‘The Boondock Saints III’ Is Happening With Norman Reedus, Sean Patrick Flanery, And Troy Duffy Reuniting

The McManus boys are back and ready to rampage on the silver screen once more. Somehow, someway, The Boondock Saints III is a real thing that’s happening, and it will reunite stars Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery with director Troy Duffy.

The Boondock Saints became a cult classic when it was released in 1999, racking up a reported $50M in video sales. There isn’t an Irish friend of mine who didn’t swear it was the greatest damn movie ever. The story followed Irish-American brothers Connor and Murphy MacManus who become vigilantes in their hometown of Boston after dispatching some Russian mobsters. The film launched an unfortunate sequel a decade later after being delayed numerous times.

This new film was penned by Duffy and Flannery, who are also listed as exec-producers with Reedus.

Where the story picks up we don’t know, but The Boondock Saints II ended with the McManus brothers in prison while rioters protested outside the jail. Duffy told Deadline

“The fans have loved these characters for twenty years. “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.”

The Boondock Saints will perhaps always be best remembered for Duffy’s epic flameout as a director, captured in the documentary Overnight. He hasn’t directed another movie, although he did write the atrocious Pauly Shore comedy Guest House just last year. Both Flanery and Reedus have remained busy, with the latter obviously becoming a superstar for his role on The Walking Dead. Flannery has a role coming up on hit series The Boys.

Shooting on The Boondock Saints III begins next May. Honestly, I’ll believe it when I see it. All three of them have been talking up this sequel for nearly a decade.

Travis Hopson
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