One of the early surprises of 2012 was the hockey comedy Goon. Directed by Michael Dowse and written by Evan Goldberg and Jay Baruchel, the film starred Seann William Scott as a small-time hockey enforcer whose talent for violence leads him to the big time. Not only does the film feature a classic sports story, it…
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Because film development has turned into a game that is more competitive than most sports, we have dueling pictures brewing for a great many subjects. Hockey is a pretty natural subject for a movie duel, however. The film Goon is the first of two to come out of the gate. Goon stars Seann William Scott…
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Kevin Smith isn't the only one with a hockey movie brewing. You might recall that Seann William Scott was provisionally cast in Smith's next and possibly last film, Hit Somebody, but then ended up starring in this other hockey comedy, Goon, instead. Goon stars Scott as a bouncer who joins a minor league hockey team…
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Jay Baruchel is best known for his acting roles -- his respectably diverse resume includes turns in How to Train Your Dragon, Tropic Thunder, Almost Famous and Judd Apatow's brilliant-but-cancelled Undeclared -- but pretty soon, we'll know him as a screenwriter, too. Baruchel had his first feature screenwriting credit with the upcoming hockey comedy Goon,…
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