American Pie Presents: Beta House

After Tracy dumps him, Erik Stifler arrives at the University of Michigan as a freshman with his friend Cooze. Cousin Dwight runs the Beta House fraternity, and Erik is invited to try for pledging. There's a rivalry with the house of rich nerds, who want the Beta shut down. Erik also meets Ashley, and Cooze falls for her roommate. A fraternity comedy in the mold of Animal House. It's the direct follow-up to The Naked Mile, built around fraternity life and pledging.

1. Behind the scenesThe writer wanted a fraternity movie

   Erik Lindsay, who wrote the film, pitched it by saying they would never top Animal House, but after 25 years a straight pledging movie was worth making. He spent six years in a fraternity and drew on it.

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2. Behind the scenesShot in seven or eight weeks

   Filming began June 4, 2007 and lasted about seven to eight weeks, in Toronto, at the University of Toronto and at Pinewood Toronto Studios. The budget was under $10 million.

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3. Behind the scenesIt was the middle of a trilogy that never finished

   The film was meant as the center of a trilogy that began with The Naked Mile. There were talks about a final entry, but it never came. Eugene Levy returns, for the sixth time, as Noah.

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