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Brendan Gleeson & Chris O’Dowd Join Cavalry

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The Guard was a surprisingly big hit (and a great movie), particularly in Ireland, where it became the country’s biggest homegrown success ever. Now the director of that movie, John Michael McDonagh, is planning his follow up, with THR reporting that Brendan Gleeson, Chris O’Dowd, and Aidan Gillen have joined the cast of Cavalry.

The dark comedy centres on a priest (Brendan Gleeson) who is told during a confession that he will be murdered within one week. Chris O’Dowd, and Aidan Gillen will play members of his community, the Irish town of Sligo. Kelly Reilly and David Wilmot also star as Sligo residents.

Production is scheduled to start in September, with a budget of $7 million.

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The Guard (Blu-ray)

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Although I can’t imagine the Irish Garda being a massive fan of the film, The Guard is a very entertaining movie, with a strong script, tight direction and a couple of excellent performances from Brendan Gleeson and Don Cheadle.

Gleeson plays small town cop, Sergeant Gerry Boyle, a man who’s more interested in hookers than keeping law and order, but whose quiet life is disrupted by the arrival of FBI Agent Wendell Everett (Cheadle), who’s on the trail of an international drug smuggling ring. Boyle isn’t interested in this multi-million Euro operation, and with the two men initially having a very confrontational relationship (largely because of the Irishman’s decided non-PC approach), it would appear they’ll never be able to work together. [Read more…]