A Sinead O’Connor biopic is presently in growth from ie: leisure, the Irish manufacturing firm behind the 2022 documentary Nothing Compares, as first reported by Selection.
Based on Selection, the movie will “discover O’Connor’s adolescence and beginnings within the music business.” It goals to inform the story of “how one younger girl from Dublin took on the world, analyzing how her world fame could have been constructed on her expertise, however her title turned synonymous along with her efforts to attract consideration to the crimes dedicated by the Catholic Church and the Irish state.”
Fellow Irish manufacturing corporations 9 Daughters (Girl MacBeth) and See-Noticed Movies (The Energy of the Canine) are co-producing the biopic, which has been within the works since 2022. It is going to be directed by English filmmaker Josephine Decker (Shirley) from a script penned by Irish author Stacey Gregg. The venture doesn’t but have a title or introduced forged.
Associated Video
O’Connor died in 2023 on the age of 56. She is remembered not solely as a trailblazing singer behind the smash hit “Nothing Compares 2 U,” but in addition as an outspoken activist who took on corruption within the Catholic Church and sexism within the music business.
For extra on Sinead O’Connor, see our record of 10 important songs that aren’t “Nothing Compares 2 U.”