Milo Ventimiglia to play star stuntman Evel Knievel in new series

"This Is Us" star Milo Ventimiglia will be portraying legendary American daredevil Evel Knievel in a new limited series.
The story, written by Etan Frankel, chronicles Knievel as he prepares for his greatest death-defying feat -- the legendary Snake River Canyon jump in 1974.
The series has been described as a portrait of a complex man living the American dream, juggling meteoric celebrity and raising a family and the very real probability that his next jump will kill him.
Ventimiglia and Frankel will also executive produce alongside Mary Viola, Steven Bello, Alex Gartner, Charles Roven and Topher Rhys-Lawrence.
The yet-untitled project is set to begin production in 2020.