It turns out there is an eight-part Amy Winehouse TV series in the works

Amy Winehouse was known as "the voice of a generation" battling her demons in the public eye.

Now the turbulent life and career of the singer, who died in 2011 at just 27, is set to be turned into an eight-part TV series, reports the Daily Mail UK.

The series will chart Winehouse's troubled relationships, her drug and alcohol addictions, and the distinctive voice and songwriting talent which made her a huge success.

The series will also explore her relationships with her family, including her father Mitch.

The series is based on the bestselling book Saving Amy by Daphne Barak, with the rights having been bought by Halcyon Studio to bring it to life as a scripted TV series with writer and producer Mal Young.

The book was based on the several months Barak spent with the singer and her family in London, Switzerland, and St Lucia. Winehouse spent several months on the island to write and record her third album, which was never released, in 2009.

By then, the artist's behaviour had gotten out of control, as substance abuse began to put her career at risk.

Her brief marriage to Blake Fielder-Civil was reportedly plagued by violence, leading to their divorce in 2009. He reportedly said he introduced her to crack cocaine and heroin.

The book was based on 40 hours of footage, interviews and photos, showed how frail she had become following the success of her second album Back to Black, which became one of the best-selling albums in British history.

The singer died from an alcohol and drugs overdose in July 2011.

Halcyon Studio chief executive David Ellender said his team was "honoured" to be working on the series.

"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," he said.

Meanwhile, there is also an Amy Winehouse movie biopic titled Back to Black in pre-production with actress Marisa Abela said to be the "frontrunner" to play Amy Winehouse, according to Variety.

However, the outlet also went on to allege that Marisa - who is best known for her roles in HBO series Industry and the Sky One show COBRA and auditioned for the role of Amy back in June - has not yet been given a "formal offer" to play Rehab hitmaker, it is expected one will come into place once "other elements of the production" have been worked out.

The reports came after it was announced that Fifty Shades of Grey director  Sam Taylor-Johnson - who is said to have been close friends with Amy in the years before her death - will be at the helm of the project.

It's said the movie - which is also based on Saving Amy by Daphne Barak - has the full support of her father Mitch Winehouse, who participated in BBC's 2021 documentary Reclaiming Amy to mark 10 years since her death.

An earlier script was originally written by Kinky Boots scribe Geoff Deane, but now Matt Greenhalgh - who wrote Control about the late Joy Division singer Ian Curtis - is on board.

Back in 2017,  Mitch dismissed the idea of pop superstar Lady Gaga signing on to play his late daughter, and he admitted he would be happier for an "unknown" actress to take on the role, while he wants the portrayal to be honest.

He previously said: "I wouldn’t mind betting it would be an unknown, young, English — London, cockney — actress who looks a bit like Amy. What we want is somebody to portray Amy in the way that she was … the funny, brilliant, charming, and horrible person that she was.

"There’s no point really me making the film because I’m her dad. But to get the right people to do it, that’s very important, and we will."

- Bang! Showbiz, addtional reporting by NZ Herald