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<\/p>\nHollywood to revisit cycling\u2019s most notorious doping scandal, with Austin Butler set to portray Lance Armstrong in a new biopic in the works.<\/p>\n
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A new biopic on life and career of Lance Armstrong is in the works. (Photo: Getty Images)<\/p>\n
Updated February 7, 2026 09:11AM<\/p>\n
Lance Armstrong<\/a> is at the center of a new movie about the life story of one of cycling\u2019s most notorious figure<\/a>s.<\/p>\n That\u2019s according to Variety<\/a>, which reports that a new biopic is in the works about the career of the banned-for-life Texan.<\/p>\n The Hollywood trade magazine reports that Oscar nominee Austin Butler is set to star.<\/p>\n Hollywood already took on one of cycling\u2019s most infamous doping scandals, though several documentaries have recounted the story.<\/p>\n Ben Foster played Armstrong in The Program, which received mixed reviews and did not make a big splash when it was released in 2015.<\/p>\n According to Variety<\/a>, the new project is different because producers have acquired the rights directly from Armstrong.<\/p>\n Early reports overnight also confirmed that some of Hollywood\u2019s biggest hitters are behind the project.<\/p>\n Edward Berger, whose recent films include All Quiet on the Western Front and Conclave, will direct. Scott Stuber, a former Netflix boss who now works at United Artists, is producing, with a script from Zach Baylin (King Richard), Variety reported.<\/p>\n There was no immediate reaction from Armstrong, who remains a polarizing figure within the cycling community<\/a>.<\/p>\n New movie is backed by Hollywood heavy-hitters Now 54, Armstrong won the Tour a record seven straight times from 1999 to 2005, and became an A-list sports global icon as a cancer survivor and cycling\u2019s most famous racer.<\/p>\n That came crashing down after the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency<\/a> revealed in 2012 that Armstrong\u2019s circle ran a sophisticated doping program, resulting in a life ban for Armstrong and shorter bans for scores of former teammates and others associated with the scandal.<\/p>\n Armstrong was stripped of his titles and faced more than $100 million in legal settlements and lost income<\/a>, including a $5 million settlement with the U.S. government<\/a> in 2018.<\/p>\n Armstrong has since built a sweeping media empire that includes the popular podcast The Move, and has returned to the speaker\u2019s circuit, earning up to $100,000 per engagement.<\/p>\n There were no details about what the movie might explore in the recasting of the Armstrong story, or when it would be released.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hollywood to revisit cycling\u2019s most notorious doping scandal, with Austin Butler set to portray Lance Armstrong in a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":467210,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[569],"tags":[64,214038,63,784,73253,85,238893,238894,78831,238895,67883],"class_list":["post-467209","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-cycling","tag-au","tag-audio-true","tag-australia","tag-cycling","tag-parent_category-news","tag-sports","tag-tag-doping","tag-tag-lance-armstrong","tag-tag-tour-de-france","tag-tag-usada","tag-type-article"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467209","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=467209"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/467209\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/467210"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=467209"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=467209"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=467209"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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Armstrong, shown here at a 2025 conference, remains a polarizing figure within the cycling community. (Photo: Joe Raedle\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n