisoning, or as they said, “death by misadventure”.

The latest findings by another pathologist, Dr. Shirley Radcliffe, reach a similar conclusion that Winehouse died of “death by misadventure,” which simply means her death was an accident.

According to CNN, Radcliffe noted in her verdict that the beehive-wearing songstress’s blood-alchol level was 416 milligrams per 100 milliliters of blood—way above the 350 milligrams that’s considered a lethal level (it’s worth noting the legal limit to drive in Britain is 80 milligrams of alcohol).

Amy died six months ago at the age of 27. Let’s hope she can truly rest peacefully now.

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When Amy Winehouse passed away last year at the all-too-soon age of 27, the final cause was attributed to accidental alcohol poisoning. But it turns out that might not have been the actual reason the Back To Black singer left this world all too early.

According to London authorities, the coroner who oversaw Amy’s autopsy, Assistant Deputy Suzanne Greenaway did not have the required 5 years of experience with the London Law Society to perform it on Amy or anyone. She was, in fact, appointed to the position by her husband in 2009.

Her husband has resigned due to the controversy and a new inquiry into how she passed might be coming as soon as next month, although Amy’s family are not behind that happening.

Just let her rest, people; either way, it’s still one of the most tragic stories in recent musical history.

Remember Amy in the way she should be with one of my favorite songs by her, Valerie” after the jump.

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