Jay Baruchel moves behind the camera with blood-on-the-ice hockey comedy 'Goon: Last of the Enforcers'

Ottawa-born, Montreal-raised actor Jay Baruchel makes his feature directorial debut and tackles a subject near and dear to his heart - hockey, Canada's national sport - in the comedy sequel "Goon: Last of the Enforcers," which sees Seann William Scott's Doug Glatt facing the ultimate challenge following a brutal career-ending injury: Life after hockey.

Wyatt Russell joins a returning "Goon" cast including Liev Schreiber, Marc-Andre Grondin, Alison Pill and Elisha Cuthbert in the sequel to the 2012 cult comedy about a dim-witted bruiser who finds his calling on his failing hometown hockey team, the Halifax Highlanders. Baruchel, who wrote the first "Goon" with Evan Goldberg and scripts the follow-up with Jesse Chabot, also produced and co-stars.

Here he blends the lightning-quick comedy chops that landed him in the Judd Apatow-verse ("Knocked Up," "Undeclared") with what he gleaned from time spent studying the likes of Cameron Crowe, Clint Eastwood and David Cronenberg while acting in