Funnyman Eugene Levy is joining the cast of the Canadian hockey film Goon.

The movie, directed by Fubar's Michael Dowse, is adapted from the book Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey.

Montreal's Jay Baruchel (Tropic Thunder, The Trotsky, The Sorcerer's Apprentice) wrote the screenplay with Evan Goldberg. Baruchel also stars in the movie, along with Canadian Alison Pill.

Levy will be joining his American Pie co-star Seann William Scott as well as Liev Schreiber.

Shooting has already begun in Winnipeg.

The book, co-written by Adam Frattasio and Doug Smith, chronicles Smith's misadventures as a minor league hockey player.

Smith, a former boxer who began skating at the age of 19, takes a raw and revealing look at his hockey career.