The Stunt Driver Premieres at TIFF With Jay Baruchel as Daredevil Ken Carter
Michael Dowse’s film about 1970s daredevil Ken Carter attempts a rocket car jump across the St. Lawrence River premieres at the Toronto International Film Festival.
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First reported by Variety, 5h 04m ahead of the next publisher · who breaks stories first
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The story so far
5 publishers have covered this in 6 articles since 11 Sept 2026. Variety published first, on 11 September at 12:00 UTC; Deadline followed 5h 04m later. The most recent article, from The A.V. Club, appeared on 14 September at 18:00 UTC.
Outlets reporting it: Variety (major outlet), The Hollywood Reporter (major outlet), Deadline, IndieWire, The A.V. Club.
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How it unfolded
Every source in the order it published.
- Variety‘The Stunt Driver’ Helmer Michael Dowse on Working With Jay Baruchel, Building a Ramp and a Rocket Car: ‘It Wasn’t for the Faint of Heart’
- DeadlineJay Baruchel & Michael Dowse Talk Falling In Love With ‘The Stunt Driver’ Ken Carter, Upcoming Sitcom Project, Baruchel’s WWII Fighter Pilot Passion Project
- IndieWire‘The Stunt Driver’ Review: Jay Baruchel Plays a Canadian Daredevil Trying to Pull Off an Impossible Stunt in a Fun 1970s Throwback
- The Hollywood Reporter‘The Stunt Driver’ Review: Jay Baruchel Channels Canada’s Answer to Evel Knievel in an Affable True-Life Comedy That’s Not Quite Fast or Funny Enough
- Variety‘The Stunt Driver’ Review: Jay Baruchel Takes a Leap into Tepid Biopic Territory
- The A.V. ClubCanada's Knievel gets his due in the warmhearted comedy The Stunt Driver
Sources
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- ‘The Stunt Driver’ Review: Jay Baruchel Takes a Leap into Tepid Biopic Territory Variety ·
- ‘The Stunt Driver’ Review: Jay Baruchel Channels Canada’s Answer to Evel Knievel in an Affable True-Life Comedy That’s Not Quite Fast or Funny Enough The Hollywood Reporter ·
- ‘The Stunt Driver’ Helmer Michael Dowse on Working With Jay Baruchel, Building a Ramp and a Rocket Car: ‘It Wasn’t for the Faint of Heart’ Variety ·
- Canada's Knievel gets his due in the warmhearted comedy The Stunt Driver The A.V. Club
- ‘The Stunt Driver’ Review: Jay Baruchel Plays a Canadian Daredevil Trying to Pull Off an Impossible Stunt in a Fun 1970s Throwback IndieWire
- Jay Baruchel & Michael Dowse Talk Falling In Love With ‘The Stunt Driver’ Ken Carter, Upcoming Sitcom Project, Baruchel’s WWII Fighter Pilot Passion Project Deadline
In this story
- Jay Baruchel
- Michael Dowse
- Ken Carter
- The Stunt Driver
- Toronto Intl. Film Festival