Baruchel: Goon sequel will be epic

Jay Baruchel has revealed he has started work on a sequel to hockey comedy Goon - and it's set to be "awesome".

The Canadian actor co-wrote and starred in the 2011 flick about Doug, a hapless man (played by Seann William Scott) who becomes the enforcer for a minor league ice hockey team.

Jay revealed 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 a***s off to make as awesome a flick as possible."

He added: "Please know this: Goon is pretty close to sacred for all of us involved and we would only be entertaining the idea of continuing the saga if we were all equally convinced that (characters) Doug, Laflamme, Stevesy, the Russians, Rolie, Ogilvy Belchy and Eva were only getting started.

"We will give them and you guys the epic, violent, heartfelt awesomeness that is not just deserved but required."

It's All Gone Pete Tong's Michael Dowse is set to direct the follow-up.