The story will reportedly focus on the artist's early years and her first steps toward fame.
According to Consequence Film, director Josephine Decker ("Shirley," "The Sky Is Everywhere") has taken the helm. The screenplay comes from Stacy Gregg, an Irish writer and playwright from Belfast.
Music mogul Tim Clark from ie: entertainment will serve as executive producer. The company previously made the documentary "Nothing Compares" about Sinéad O'Connor while she was still alive.
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Why Sinéad O'Connor?
The singer's appeal goes beyond her meteoric career – she's one of the most controversial musical figures of the '90s.In 1990, 23-year-old Sinéad won a Grammy for her second album "I Do Not Want What I Haven't Got," which spent six weeks at number one on the Billboard chart.
The album featured her biggest hit, the ballad "Nothing Compares 2 U," one of the year's best-selling songs. That same year, the music video for "Nothing Compares 2 U" won Video of the Year at the MTV Awards, making Sinéad O'Connor the first woman to receive this honor.
She wanted to draw attention to what Catholic priests were doing to children. But the public reacted differently. Before "cancel culture" was even a term, Sinéad essentially faced exactly that: protests, threats, and public criticism, canceled concerts, and a bulldozer crushing a pile of her records in Times Square.
Later, though, the singer admitted she had no regrets – this way she freed herself from unwanted attention and could focus on what truly mattered to her. Zoomboola.com reminds us: Sinéad O'Connor died on July 26, 2023, from lung complications. She was 56 years old.