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Update: Deaner ‘89 is technically not part of the Fubar franchise. In 2019, Paul Spence sold his shares of the Fubar IP to Dave Lawrence. Lawrence retained the rights to Fubar and is continuing the series through TNT Fubar. Deaner ‘89 is a new continuity unrelated to Fubar.

Animal Kingdom is over, yes. But is it over and also done with? As the dust has settled in the wake of the TNT drama’s series finale (recapped in full here), quite a number of fans have found themselves hankering for a spinoff in which Jake Weary’s Deran strikes back at treacherous nephew J (Finn Cole). Could we actually get one?

“I haven’t heard anything,” showrunner Daniele Nathanson tells TVLine. “Those decisions are made above me. But I think the ending is supposed to feel like an ending.”

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The Performer | Shawn Hatosy

The Show | Animal Kingdom

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The Episode | “Fubar” (Aug. 28, 2022)

The Performance | There was no shortage of remarkable performances in the finale of Animal Kingdom (recapped in full here). But when the smoke cleared, the TNT drama’s last distinction in this column had to go to Hatosy, whose Pope, despite...

Only one Cody reigns supreme.

It's difficult even to process Animal Kingdom Season 6 Episode 13, as it marks this beloved series' conclusion, especially  after those losses.

The cleverly titled "Fubar," which typically stands for "Fucked Up Beyond All Repair/Recognition," summed up the ruining of the Cody family, legacy, and kingdom.

J kept his damn promise to Smurf from Animal Kingdom Season 3 Episode 13, and he took it all.

The series finale will undoubtedly be one of those polarizing events where people either appreciate its straightforwardness or lament how things ended. I'm still working through my own feelings about it, so brace yourselves and grab a snack for a long review; you've been warned.

After months of speculation and some of the most creative, wild, outlandish, bizarre, and shocking theories by viewers, the real surprise of the actual finale is how predictable and direct it is.

Essentially, we got exactly what...

Warning: The following contains spoilers for Sunday’s series finale of Animal Kingdom. If you’ve yet to watch, you may want to do so before you read any further.

As much as Animal Kingdom fans may have hoped that poor, tormented Pope would get to live happily after, c’mon. In our hearts, we knew, didn’t we, that no way was he going to survive the TNT drama’s gut punch of a finale (recapped here). Certainly, showrunner Daniele Nathanson, who also wrote Sunday’s “Fubar,” knew. “He’s a killer,” she reminds TVLine, “so there needs to...

After six seasons, 75 episodes and countless beatdowns, Animal Kingdom comes roaring to a close with Sunday’s series finale. And although regular viewers may think that they’re prepared for the Codys’ last hurrah, executive producer Daniele Nathanson advises them to think again.

The ominously titled “Fubar,” which the showrunner also wrote, is “explosive… emotional… unpredictable,” she tells TVLine, hastening to remind us that “anything can happen in the Animal Kingdom. If you’ve watched all six seasons of the show, you know that major characters meet with major endings.” (Ellen Barkin’s Smurf and Scott Speedman’s Baz would no doubt agree.

It’s not quite a Get Out of Jail Free card. But in this sneak peek at the series finale of Animal Kingdom, J, Craig and Deran set in motion their complicated plot to spring Pope from the pokey during a prison transfer.

As you’ll see in the action-packed clip above, things start off pretty much perfectly for the rough-and-tumble Cody boys. Sure, the erstwhile Andrew gets flipped along with the prison-transfer bus. But let’s be real, he’s been through worse. And if at the end of the day, Catherine’s killer finds himself a free man,...

Animal Kingdom Fubar Trailer — TNT‘s Animal Kingdom: Season 6, Episode 13: Fubar TV show trailer has been released. Cast and crew Animal Kingdom stars Shawn Hatosy, Jake Weary, Finn Cole, Ben Robson, Christina Ochoa, and Leila George. “Animal Kingdom” is produced by John Wells Productions in association with Warner Bros. Television. Emmy(R) winner John [...]

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“Stuber” director Michael Dowse has closed a deal to direct the movie adaptation of the “Just Cause” video game for Constantin Film, the company announced on Wednesday.

“John Wick” Creator Derek Kolstad is writing the script. Constantin is teaming up with Prime Universe Films to launch “Just Cause” as a global action franchise.

The video game series from Avalanche Studios and Square Enix follows the adventures of Rico Rodriguez, an operative for a fictional U.S. covert agency sent to destabilize and overthrow oppressive regimes. “Just Cause” is well regarded for its wide-open sandbox environments, over-the-top action and humor.

