Two years after the death of Sinéad O’Connor, a biopic on the late Irish singer is in the works.

According to Variety , the film will focus on O’Connor’s early life and career, where she rose to an unlikely, at times controversial pop star, breaking out in 1990 when her cover of Prince’s “Nothing Compares 2 U” became a Number One hit.

Variety reports that the biopic has been in development since Kathryn Ferguson’s 2022 documentary Nothing Compares. The new film will be directed by Josephine Decker (who helmed 2020’s Shirley ) with a script by Stacey Gregg. The Irish company ie: entertainment — who executive produced Nothing Compares — are behind the project, as well as the Irish production company Nine Daughters and See-Saw Films.

O’Connor died from chronic obstruct

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