Sinead O'Connor biopic underway with Irish production company behind acclaimed doc set to account her rise to fame
SILVER SCREEN Sinead O'Connor biopic underway with Irish production company behind acclaimed doc set to account her rise to fame
THREE Irish production companies will be bringing the story of Sinead O'Connor to the big screen.
The Nothing Compares 2 U legend was found dead in her London flat July 2023, aged 56 — 18 months after beloved son Shane, 17, took his own life.
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Sinead O'Connor's life story is set for the big screen
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Three major Irish production companies will produce the project
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O'Connor previously got the silver screen treatment with her award-winning documentary, Nothing Compares, which was released in 2019.
The original producers of the doc are set to reunite with some new allies to bring a biopic of the singer to the silver screen.
According to Variety, Irish production company I.E. is set to develop the untitled project centred around her life.
I.E. Entertainment have previously produced and collaborated with the singer on her documentary Nothing Compares.
They will work alongside other Irish production companies, Nine Daughters (God's Creatures, Lady Macbeth) and See-Saw Films (Slow Horses, The Power of the Dog).
Nine Daughters and See-Saw previously collaborated on Ammonite.
As per Variety, the film is understood to have been in the works since 2022, with BBC Film funding the picture's development.
Set to direct the project is Josephine Decker, who rose to prominence with her work on Shirley.
Decker will be adapting a script from Irish writer Stacey Gregg.
According to Variety, the biopic will explore O'Connor's early life and beginnings in the music industry.
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It will look to tell the story of how one young woman from Dublin took on the world, examining how her global fame may have been built on her talent, but her name became synonymous with her efforts to draw attention to the crimes committed by the Catholic Church and the Irish state.
Full credits for the biopic include Decker as director, Gregg as writer and O'Reilly, Chordia, Canning and Sherman as producers.
The project is a See-Saw Films, Nine Daughters and IE: entertainment production.
IE: entertainment co-founder Clark will executive produce, alongside See-Saw Film's joint managing director Simon Gillis and BBC Film commissioning executive Kristin Irving.
There has been no date reported for when production will begin or who will play the star.
Additionally, no concrete date has been set or rumoured for the film's premiere.
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