Also Read: 'John Wick' Creator Derek Kolstad to Adapt Video Game 'Just Cause' for Constantin Film

While the film’s plot is being kept under wraps, as with the four “Just Cause” games the film will follow Rico Rodriguez on a race-against-time mission to stop the Black Hand, a lethal mercenary group.

Exclusive: The big-screen adaptation of the bestselling video game Just Cause has landed Michael Dowse as director. Dowse, whose work includes Stuber and Coffee & Kareem, has been set to helm the co-production between Constantin Film and Prime Universe.

Scripted by Derek Kolstad (the John Wick trilogy), the film is produced by Constantin Film’s Robert Kulzer, Prime Universe Film’s Adrian Askarieh, and Kolstad. Constantin’s Martin Moszkowicz and Square Enix will be the executive producers and Constantin’s Alex Westmore and Colin Scully are overseeing.

The film will follow the video game’s blueprint, as Rico Rodriguez is on a race-against-time mission to stop the mercenary group The Black Hand. The series draws its name from the real-life U.S. invasion of Panama, code-named “Operation Just Cause.” Rodriguez (aka “The Scorpion”) has become one of the few Latino iconic video game characters. He has a signature “agent of chaos...

What’s wrong with a rowdy raunchfest to raise your spirits in a shutdown world? Nothing really, except everything is stupefyingly wrong with Coffee and Kareem, a — led by Ed Helms, Taraji P. Henson, and Betty Gilpin — who strain so hard for laughs it makes you think director Michael Dowse was holding a gun to their heads. Dowse had a few good innings on screen with Goon and It’s All Gone Pete Tong, but in Coffee and Kareem he’s back at the bottom he scraped with Fubar, Take Me Home Tonight,...

An action-comedy whose default mode is a kind of sustained hysteria, “Coffee & Kareem” starts with buddy-movie tropes, massive amounts of firepower and even more four-letter words. It tosses them in a meat grinder with some wry psychobabble, some social commentary and a dash of family values and throws them against Netflix’s virtual wall to see what sticks.

It’s kind of a mess, a crazy balancing act that flails as often as it connects. But director Michael Dowse, working from a Black Listed script by Shane Mack, has fun with the whole crazy concoction and finds at least one scene-stealing performance that hits just the right note of insanity.

Over the years, Dowse has shown to be adept with mockumentary (the 2002 Sundance hit “Fubar”) and indie romantic comedy. But “Coffee & Kareem” is his second straight movie to focus on odd-couple crimefighters, after last year’s “Stuber” with...

Killer Weekend will be released by Dark Sky Films. This horror comedy was originally released in the United Kingdom, in May of last year. Originally titled Fubar, this film has been renamed for a release in the United States. Developed by writers Ben Kent (Love Bug) and Joel Wilenius, this film involves a stag part, taking place on a paintball battlefield. Then, psychotic soldiers turn up to keep the groomsmen on their toes. To release in February, Killer Weekend stars: Mark Heap (Upstart Crow), Danny Kirrane (Don't Forget the Driver) and Ewen MacIntosh (Shed of the Dead). A preview for the film's U.S. release is available now. Dark Sky Films will release Killer Weekend on DVD and Digital. The DVD release has not been rated and has a runtime of ninety-five minutes. The film's official DVD artwork is hosted here, showing the protagonists. Will all of these characters survive...

We’ve got an entertaining action-packed clip to share with you from the upcoming action comedy Stuber. The clip is called “Street Fight” and it feature’s The Raid’s Iko Uwais fighting Dave Buatista while Kumail Nanjiani watches while holding a gun and panics, except for that one part where he runs in to bite Iko! It’s a great little scene that will bring a little enjoyment in your life today.

Stuber follows a mild-mannered Uber driver named Stu (Nanjiani) who “picks up a passenger (Bautista) who turns out to be a cop hot on the trail of a brutal killer.” Stu is “thrust into a harrowing ordeal where he desperately tries to hold onto his wits, his life and his five-star rating.”

The movie was directed by Michael Dowse and it also stars Natalie Morales, Betty Gilpin, Jimmy Tatro, Mira Sorvino, and Karen Gillan.

Stuber looks like...

