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A biopic of Sin\u00e9ad O\u2019Connor is in the works, with its backers including the company involved in Nothing Compares, the acclaimed 2022 documentary about the singer.<\/p>\n
According to Variety, the film will be directed by Josephine Decker, who made a much-liked biopic of horror writer Shirley Jackson, starring Elisabeth Moss, in 2020. The script will be by Stacey Gregg, who has credits on TV series Mary and George, Little Birds and The Letter for the King.<\/p>\n
Production companies behind the project include See-Saw Films, whose past output includes The King\u2019s Speech, Shame, The Power of the Dog and Slow Horses, alongside Nine Daughters (God\u2019s Creatures, Lady Macbeth) and ie:entertainment, which acted as executive producer on Nothing Compares.<\/p>\n
O\u2019Connor died in 2023, aged 56, after a string of hit records including the huge-selling Nothing Compares 2 U in 1990, and a tumultuous life marked with outspoken protest and controversy. In 1992 she ripped up a picture of the pope on US TV; in 1999 she was ordained as a priest by an independent Catholic group, and in 2018 she converted to Islam.<\/p>\n
According to Variety, the film will follow O\u2019Connor\u2019s early years in the music industry, \u201ctell[ing] 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\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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