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As you'll see from the early seconds of this clip just tweeted by creator Eric Powell, the film version of comic book The Goon is still no nearer full production. As you'll also see, that's very bad news indeed.Taking the form of a public service announcement, the work-in-progress teaser provides us with a useful demonstration of how to dispatch a zombie (or "slackjaw in The Goon's terminology). Oddly, The Goon himself appears to be using a wrench, even though the product he's apparently advertising is a Smitty's Beat Stick: "Quality you can bludgeon with!"A slapstick supernatural noir, The Goon (not to be confused with the Seann William Scott-starring hockey movie, the Diana Wynne-Jones novel Archer's Goon, or Spike Milligan's radio series) involves a mob enforcer, his sidekick, and a villain in the form of The Priest, who leads a legion of undead.Clancy Brown voices the titular thug,...

It's been an enthusiastically-received staple of Comic-Con for the last couple of years, but The Goon, produced by David Fincher from Eric Powell's comics, is still no nearer production.Fincher, out on the rounds for the Social Network DVD, told AICN that the small matter of a $55m budget is a sticking point for potential studios. "Animation that isn't singing furry animals is hard," he explains, "especially when it's something as outre as Eric Powell."A slapstick supernatural noir, The Goon (not to be confused with the Seann William Scott-starring hockey movie or the Diana Wynne-Jones novel Archer's Goon) involves a mob enforcer, his sidekick, and a villain in the form of a priest who leads a legion of zombies. Fincher dislikes the term "adult animation" though: "I think that ends up starting to sound like Fritz the Cat, and that's not what it is. It's more like 'teen animation'.

Looks like Kevin Smith's hockey comedy Hit Somebody is in for some friendly competition. Michael Dowse's Goon is hitting the ice first, with Seann William Scott, Jay Baruchel, Alison Pill and Marc-Andre Grondin all already signed on.Goon (not to be confused with The Goon, which is rather different, nor the Diana Wynne Jones book Archer's Goon) is based on the book by Doug Smith and Adam Frattasio, Goon: The True Story of an Unlikely Journey into Minor League Hockey. It focuses on Doug Glatt, a bouncer who discovers a talent for ice-skating and hitting people, making him the ideal new secret weapon for a down-on-their-luck local hockey team. Scott is set to play Glatt, with Baruchel as his best friend. Pill (Scott Pilgrim's awesome sourpuss drummer Kim) is the female lead, and Grondin (Che) is a French-Canadian star player.Hit Somebody is still definitely going ahead:...