Stars: Mark Heap, Sean Verey, Danny Kirrane, Perry Fitzpatrick, Ewen MacIntosh | Written and Directed by Ben Kent

[Note: With the film now finally available on VOD in the UK, here's a reposting of our Frightfest review of Fubar, now retitled and released under the Frightfest Presents... banner as Killer Weekend]

Us Brits do comedy horror pretty well. Of course, everyone around the world knows about Shaun of the Dead but there’s along list of other great films in the sub genre. From Lesbian Vampire Killers to Severance to Doghouse to Inbred to Stitches to Sightseers. These cover all different types of comedy and horror too, so Killer Weekend does have plenty of competition (or good company).

As well as comedy horror, people from Britain are also known for being pretty good at ‘Stag do’s’ (bachelor parties) and Killer Weekend mixes both of these together. A group of friends and the father of the bride embark on a paint-ball war against the undead only things don’t go as...

The first trailer has dropped for a hilarious looking action comedy called Stuber, which stars Dave Bautista (Guardians of the Galaxy) and Kumail Nanjiani (The Big Sick), who plays an Uber driver who unexpectedly ends up in a crazy dangerous adventure.

The story follows a mild-mannered Uber driver named Stu (Nanjiani) who “picks up a passenger (Bautista) who turns out to be a cop hot on the trail of a brutal killer.” Stu is “thrust into a harrowing ordeal where he desperately tries to hold onto his wits, his life and his five-star rating.”

The movie was directed by Michael Dowse and it also stars Iko Uwais, Natalie Morales, Betty Gilpin, Jimmy Tatro, Mira Sorvino, and Karen Gillan.

Stuber looks like a ton of fun and it will be released on July 12th.

If not for the wonders of technology — and world’s most popular ride-sharing app in particular — Vic and Stu never would have met. Vic (Dave Bautista) is an enormous bull-in-a-china-shop-style cop recovering from eye surgery who can’t see well enough to drive (or shoot) on the night of his big bust. Stu (Kumail Nanjiani) is a touchy, easily disconcerted Uber driver who can’t afford to get another one-star review. And “Stuber” is the wildly irreverent, crash-test action-comedy that throws these two polar opposites together for a night of shootouts, stakeouts, and bust-out big laughs, as Vic commandeers Stu’s puny electric car, simultaneously deputizing and endangering its terrified driver, who hates it when you call him “Stuber.”

Debuting to justifiably enthusiastic response at the SXSW Film Festival as a work-in-progress screening — though tighter and no less polished than any of the flashy, fully-ready studio premieres that screened over...

Tagline: "It's All Fun and Games Until Someone Gets Hurt." The horror comedy Fubar is coming to audiences in the United Kingdom. From director Ben Kent (Love Bug), Fubar involves a wedding Stag and an old nuclear bunker. When the group opens the door to the bunker, something is released and a strange situation develops. This zombie title has been making its rounds on the film festival circuit; Fubar had a recent appearance at the LAMANOFest in Spain, this past November. Now, Fubar is getting set to release on DVD and Digital platforms, shortly. Fubar stars: Mark Heap (The World's End), Sean Verey (Dead Man Running), Danny Kirrane and David Mumeni. A preview of the film's impending UK home entertainment release is available here. A few early reviews have come in for Fubar. As a sidenote, Fubar is an old World War II and acronym. Its meaning should be known to everyone by now.

With four more episodes left to air, History has decided to cancel its gritty military drama Six.

Ratings have not been kind to the second season, but there were some big changes to the story of the ten-episode chapter in comparison to Six Season 1.

What hasn't changed is camaraderie between the characters on one of the few shows on television that currently features men supporting other men in a sea of programming that features women doing it all the time.

Six Season 2 began immediately after Rip was shot. The character was ultimately killed, leaving a hole in the cast left by Walton Goggins.

The Seal Team felt the pain of their former leader's loss and with Bear at the helm and the addition of CIA officer Gina Cline (Olivia Munn), began to scour Eastern Europe, infiltrating hostile territory and terrorist hotspots like Chechnya as they track the mastermind behind the...

First it was drugs. “Sicario” captured that threat as few movies have, depicting the brutality with which cartels control the flow of illegal substances across the U.S.-Mexico border, and imagining a no-nonsense response by a shadowy group of American enforcers every bit as corrupt as the criminals they’re attempting to extinguish. Now, the cartels are dealing in human traffic, introducing a toxic dimension to what may once have seemed a simple refugee issue. That’s the dynamic screenwriter Taylor Sheridan wanted to explore in his cold-blooded follow-up, “Sicario: Day of the Soldado,” addressing not only the ultraviolent Mexican gangs who control which people cross the border but also the notion that outlaws and potential terrorists may be able to enter the country with their blessing.

