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Industry: Email Alert RSS FeedBlockbuster eyes Saints sequel. (Headliners).(Blockbuster Inc.'s DEJ Productions plans sequel to motion picture 'Boondock Saints')(Brief Article)
Video Business, March, 2002 by Frankel, Daniel
Blockbuster Inc.'s DEJ Productions is talking to producers of The Boon-dock Saints, a 1999 thriller that has been DEJ's most successful Blockbuster rental exclusives, about developing a sequel and giving it exposure in Blockbuster stores during the theatrical window. Producer Lloyd Segan told VB that he is in discussions with DEJ about the unusual marketing plan, under which DEJ would hold domestic video distribution rights, and with star Willem Dafoe about reprising his role as an FBI agent who loves classical music.
No start date has been set for the $10 million production, which would be shot primarily in Toronto and Boston, Segan said. Blockbuster officials wouldn't confirm any negotiations regarding a Boondock Saints sequel. DEJ picked up...
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