Scheduled to shoot on location in Ireland this September, the film was launched for pre-sales at the recent European Film Market in Berlin by Protagonist Pictures.
With a budget is circling $7million, ‘Calvary’ is developed by McDonagh’s Reprisal Films which he runs with ‘The Guard’ producers Chris Clark, Flora Fernandez-Marengo and Elizabeth Eves.
‘Calvary’ is a dark comedy that follows good priest Father James Lavelle – the opposite to Gleeson's character in ‘The Guard’ – who is tormented by various members of his Sligo parish.
‘The Guard’ picked up four Irish Film & Television Awards at the recent ceremony in Dublin, including Best Film, with McDonagh also named the Irish Film Board Rising Star.