Considering how rare it is that an intelligent, topical action movie comes along, there might be reason to question whether “Soldado” stands...

Three years ago, “Fubar” star David Lawrence got into costume for his beloved headbanger character Terry — long, scraggly wig, plaid shirt and black leather cap — and started video chatting with fans online “just for fun.” He’d opened a Skype account as the antiquated character from the 2002 Canadian mockumentary cult hit and its […]...

Last year the The Globe & Mail released an article entitled "What is Wrong with the Canadian Film Industry?" that outlined the problems facing our country’s cinema: low box-office numbers, a crisis of English-Canadian identity, an inability to compete with Hollywood entertainments etc., etc. Focused entirely on the industry, the piece fails to mention the resurgence that had been taking root for quite some time. 2015 was an important year for Canadian cinema, but while Room, Hyena Road and Wet Bum ate up the article’s word count, three of the year’s great Canadian films by emerging directors went unnoticed: Isiah Medina’s 88:88, Kurt Walker’s Hit 2 Pass, and Kazik Radwanski’s How Heavy This Hammer. Equating cinema with ‘content,’ a product to be bought and sold, the article is as much a reflection of the problems with Canadian cinema as an exposition of it. But this insidious...

On February 1, 1976, Elvis Presley had a hankering for a sandwich.

It wasn’t any old sandwich, however. This sandwich was a full loaf of French bread hollowed out, covered in butter, and filled with peanut butter, jam, and about a pound of bacon. It was -- and still is -- called the Fool’s Gold Loaf, and on that fabled night in 1976, Presley spontaneously flew across the country to satisfy his very specific craving for it.

The Fool’s Gold Loaf holds a place of honour in The F Word, a Toronto-shot romantic comedy by Canadian directorMichael Dowse (Goon, Fubar). Wallace (Harry Potter’s Daniel Radcliffe) and Chantry (Zoe Kazan, star and director of Ruby Sparks) become best friends and then (maybe, possibly) fall in love with the help of the jelly-infused mess.

Where The F Word’s heroes both agree on their pro-Fool’s Gold platform, their actor counterparts couldn’t be more opposed.

When I called Michael Dowse for our interview, I tried hard not to sound like a crazy person. I admit that I've been a bit vocal about his films on Twitter, and believe (without any sarcasm or irony) that a decade from now his name will be associated with the great directors that have come out of Canada. There's a deftness to his filmmaking that's refreshing, a wonderful blend of the silly and the serious that's often so hard to pull off. I first recognized the spark of genius when Fubar 2 played as part of Tiff's Midnight Madness programme back in 2010. While the first film was juvenile and silly, the sequel was in many way astonishing - yes, it's a stoner comedy,...

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"It's the essence of flirting." So how do you refresh and revitalize the romantic comedy genre? That's what I was hoping to find out from Canadian director Michael Dowse, the man behind the excellent film What If. I first saw this film at last year's Tiff 2013, and loved it, ranking it as one of my 5 favorite films of that festival. It was known as The F Word back then (and still is in Canada) but was retitled to What If for its Us release, which is something I had to ask him about. What If stars Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan as a young couple perfect for each other–their chemistry was a topic, too. View the full video interview below. Michael Dowse is also the director of the films Fubar, Fubar: Balls to the Wall, It's All Gone Pete Tong and Goon with Seann William Scott. If you've seen any of those films,...

Filmmaker Michael Dowse hasn't exactly broken out in the United States, although in his home country of Canada, he's known for a couple of cult favorites like the two "Fubar" movies and the hockey comedy Goon, starring Seann William Scott and Jay Baruchel. Neither of those movies could possibly prepare his fans for his decision to direct What If, a comedy that looks at the relationship between two young people whose situation forces one of them into "the friend zone."...

This rom-com is really an updated take on When Harry Met Sally . . . for millennials. Meaning, can a guy be friends with a babe without trying to boff her? Luckily, Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan spin sweet magic out of blah-blah-blah clichés. I like when that happens.

In this Toronto-set fable, Radcliffe plays Wallace, a med-school dropout, dumped by his Gf and – ouch! – living with his single-mom sister. Kazan, radiating smarts and seductive appeal, plays Chantry (great name), an animator Wallace sparks to at a party. She has a boyfriend, Ben (Rafe Spall). If she didn't,...

