It feels like it was just yesterday that word broke that a third chapter in The Boondock Saints franchise was on the way. Oh, wait it was yesterday. Are you excited to see the MacManus brothers return again? Well, you probably shouldn’t be.

There was a Boondock Saints panel at Comikaze today in Los Angeles and when the subject of the third film came up stars Sean Patrick Flanery and Norman Reedus revealed that they won’t be returning for it. They cited their reasons as creative differences and that Troy Duffy would be “going a different direction with the franchise”. So, they are doing a third one but without the stars? Let’s see how well that does.

I guess that meeting that they had this week with Duffy didn’t go so well? I mean it’s not like Reedus is hurting for the work at the moment. He does have that little zombie show on AMC.

There’s a The Boondock Saints panel at this weekends Comikaze but it looks like you don’t have to wait to find out that the cult classic is getting another sequel. Murphy MacManus himself, Norman Reedus, confirms that we are indeed getting a follow up to 2009’s The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day. Reedus told IFC:

“I’m in L.A right now. I’m meeting with Sean [Patrick Flanery] and Troy [Duffy] tonight. I just landed a couple hours ago and tonight I’m going over to Troy’s house with Sean. It’s definitely in the works. Look for it. It’s gonna be crazy.”

Are you guys ready for the MacManus brothers to return to the big screen at least one more time? This one should definitely do better at the box office than the previous two with the growing popularity of Norman Reedus’ character on The Walking Dead. There is no script yet but we should definitely expect to find out more details this Sunday and it looks like everyone is on board for this third outing. Now I am curious if we will we see Willem DeFoe and Julie Benz reprise their roles as well. Check back this weekend for any new details revealed at Comikaze.