Sinéad O'Connor Biopic in the Works From See-Saw Films and NOTHING COMPARES Doc Producers
A biopic based on singer and activist Sinéad O’Connor is in development. The film will tell the story of her early life and career, ending with her untimely death in 2023 at the age of 56.
Behind the project is Irish production company ie: entertainment, which executive produced the critically acclaimed O’Connor documentary Nothing Compares (and worked with the singer in the process), alongside fellow Irish banner Nine Daughters (God’s Creatures, Lady Macbeth) and See-Saw Films (Slow Horses, The Power of the Dog).
The film — which is understood to have been in the works since 2022’s “Nothing Compares” doc — is being directed by Josephine Decker (Shirley), working from a script by Irish writer Stacey Gregg.
O’Connor became one of the most legendary figures in Irish cultural history and a trailblazer for women across the world. At 23, she won a Grammy for her sophomore album I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, which spent six weeks at No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard chart in 1990 and contained the hit single “Nothing Compares 2 U,” one of the biggest selling songs of the year.
The album and single amassed multiple global music accolades, including a Billboard and Brit Award, while O’Connor became the first woman to win MTV Video of the Year.
Alongside her music, O’Connor was a passionate campaigner, activist and, as she described it, “protest singer,” using her platform to denounce issues such as sexism in the music business and corruption within the Catholic Church. During a 1992 appearance on Saturday Night Live and just 25 years old at the time, she famously tore up a picture of Pope John Paul II, sparking a wave of condemnation.
The biopic will reportedly explore O’Connor’s early life and beginnings in the music industry. 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.
Stay tuned for updates on the project.
via: Variety