Deadline has exclusively learned that The Boondock Saints have returned to make another film, and director Troy Duffy is back with Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery for the next installment over a decade later.
Boondock Saints III is the third part of a franchise following fraternal twin Irish brothers Connor and Murphy MacManus, who become vigilantes. Their journey begins when they dispatch two Russian mobsters in self-defense and then have an epiphany to rid their Boston hometown of all crime, all while being pursued by an FBI agent (Willem Dafoe) who can’t help but respect their cause.
Shaun Redick (Get Out) and Yvette Yates Redick of Impossible Dream Entertainment are producing the package alongside Don Carmody (Good Will Hunting) and Duffy. Duffy and Flanery co-wrote the script with input from Reedus.
“The fans have loved these characters for 20 years,” Duffy said to Deadline. “They use terms of endearment like ‘the Brothers’ or ‘the Boys.’ We left them in jail at the end of Boondock 2, and fans want to know what happened to them. Norman and Sean have been a driving force to keep this franchise on track and break some new ground story-wise. The fans have been waiting. They literally ask about it daily, and I am really excited to be working with Impossible Dream to make Boondock III a reality.”
Filming will start next May after Reedus and Flanery finish up the projects they are currently working on.
Check out the full interview Deadline had with Duffy.
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