While a major movie about legendary American stuntman Evel Knievel has been in the works for ages, Canada is beating Hollywood to the punch with a film about one of its daredevil legends. The Stunt Driver stars Jay Baruchel as Ken Carter, the Montreal native known as “The Mad Canadian”, in a new film from Goon director Michael Dowse.
Ahead of The Stunt Driver‘s world premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival, IFC has acquired the rights and plans to release it in theaters on September 25th.
Here’s the synopsis: Set in the mid-seventies, THE STUNT DRIVER recounts the true underdog story of Canada’s Ken Carter (Jay Baruchel), the world champion stunt driver who battles personal demons and public doubt to attempt what everyone considers impossible – a mile-long jump across the St. Lawrence river in a rocket car.
The comedic biopic also stars Ed Helms, Laurence Leboeuf, Dan Bakkedahl, and Ben Foster as Evel Knievel. Written and directed by Dowse, the film is a reunion with Baruchel, who he worked with on Goon. Dowse also previously worked with Helms on the Netflix action-comedy, Coffee & Kareem.