It has been 25 years since "When Harry Met Sally," the ultimate can-men-and-women-be-just-friends romantic comedy, hit theatres, and as we've recently discussed, few films of that sort have matched it in that time. But lately Hollywood has been taking a crack at that unique premise with mixed results, most notably with "Friends With Benefits" and "No Strings Attached," both released within months of each other and both not very good. So "Goon" and "Fubar" director Michael Dowse has a high bar to reach with "What If," and while the movie doesn't even make it to the same ballpark as the Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan classic, there's enough pleasure and small charms within its modest ambitions that it succeeds in putting an enjoyable spin on what has often proved a tired concept. While authenticity might be too strong a word, "What If" presents a world that feels inhabited by real characters in a real city (the.

Stars: Daniel Radcliffe, Adam Driver, Zoe Kazan, Rafe Spall, Megan Park, Mackenzie Davis, Lucius Hoyos, Jemima Rooper | Written by Elan Mastai | Directed by Michael Dowse

I was lucky enough to see an advance screening of What If this week, a romantic comedy with a quirky edge to it that makes if feel somewhat fresh, like Ruby Sparks (2012) or 500 Days of Summer (2009).

Based on a play by T.J. Dawe and directed by Michael Dowse (Goon, Fubar), this indie comedy with heart is heavy on conversationalist dialogue, wears it’s heard on its sleeve and is, throughout its just-over 90 minute running time, a delightful story of boy and girl meet, girl has boyfriend, boy wants to make a move but can’t, difficulties in their friendship occur. It seems, on the surface, and on paper, a little predictable and run of the mill, but feels much more out of the ordinary in...

Marvel is still trying to find a replacement for Edgar Wright on their Phase Three adventure Ant-Man, which isn't going well so far. After Anchorman director Adam McKay passed on the project this past weekend, We're the Millers director Rawson Marshall Thurber was said to be a lock for the position. That changed this morning with two conflicting reports, one that said he wasn't interested in signing on, and another that claimed he'd never even been approached. Now, Marvel is reportedly eyeing two more directors firmly embedded in the world of comedy.

Most familiar to fans will be Nick Stoller, who hails from the Judd Apatow camp. He recently scored with the box office hit Neighbors starring Zac Efron and Seth Rogen. He's also know for Get Him to the Greek and Forgetting Sarah Marshall. The later of which he worked alongside Ant-Man lead Paul Rudd on, with the two already having a strong rapport.

With Edgar Wright out, Adam McKay and Rawson Thurber both passing, and Ruben Fleischer potentially doing "Ghostbusters 3," Marvel's race to find a director for "Ant-Man" continues. And this afternoon comes a couple more names you can toss into a hat. Deadline says that Nicholas Stoller and Michael Dowse are "making the rounds" as contenders for the gig. Both are certainly gifted comedy directors, with the former helming "Forgetting Sarah Marshall," "Get Him To The Greek," "The Five-Year Engagement" and the recent "Neighbors," while the latter has tackled "Goon," "Take Me Home Tonight," "Fubar" and the upcoming "The F Word." What neither have is tentpole experience when it comes to staging action, but then again, Marvel has that kind of support likely in place.  At any rate, these are just a couple of names to argue about online, and you can do that below. Thoughts? Is "Ant-Man" really going to make its July 17, 2015 release date?...

Update: A CBS Films spokesman tell us: "CBS Films has not changed the title of 'The F Word' to 'If You’re Lucky.' " One movie we heard some good word about at Tiff last fall but just couldn't find room for in our screening schedule was "The F Word." The film from director Michael Dowse ("Fubar," "Goon," "Take Me Home Tonight") is a rom-com starring Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan, about a young man stuck in the dreaded friend zone with a girl he likes a whole lot more than that. Buzz was good on the movie, and it even landed on Tiff's Top 10 Canadian Films Of 2013 list. But it looks like a big change is coming to the movie before it lands in U.S. theaters. Yahoo reveals that following a screening of the movie during Tiff's currently ongoing series celebrating those top ten movies, Dowse...

Fubar. It’s All Gone Pete Tong. Fubar: Balls to the Wall. Goon.

