A scene from the film

Principal Photography has started in Toronto on Troy Duff’s sequel to the 2000 independent film he directed and wrote The Boondock Saints.

Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus are said to reprise their roles for the film as the crusading fraternal twins Connor and Murphy MacManus, who seek revenge on the tough Boston underworld. Billy Connolly is also returning as Poppa M.

Chris Brinker and Fon Carmody are producing with Lloyd Segan and Rob Fried executive producing.

“It is a joy and a longtime coming to be bringing such an enormously talented group of people back together again,” Duffy said of the project.

Brinker said the script is well crafted and will satisfy Boondock fans.

“We expect this film to be a truly intense, humorous and satisfying film for all those who have looked forward to the sequel for so long,” Brinker said.

The rest of the cast will be Clifton Collins, Julie Benz, David Della Rocco, Bob Marley, Brian Mahoney and David Ferry.

Duffy became well known in Hollywood for selling his Boondock screenplay which he penned while bartending in Hollywood to Harvey Weinstein for high six figure deal that would also allow him to direct and produce the soundtrack with his band, The Brood. The project was set up on a 15 million dollar budget, but later dropped.

The first Boondock which starred Willem Dafoe, was later made for 6 million dollar and grosses 30,471 million dollar domestic. The project was chronicled in the 2003 documentary Overnight which told the tale of Duffy’s rags to riches to rags saga.

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