John Michael McDonagh And Brendan Gleeson Announce Follow Up To The Guard

9th February 2012 John Michael McDonagh's follow-up to his record setting debut, The Guard will once again utilise the formidable acting chops of Brendan Gleeson, while Chris O'Dowd, Kelly Reilly and Aidan Gil are also on board for the production.



The film is called Calvary and, according to The Hollywood Reporter will see Gleeson play Father James Lavelle, the apparent flipside to The Guard's Sergeant Gerry Boyle. "A good man intent on making the world a better place, he is continually shocked and saddened by the spiteful and confrontational inhabitants of his small country town. One day, his life is threatened during confession, and the forces of darkness begin to close in around him." The Guard is officially the highest grossing Irish independent film of all time, and it was also a huge critical smash. Both Gleeson and McDonagh can count themselves unlucky to not bag an Oscar nomination.

This one sounds like it will shoot at home here in Ireland too, which is great news for our talented and hardworking production crews.