While those film titles may sound foreign to some, Canadian cult moviegoers have really come to embrace the work of Michael Dowse. While he branched off into American cinema with the little seen Topher Grace vehicle Take Me Home Tonight, his work remains very much Canadian. And that is why it is so odd to see him directing a romantic comedy like The F Word. It sounded interesting enough, but could the guy who gave us Fubar really deliver something that needs to be sweet and cheerful? Especially after the casual brutality of Goon? Well, the answer may surprise you.

Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe) is a bit of a shut-in. He broke up with his girlfriend over a year ago, he dropped out of med school, and now he lives in the attic of his sister’s home in suburban Toronto.

The feeding frenzy that is the backstage wheeling-and-dealing at a major film festival has come to Toronto, and bobbing up from the churning waters are a number of intriguing bodies... We hear from our friends at Hitfix that CBS Films has nabbed “The F Word,” not (sadly?) the feature-length Gordon Ramsay movie we've all been waiting for, but rather a “(500) Days of Summer”-esque rom-com, starring Zoe Kazan and Daniel Radcliffe, and word around the fest has been pretty positive by those who've seen it. It's directed by Michael Dowse ("Fubar," "Take Me Home Tonight") and also features Rafe Spall and “Girls” star Adam Driver.Speaking of feeding frenzies, the Hollywood Reporter tells us that “The Green Inferno,” from once and future horror icon Eli Roth, has been picked up by Open Road, who've made horror work for them before with films like “Silent House.” “The Green Inferno” has been...

Canadian director Michael Dowse's movies tend to revolve around vulgar, garrulous individuals driven to ridiculous extremes, from the hotheaded hockey player in 2011's "Goon" to the headbangers at the center of "Fubar" and "Fubar II." With "The F Word," a romantic comedy about a young platonic couple dealing with mutual sexual tension, he aspires to reach similarly naughty territory. Yet despite formidable performances from Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan as the duo in question, "The F Word" never comes close to realizing the expletive-fueled comedy implied by its title. More blatantly commercial in tone, it tries to have some bite to its will-they-or-won't-they scenario but ultimately winds up toothless. That being said, there are certainly worse versions of the conventions dominating "The F Word," which draws its material from the play by T.J. Dawe and Michael Rinaldi. Radcliffe plays newly single Toronto-based pre-med student Wallace, who meets doe-eyed animator Chantry (Kazan) at.

CBS Films announced today that it has acquired the U.S. rights to Michael Dowse's The F Word, which made its world premiere at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival this week. The film stars Daniel RadcliffeZoe Kazan, Adam Driver, Rafe Spall, Megan Park, and Mackenzie Davis. CBS Films' Co-President Wolfgang Hammer and Evp of Acquisitions and Productions Scott Shooman made the joint announcement.

Directed by Michael Dowse (Fubar, Goon) from a screenplay by Elan Mastai, The F Word is the story of medical school dropout Wallace (Daniel Radcliffe), a hopeless romantic who's been repeatedly burned by bad relationships. Deciding to put his life on hold, Wallace strikes up a friendship with animator Chantry (Zoe Kazan) who lives with her boyfriend Ben (Rafe Spall). Wallace and Chantry click immediately, becoming best friends; but with the chemistry between them, can that last?

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With a reputation for making crude, lewd, funny and scrappy films, Michael Dowse wouldn't be the first, or even second, director to come to mind when you imagine a clever romantic comedy starring Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan. But with The F Word, the Montrealer has found a surprising fit with lighter material than his 2011 hockey smash Goon or Fubar and its sequel would suggest was possible, but a change of pace, as it turns out, was a gamble that paid off.

Dowse, as self-effacing and honest as you'd imagine, and Kazan, as delightful, charming and sweet as you'd imagine, paid a visit to the Cineplex suite during the Toronto International Film Festival to talk about why Harry Potter makes a good comedic leading man, if guys and girls can be friends and what Adam Driver of "Girls" added to the mix.

Check out Michael Dowse and Zoe Kazan in the hot seat right now.

The Toronto International Film Festival continues to pad out its already stellar lineup. This afternoon, word's come of the Canadian produced titles ready to walk the red carpet, and includes more notable flicks that festival-goers will want to add to their schedule. First off, it looks like Jake Gyllenhaal will be doing double duty... make that triple duty. Already planning to be in town to rep it hard for "Prisoners," Gyllenhaal will also be doing the promo run for "Enemy"—helmed by Denis Villeneuve (who also directed "Prisoners")—where he plays the lead role, and the character's double. Meanwhile, Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan will do the rom-com thing in "The F Word" from "Fubar" and "Take Me Home Tonight" director Michael Dowse. And homegrown wunderkind Xavier Dolan will get off the plane from Venice to show off his thriller "Tom At The Farm." Other Canuck filmmakers at note unspooling...

