It looks like the "Muscles from Brussels" may actually have a sense of humor, after all. Peace Arch Entertainment -- the company that brought you such classics as Uwe Boll's In the Name of the King: A Dungeon
Siege Tale, Jared Leto's Chapter 27, and James Van Der Beek's Final Draft -- today announced the acquisition of the North American distribution rights to JCVD. The (somewhat) fictional biopic, dubbed "an action-packed, comedic satire of the life of movie hero
Jean-Claude Van Damme," will debut September 4 at this year's Toronto
Film Festival.
The synopsis alone makes me want to book a flight to Canada ASAP: "Jean-Claude finds himself out of money, fighting for custody of his daughter and losing every good action role to Steven Seagal. In an attempt to escape, the aging star walks away from his shrinking spotlight and returns home to his native Brussels. But when he is thrown into a real-life hostage situation, everyone sees a side of Van Damme they’ve never seen before..."
Look for JCVD in a theater near you sometime this fall.