EXCLUSIVE: Comedian Bill Burr is set for Bender , a coming-of-age comedy shooting in Ireland next spring.

Described as Superbad meets Derry Girls , Bender is based on the late-’70s, post-punk Dublin coming-of-age experiences of Adrian Cunningham , who penned the script. The story unfolds amid the frenzy surrounding an impending papal visit. Burr plays a gruff American record-store owner who convinces a ragtag gang of teenage misfits that their best, and possibly only, chance to lose their virginity before graduating high school is at a massive open-air mass for the visiting Pope.

The film will be produced by Lesley-Ann Brandt ( Lucifer ) and Cunningham under their D6 Entertainment banner, in partnership with Stephen McCormack and Craig Verdon of the Irish-based Reflekt

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