If you're a hockey fan and the NHL lockout has got you down in the dumps, here's some news that will hopefully brighten your day. Actor Jay Baruchel recently revealed that a sequel to his fantastic hockey flick Goon is now in the early stages of development. Baruchel co-wrote the script for the original film with fellow Canadian Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express), and while Goldberg will remain on board as a producer, this time around Baruchel will team with Jesse Chabot as a writing partner (who was an associate producer on the first film). Michael Dowse (Fubar) will return to direct. Here's what Baruchel had to say about the project on Twitter: "Goon 2 will be written by @jessechabot and myself. Evan Goldberg will be involved as a producer and we will all be working our asses off to make as awesome a flick as possible. Please know this: Goon...

After three movies in the span of seven months all flopped to various degrees (sort of the reverese Channing Tatum), Taylor Kitsch is licking his wounds and returning back to his native Canada...where he's quietly begun lensing on a new movie.  A remake of a Quebecois film from 2003, with a script by Michael Dowse ("Goon," "Fubar") and Ken Scott (who wrote the original and "Starbuck," which is getting a Hollywood remake with Vince Vaughn), and directed by Don McKellar ("Last Night"), "Grand Seduction" centers on a small town bending over backward to please a new doctor, and encourage him to say, so they can secure a contract for a much needed factory. It's all quite quaint and goofy (at least the original version anyway), and the French version was a massive hit, winding up nomintaed for pretty much every Genie (Canada's version of the Oscars) there is (it won...

Good projects never really die, but sometimes it takes a bit of time for the right set of circumstances to come along to make them happen. Back in 2010, "The F Word" was gearing up with backing from Fox Searchlight, with "In Search Of A Midnight Kiss" director Alex Holdridge at the helm, Casey Affleck attached to star, and Rose Byrne, Rebecca Hall, Deborah Ann Woll and Mary Elizabeth Winstead all vying for the female lead. The project ultimately never came together, but it has found new life with two very able actors. Daniel Radcliffe and Zoe Kazan have joined the picture that has now moved out of Fox Searchlight and is set up at Entertainment One which has the worldwide rights to the film. Michael Dowse ("Fubar," "Take Me Home Tonight," "Goon") now takes the director's chair. Based on the play "Cigars and Toothpaste" by T.J. Dawe and Michael Rinaldi,...

In an attempt to shake things up a bit and pay a bit of homage to the amazing fight sequences we saw at ActionFest, Brian and I will go back and forth on these reviews in a kind of point for point debate style as opposed to traditional review format. We hope you enjoy it. Brian Salisbury is only part man, the rest is composed of dense, angry layers of English muffin pizzas and Sno-Caps. Forged in the fire of Mt. Dubious Taste, Salisbury (alias Steak Plissken) now wages an unceasing war against the forces of good and pretentious. Entering the squared circle of ActionFest, he is determined to eye-gorge himself on action flicks and wreck as much havoc upon his Viking-bearded cohort Luke “Danger” Mullen as he routinely does upon his own digestive system. Will these two titans of genre consumption merely destroy each other in Asheville, or will their collective might leave the city a...

Even if you're not a hockey fan, you have to be impressed by Goon , a hockey comedy co-written and produced by Jay Baruchel ( Tropic Thunder , Knocked Up ), starring Seann William Scott as Doug "The Thug" Glatt, a simple-minded bar bouncer from Massachusetts who is recruited onto the minor league Canadian team as an enforcer, a guy who is just there to fight against players who diss his teammates. As Doug's success and popularity in the league grows, it leads him to an inevitable face-off with the legendary fighter Ross Rhea, played by Liev Schreiber, while he also falls for a hockey groupie named Eva (Alison Pill), who is enamored by Doug's naivety, helping her to forget her many problems. Directed by Michael Dowse (of the "Fubar" movies), Goon has the...

Director Michael Dowse, the man behind "Fubar" and "Take Me Home Tonight," is no stranger to pushing the envelope. So it's no surprise that his latest effort, the hockey comedy "Goon," opens with a splash of blood and a tooth hitting the ice. While the real hockey world is currently wrangling with issue of concussions, in the stylized sports comedy "Goon," the hits are big, bad and brutal. We recently caught up with screenwriter Evan Goldberg (who co-wrote the film with Jay Baruchel) to talk about the film, and we started off by chatting about balancing the real-deal hockey in the movie with the bone-crushing fights and checks that pepper the story.

