One of the wildest daredevils of the 1970s is getting the Hollywood treatment.
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The first teaser trailer has been released for "The Stunt Driver," a new comedy-biopic about Canadian stuntman Ken Carter and his rather ambitious plan to jump a rocket-powered car across the St. Lawrence River.
Jay Baruchel stars as Carter, better known as "The Mad Canadian," while Ben Foster plays perhaps the most famous daredevil of them all, Evel Knievel.
Ed Helms also stars as Dick Keller.
Directed by Michael Dowse, "The Stunt Driver" chronicles Carter's years-long pursuit of a stunt that sounded insane even by 1970s standards: launching himself in a rocket car across roughly a mile of the St. Lawrence River from Canada toward the United States.
Naturally, things didn't exactly go according to plan.
Carter became famous for jumping cars over buses, trucks and other obstacles, but the St. Lawrence stunt became his obsession. His efforts were previously chronicled in the 1981 documentary "The Devil at Your Heels."
"The Stunt Driver" leans into the absurdity of the story, with the teaser presented in the style of an old-school documentary about Carter and his increasingly outrageous ambitions.
There's some authenticity involved, too.
According to FirstShowing.net, filmmakers shot scenes on location at the actual site where Carter planned his St. Lawrence River jump.
Carter's larger-than-life persona has endured long after his daredevil days. He's even been cited as an inspiration for Duke Caboom, the motorcycle stuntman voiced by Keanu Reeves in "Toy Story 4."
Now Carter's story is headed for the big screen. And based on the first trailer, they're not toning down the crazy.
