The film is from
Michael Dowse and is based on the true story of the "Mad Canadian" stunt driver who had fame with his daredevil stunts, and the National Film Board of Canada’s 1981 documentary
The Devil at Your Heels. It is produced by Dowse and Jennifer Wilson through Cardinal Films with Macdara Kelleher and Eoin Egan for Wild Atlantic Pictures. The cast is led by
Jay Baruchel.
Ed Helms,
Ben Foster,
Laurence Leboeuf and
Dan Bakkedahl,
Joe Cobden and Marc Beaupré, joined the cast in October 2025.
Principal photography was underway in
Montreal in September 2025. Filming locations included the
St. Lawrence River between
Boucherville and
Varennes, Quebec in Canada, the following month. == References ==