"When we were writing the script, all we thought to ourselves was, 'Whoever makes this is going to try to make it so much less violent than whatever we write, that we should really amp up the violence.

Canadians came out swinging at the box office this weekend, showing some serious love for the brawling hockey comedy Goon, starring Seann William Scott as the titular elbow-throwing enforcer in the R-rated flick co-starring, written and produced by homegrown talent Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg (Seth Rogen's bestie and go-to writing partner), based on the book "Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey."

The Alliance Films release beat out Hollywood competition in the form of Paul Rudd and Jennifer Aniston comedy Wanderlust, the Amanda Seyfried mystery Gone and Navy Seals actioner Act of Valor to score the number one spot over the weekend to the tune of $1.2 million, a rare boon for a Canadian movie.

Goon follows Doug, a bouncer who stumbles his way onto the ice when it becomes clear his size and force would make him a great enforcer. Directed by Michael Dowse (Fubar,...

Fubar series director Michael Dowse’s Goon is the latest addition to the hockey sports comedy sub-genre, joining similarly rowdy, (literally) hard-hitting comedies like Slap Shot – and, less directly, Happy Gilmore. It is based on the non-fictional memoir “Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey,” as written by Adam Frattasio and Doug Smith (the book chronicles the latter’s experiences).

Today, we have an official U.S. trailer and a pair of R-Rated clips from Goon – and like the previous bits of footage unveiled from the film, it’s chock-full with the sorts of outrageous humor you would expect from a film co-scripted by Evan Goldberg (Superbad, Pineapple Express) and based around oddball minor league hockey players.

Goon stars Seann William Scott as Doug Glatt, a slow-but-likable bar bouncer who catches the eye ...

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Apple iTunes released the upcoming sports comedy green band trailer for “Goon.” Here is the synopsis: Labelled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. The film stars Seann William Scott (“Role Models,” “American Pie”), Jay Baruchel (“How to Train Your Dragon,” “Tropic Thunder”), Liev Schreiber (“X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” “Salt”), Alison Pill (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Milk”), Kim Coates (“Silent Hill,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife”) and Eugene Levy (“Best in Show,” “A Mighty Wind”). The film is directed by Michael Dowse (“It’s All Gone Pete Tong,” “Fubar”). The screenplay is penned by Baruchel and Evan Goldberg (“Pineapple Express,” “Superbad”), which is based on the Adam Frattasio and Doug Smith’s novel “Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journay into Minor League Hockey.

Here’s a brand new international movie poster for the upcoming film “Goon” by director Michael Dowse (Take Me Home Tonight, Fubar) and starring Seann William Scott (American Reunion, Ice Age: Continental Drift), Jay Baruchel (Jay and Seth vs. the Apocalypse), Alison Pill and Liev Schreiber (Repo Men, Salt) and written by Jay Baruchel, Evan Goldberg. Film Synopsis: Labelled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. Follow @Shockya on Twitter for the latest from Seann William Scott and “Goon”. Source: Dailyblam.com...

Magnet Releasing released the first poster for the upcoming hockey movie “Goon.” Here is the synopsis: Labelled an outcast by his brainy family, a bouncer overcomes long odds to lead a team of under performing misfits to semi-pro hockey glory, beating the crap out of everything that stands in his way. The film stars Seann William Scott (“Role Models,” “American Pie”), Jay Baruchel (“How to Train Your Dragon,” “Tropic Thunder”), Liev Schreiber (“X-Men Origins: Wolverine,” “Salt”), Alison Pill (“Scott Pilgrim vs. the World,” “Milk”), Kim Coates (“Silent Hill,” “Resident Evil: Afterlife”) and Eugene Levy (“Best in Show,” “A Mighty Wind”). The film is directed by Michael Dowse (“It’s All Gone Pete Tong,” “Fubar”). The screenplay is penned by Baruchel and Evan Goldberg (“Pineapple Express,” “Superbad”), which is based on the Adam Frattasio and Doug Smith’s novel “Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journay into Minor League Hockey.

There’s a new poster for the upcoming hockey comedy Goon. Based on the novel, Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey, the film is is directed by Michael Dowse (It’s All Gone Pete Tong, Fubar) and co-written by Jay Baruchel and Evan Goldberg. Take a look at these one-sheets below [...]

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