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Kneecap biopic premiere

Kneecap biopic premieres at Sundance Film Festival

23 January 2024, 15:02 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

As reported by Variety, Kneecap's biopic has been acquired by Sony PIctures Classics, after being premiered at Sundance Film Festival.

KNEECAP the comedy biopic about the Irish rap group, and co-starring Michael Fassbender, has been picked up Sony Pictures Classics, which has acquired all rights to the title for North America, Latin America, Eastern Europe, Turkey and the Middle East.

The film, the debut feature of director Rich Peppiatt and the first Irish-language feature to play Sundance, premiered on Thursday night at the Prospector Square Theatre, after which the band played a set at the after-party at The Cabin on Main Street. The three-piece also brought along an armoured Northern Irish police van for a stunt ahead of the first screening (in 2022, they unveiled a controversial mural of a similar van on fire in Ireland).

Read more about KNEECAP the movie here.

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