I Kill the Bear: Jared Keeso’s new Crave comedy has Brad Pitt and Chad Kroeger – but is stuck on Woke 1.0

The Globe and Mail · J. Kelly Nestruck · 2026-11-06 05:01 UTC

Beyond the quirky celebrity casting, I Kill the Bear is Keeso’s most openly political or philosophical show to date

MMA fighters and Nickelback frontmen and bears, oh my!

I Kill the Bear, a new Jared Keeso comedy about a French-Canadian clan called the Thibaults who wrangle bears on film and TV sets, has mostly garnered attention pre-launch for its own stunts in the casting department.

Keeso has wrangled both retired UFC fighter Georges St-Pierre and rock star Chad Kroeger into ridiculous roles – and even Edward Norton pops up in an early episode.

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