John Michael Mcdonagh

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    War On Everyone director: Don't watch this film if you're easily offended

    John Michael McDonagh, the acclaimed director of ‘The Guard’ and ‘Calvary’, has a warning for the politically correct: don’t watch his new film ‘War On Everyone’ (in cinemas Friday) if you’re easily offended. The films sees a pair of corrupt cops, played by Alexander Skarsgård and Michael Peña, who investigate a criminal mastermind while hustling, blackmailing, drinking, taking drugs, and generally causing chaos across Albuquerque, New Mexico.

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    John Michael McDonagh adapting ‘true crime’ book as HBO miniseries (exclusive)

    John Michael McDonagh, the filmmaker behind ‘The Guard’, ‘Calvary’, and ‘War on Everyone’ (in cinemas 7 October), is bringing his distinctive voice to television for his next project, Yahoo Movies can exclusively reveal. The British filmmaker told us that he’s currently writing an 8-hour “true crime” HBO miniseries that he also plans to direct. “I’ve got two films in different stages of development, but it looks like what’s going to go next is a HBO miniseries,” McDonagh revealed, “It’s about