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Biopic about the early life of Sinéad O'Connor in development
A new film telling the story of the early life and career of the late Sinéad O'Connor is in development, according to reports.
Variety magazine reports that the film about the Dublin-born singer, who died in 2023 at the age of 56, s being made by Irish production company ie: entertainment, which executive produced Belfast director Kathryn Ferguson's O'Connor documentary Nothing Compares.
According to Variety, the new film will explore O'Connor's early life and musical beginnings and her refusal to pander to industry expectations.
It will chart her early rise to fame and her efforts to highlight the crimes committed by the Catholic Church and the Irish state.
Irish production company Nine Daughters, who produced God's Creatures and Lady Macbeth and See-Saw Films (Slow Horses, The Power of the Dog) are also said to be involved in the film, which has been in the works since Nothing Compares.
The film is being directed by Josephine Decker, with a script by Irish writer Stacey Gregg. Nine Daughters founder Fodhla Cronin O'Reilly and the Oscar-winning duo of Iain Canning and Emile Sherman.
