Oscar winner Sissy Spacek is set to star opposite "Saturday Night Live" stars Andy Samberg and Jorma Taccone in the Paramount Pictures comedy HOT ROD, says The Hollywood Reporter.

Spacek will play the slightly off-center voice of reason to Samberg's character Rod, a clumsy daredevil who re-creates his hero Evel Knievel's unsuccessful jump over Snake River Canyon on a moped. Ian McShane plays the step-father Rod is trying to impress.

HOT ROD is written by "SNL" scribes Samberg, Taccone and Akiva Schaffer, who also makes his directorial debut. "SNL's" Lorne Michaels is producing the project, which is set to begin filming this month.