By The Boondock Saints will get a TV prequel series.
The rights were bought by IM Global Television and the long-rumoured show will be written by Troy Duffy, who wrote and directed the 1999 movie and its 2009 sequel The Boondock Saints II: All Saints Day, Deadline reports.
"For years I've been obsessed with telling a real origin story with Boondock, and IM Global TV has stepped up," Duffy said.
"Television is the perfect medium to explore these controversial characters on a much deeper level and to bring Boondock Saints to a whole new audience."
Duffy will also direct the first episode of the series and be an executive producer alongside Don Carmody of Don Carmody Television, Lloyd Segan of Piller-Segan and D Matt Geller.
Original stars Norman Reedus and Sean Patrick Flanery are said to be in talks to join as co-executive producers.
Walking Dead star Reedus told Digital Spy back in 2012 that while he would "love" to reprise his role as Murphy McManus in a third film, he "can't do a TV show".
The original Boondock Saints movie had a famously troubled production - much of it chronicled in 2003 documentary Overnight - and was a commercial flop on its theatrical release.
It later became a cult classic and massive success on home release.
Watch the trailer for The Boondock Saints below:
