Jay Baruchel: Last News

Caitlin Cronenberg’s has wrapped the four-week shoot in Hamilton, Ontario of her directorial debut, the environment-themed thriller Humane.

Jeff Barnaby, a filmmaker and member of the Mi’kmaw tribe who brought Indigenous cinema to greater attention, has died at 46. He had a yearlong battle with cancer, his representative confirmed.

Manori Ravindran International Editor IFC Films has acquired the U.S. rights to “Operation Avalanche” director Matt Johnson’s new movie, “BlackBerry,” about the ill-fated smartphone that took the world by storm in the early 2000s. The highly anticipated film, which was first revealed by Variety last month, tells the story of the meteoric rise and catastrophic demise of the BlackBerry, and stars an ensemble cast including Jay Baruchel (“This Is the End”), Glenn Howerton (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia”) and Cary Elwes (“Mission: Impossible — Dead Reckoning”). The pic will detail the operations of BlackBerry’s Canadian parent company Research in Motion, which was one of the country’s most illustrious and well-known tech companies before it floundered in legal disputes and eventually lost its market advantage to competitors such as Apple and Samsung. At the heart of the story is the business relationship between co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie.

Manori Ravindran International EditorBefore the iPhone, there was the mighty BlackBerry — the world’s first smartphone, which enjoyed a meteoric rise in the early 2000s only to meet a catastrophic demise.A new movie from “The Dirties” and “Operation Avalanche” director Matt Johnson, simply entitled “BlackBerry,” will detail the rise and fall of the once-ubiquitous device as its Canadian parent company Research in Motion floundered in legal disputes and eventually lost its market advantage to competitors such as Apple and Samsung. At the heart of the story is the business relationship between co-founders Mike Lazaridis and Jim Balsillie.The film’s cast is led by Jay Baruchel (“This Is The End,” “Knocked Up”) and Glenn Howerton (“It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia,” “A.P.

Jay Baruchel, host of hit show LOL: Last One Laughing Canada, from Boat Rocker’s Insight Productions, is expanding his relationship with the entertainment company. The actor, writer, producer and director has closed a first-look deal with Boat Rocker to develop and produce original television, film and digital projects for the company.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterJay Baruchel has entered into a first-look deal with Boat Rocker. Under the deal, Baruchel will develop and produce film, television, and digital projects for Boat Rocker.“Proudly wearing the Canadian maple leaf tattooed over his heart, Jay Baruchel is a national treasure,” said David Fortier and Ivan Schneeberg, co-executive chairmen of Boat Rocker Media and co-chairmen of Boat Rocker Studios. “Jay has brought his unique talent, charm and humour to a multitude of rewatchable films and series, whether it be as actor, writer, producer or host.

Arnold Schwarzenegger and Tom Arnold have taken to the Toronto streets.

EXCLUSIVE: Happy Endings alum Adam Pally has joined the cast of Arnold Schwarzenegger’s untitled spy adventure Netflix series in a key recurring role.

EXCLUSIVE: Canadian producer Antica Productions has partnered with media organization Postmedia Network to create podcasts and TV shows from journalism, setting debut project True Crime Byline.

Joe Otterson TV ReporterThe Netflix spy series led by Arnold Schwarzenegger and Monica Barbaro has set its main cast, Variety has learned.Appearing in series regular roles in the series are: Jay Baruchel, Aparna Brielle, Andy Buckley, Milan Carter, Fortune Feimster, Barbara Eve Harris, Gabriel Luna, Fabiana Udenio, and Travis Van Winkle. Additionally, the following actors will appear in recurring roles: Devon Bostick, David Chinchilla, Rachel Lynch, Stephanie Sy, and Scott Thompson.Full character descriptions for all the new cast members can be found below.The untitled spy drama was ordered at Netflix in May 2021, with the streamer giving the one-hour show an eight episode order.

Netflix and Skydance Television have set the cast of the untitled Arnold Schwarzenegger spy adventure series, signing nine actors as series regulars to join Schwarzenegger in his first TV series role, and previously announced female lead Monica Barbaro. The list includes Travis Van Winkle (You), Gabriel Luna, reuniting with Schwarzenegger after starring together in Terminator: Dark Fate, Fortune Feimster (The Mindy Project), Jay Baruchel (This Is the End), Milan Carter (Warped!), Fabiana Udenio (Jane the Virgin), Barbara Eve Harris (Station 19), Aparna Brielle (A.P. Bio) and Andy Buckley (The Office).

Canada’s most iconoclastic sketch comedy series is back, with Prime Video sharing a new trailer for the long-in-the-works revival of “The Kids in the Hall”.

“We were all very much trying to prove to our dads that we were men… by dressing up as women!”

Alexisonfire have announced their first studio album in 13 years, ‘Otherness’ – listen to new track ‘Sweet Dreams Of Otherness’ below.The Canadian post-hardcore band’s most recent full-length effort, ‘Old Crows/Young Cardinals’, came out back in 2009 – two years before they announced that they were separating.They reunited for a number of live shows in 2015 and shared their first track in nine years, ‘Familiar Drugs’, in 2019.Having been announced as part of the Slam Dunk Festival 2022 line-up, Alexisonfire have returned today (March 10) with news of their long-awaited fifth record. ‘Otherness’ is due to arrive on June 24 via Dine Alone – you can pre-order/pre-save it here.Speaking of the group’s explosive new single, lead singer George Pettit explained: “This song was largely Dallas’ [Green] brainchild, but over the course of writing this record it became more of a mission statement for the band.“It’s kind of about performance and embracing a newfound confidence in a state of peculiarity.”An animated accompanying video by actor/director Jay Baruchel (This Is The End, Random Acts Of Violence, How To Train Your Dragon) will premiere on Alexisonfire’s official YouTube channel at 11:15pm GMT tonight – check out the clip above.The forthcoming ‘Otherness’ contains 10 new songs in total, including ‘Committed To The Con’, ‘Conditional Love’, Dark Night Of The Soul and ‘Reverse The Curse’.

Get ready to bust a gut while 10 of Canada’s funniest comedians try not to.

What happens when you put 10 of Canada’s funniest people in a single room together, “Big Brother”-style?

The Kids In The Hall are back!Members of the iconic comedy troupe Mark McKinney and Kevin McDonald were seen on the Toronto set of the Kids In The Hall reboot in Toronto on Tuesday.The veteran comedians were not the only ones seen on set as they were also joined by newcomer to the sketch comedy show, Jay Baruchel.

Jay Baruchel is ready to make Canada laugh.

Rebecca-Jo Dunham Baruchel, who he married in 2019. “We each cracked open our laptops and sat on either side of the kitchen table and read them simultaneously and were both laughing a whole bunch. That made it easy.”Season 2 of “The Moodys” premieres Thursday, April 1 (9 p.m.).

Jay Baruchel would gladly just write and direct movies for the rest of his life — just don’t ask him to act in them too.

Most of you know Jay Baruchel from his comedy work. Sure, he’s a very talented comedic actor, but his talents run far deeper than that. Behind the camera, he co-wrote the sports dramedy Goon, as well as co-writing and also directing its sequel Goon: Last of the Enforcers. Now, nearly a decade after he first set out to make it, his sophomore feature Random Acts of Violence is hitting screens. A gory and powerful horror movie (our review can be found right here), it’s a whole new side of Baruchel. Recently, I got on the phone with him to discuss not just directing, but also his pure love for the horror genre as well.