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A ‘Boondock Saints’ TV series is in the works

"The Boondock Saints" (1999) had scenes filmed in popular sites like Copley Square and the Boston Common, but the crew also spent some time filming in South Boston.
"The Boondock Saints" (1999) had scenes filmed in popular sites like Copley Square and the Boston Common, but the crew also spent some time filming in South Boston. Apparition Films

By Kevin Slane @kslane

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Say your prayers, Southie: The Boondock Saints, the South Boston vigilantes who graced the silver screen in 1999, could be returning as a television series.

IM Global Television has acquired the rights to the cult film with the intent of creating a television series, according to Deadline.

They’ve tapped Troy Duffy, the writer and director of The Boondock Saints and its 2009 sequel, The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, to write the series. Duffy has already written the first episode and a “bible’’ for the entire project, according to the Deadline report.

“For years I’ve been obsessed with telling a real origin story with Boondock, and IM Global TV has stepped up,’’ Duffy told Deadline. “Television is the perfect medium to explore these controversial characters on a much deeper level and to bring Boondock Saints to a whole new audience.’’

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Now for the bad news: The series will likely be a prequel to the movies, meaning justice-dispensing brothers Connor and Murphy McManus won’t be played by Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus (now a fan favorite on AMC’s The Walking Dead). However, according to Deadline, the duo are in preliminary talks to serve as co-executive producers for the show.

Duffy didn’t immediately respond to request for comment.

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