An Amy Winehouse Movie? Probably Not

Mitch Winehouse had a tough decision to make. It's one that it's difficult imagining a loved one of a departed person of fame and notoriety - especially one who dies younger than any human being should - having to make.

Should Hollywood retell the good, the bad and the tragic of that loved one's life after they're gone and can't speak for themselves? Or should a line be drawn past which the public doesn't really have a "right to know?"

Winehouse had a decision to make, and he's made it: there won't be an Amy Winehouse movie.

The British Grammy nominee who spent her last years battling personal substance abuse demons died this past July at age 27 due to apparent complications from alcohol poisoning. Mitch Winehouse has been left in possession of his late daughter's music rights, but told the U.K. Daily Mail that he'll "never allow the songs to be released."

Filmmaker and Amy Winehouse's ex-boyfriend Reg Traviss had recently been discussing producing a biopic, but with Winehouse's father apparently not budging, no Winehouse songs leaves that project pretty much dead.

Mitch himself plans on releasing a book memorializing his daughter, but reportedly plans on giving all proceeds to The Amy Winehouse Foundation, the charity established in his late daughter's name to benefit children in need.

Meanwhile, Lioness: Hidden Treasures - the first posthumous Amy Winehouse release - has already risen to the top of the UK album charts, reports Digital Spy. Moving over 194,000 copies in its first seven days in release, it's 2011's fourth fastest-selling album. That's great news for The Amy Winehouse Foundation: one British pound from every album purchase goes to the charity.