Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day
Teaser poster from San Diego Comic-con 2009
Directed by	Troy Duffy
Written by	Troy Duffy
Produced by	Chris Brinker Don Carmody
Starring	Sean Patrick Flanery Norman Reedus Julie Benz Clifton Collins Jr. Judd Nelson David Della Rocco Peter Fonda
Cinematography	Miroslaw Baszak
Edited by	Bill DeRonde Paul Kumpata
Music by	Jeff Danna
Release date	October 30-November 1, 2009
Country	United States
Language	English

The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day is an upcoming sequel to the 1999 The Boondock Saints. The director of the original film, Troy Duffy, returned to film the sequel, which sees the return of Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus as Irish brothers who act as vigilantes. The film is set to hit theaters Halloween weekend 2009.

Description

The Boondock Saints: All Saints Day is the sequel to the indie film The Boondock Saints. It continues writer and director Troy Duffy's saga of fraternal twins, the MacManus brothers. The two have been in deep hiding in the quiet valleys of Ireland, far removed from their former lives or modern technologies. When word comes that a priest has been killed by sinister forces in the tough underworld of Boston, they return to mount a violent and bloody crusade to bring justice to those who must now suffer the consequences, with a new partner in crime (Clifton Collins) and a FBI operative (Julie Benz) hot on their trail!

Production

In late March 2002, Duffy posted a letter to fans of the first film, claiming that financial backing had been found for a sequel. It would reportedly have twice the budget of the original film, and experience a "theatrical release." According to the film's official website, the release date of the sequel The Boondock Saints: All Saints Day would be September 2005, though this never materialized. In an interview with IGN, Duffy explained the litigation with the company that controls the rights to the first film, Duffy went on to express his, as well as most of the cast's, interest in making the sequel.

Everybody's back in except Willem Dafoe, [because] sometimes actors have their careers plotted out in different ways and he's sort of doing a different thing now. So he's the only one who won't be back. Bill Connolly, the brothers, Rocco, everybody's in and calling me every two weeks and asking when are we going to do this thing.

In June 2006, it was announced that due to the success of The Boondock Saints on DVD, 20th Century Fox had agreed to finance a sequel. In September 2006, a video—originally released for a one night showing in May 2006—was posted to the Boondocks website. In this video, Duffy explains the legal issues of the sequel, confirms that the sequel will be made, and mentions a new project called The Good King. It announces that the film will have a theatrical release in the United States.

Troy Duffy posted a video on his YouTube account on March 17, 2008 (in possible accordance with the holiday St. Patrick's Day) which detailed that the sequel has been given a green light by Sony and is set to have the entire cast return with the exception of Willem Dafoe. This film will begin shooting summer of 2008 according to Duffy.

On June 20, 2008, while being introduced at the Comedy Connection in Boston, Massachusetts, it was stated that Bob Marley was currently in production of the sequel, reprising his role from the first film.

Pre-production on the film started in early September and the first day of shooting was October 20, 2008, and was filmed in Canada. Some scenes may be shot in Boston depending on the film's financing. Duffy has announced that there will be a lead female actress in the sequel (not a love interest). The sequel is supposed to take place 10 years after The Boondock Saints.

On October 29, 2008, Troy Duffy said that Julie Benz is the female lead and protégé of Agent Paul Smecker (Willem Dafoe's character from the first film), named Eunice. Troy Duffy has been keeping a video diary of the movie's progress on YouTube, with some of the shooting sequences, and "question and answer" segments from fans answered by the film's stars.

On December 3, 2008 on the Lex and Terry Morning Radio Network, it was revealed Ron Jeremy that he will be back in a dream sequence, and that the film was being shot in Toronto, Canada. Troy Duffy said on his YouTube video diary during the "Fan Questions: Part 2" segment that David Della Rocco, known as "Roc" in the original Boondock Saints film, will be appearing in the sequel, "in a fantasy sequence and a dream sequence" and that "his spirit and his soul in many ways guides the brothers" in the second film. Peter Fonda and Judd Nelson are also part of the cast. Nelson plays Concezio Yakavetta, the son of Don "Papa" Joe Yakavetta from the first film.

On December 9, 2008, a video was posted to YouTube showing the final day of the shoot.

Implying the release may be as early as fall 2009, Clifton Collins Jr. told MTV,

"It was going to be released on All Saints Day, because [the film] is called ‘All Saints Day’ ... But now, what I'm hearing is they want to release it earlier, because it's pretty hot."

As of May 27, 2009, promotional stills and trailers were sent to the studio executives

On June 27, 2009, IMDB posted an article saying that the first official trailer will be aired next month at the Comic-Con.

On August 17, 2009, Troy Duffy confirmed the trailer release date of August 19, 2009 and the film release on Halloween weekend.

As of August 24th, Duffy has stated that Sony has ran into a snag with the trailer. They hope to get it up by the weeks end. Earlier in the week, Duffy's status was set to "Holloween". Though the trailer was not delivered when told, there is speculation through the internet that there is a possibility of the trailer playing in front of the Miramax sequel "Halloween 2".

This was initially seen as doubtful, as Troy Duffy had run into sever problems when it came to the previous show runners of the Miramax brand. Since 2005 however, the Weinsteins have left the banner to run their own company, The Weinstein Company.

Though The Weinstein Company brought Dimension Films and its aquisitions, and titles, with them to their new home... All Miramax titles remain with its parent company, Disney.

Thus far, Troy Duffy and his wife Angela have been keeping their fans updated whenever something came up. With that said, it is highly unlikely that fans are being kept out of the loop. The release of the trailer, and ultimately the film now reside in the hands of Sony Pictures Entertainment. (The previous statement is entirely speculation and cannot be taken seriously due to the fact that the "updates" come via online networking sites.)

Cast

• Sean Patrick Flanery as Connor McManus
• Norman Reedus as Murphy McManus
• Julie Benz as Eunice Bloom
• Clifton Collins, Jr. as Romeo
• David Della Rocco as David Della Rocco
• Billy Connolly as Noah 'Il Duce' McManus
• David Ferry as Detective Dolly
• Brian Mahoney as Detective Duffy
• Peter Fonda as The Roman
• Judd Nelson as Concezio Yakavetta
• Bob Marley as Detective Greenly
• Sweeney MacArthur as Jacob McManus

External links

• Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day at IMDb
• Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day Official Website