{"id":413343,"date":"2026-02-07T18:49:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:49:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/413343\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T18:49:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T18:49:09","slug":"a-major-new-lance-armstrong-biopic-is-coming-this-time-with-his-blessing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/413343\/","title":{"rendered":"A major new Lance Armstrong biopic is coming \u2013 this time, with his blessing"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Armstrong has released life rights to the Hollywood production, with Austin Butler set to star and an Oscar-nominated director in the driving seat.<\/p>\n

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As Hollywood\u2019s awards season gathers apace, Deadline reports<\/a> that a new Lance Armstrong biopic is in the works with a high-profile producing and creative team already lined up.<\/p>\n

This would not be the first time the \u201cinfamous cyclist\u201d \u2013 as Deadline writes \u2013 has received the movie treatment, but on this occasion, former Netflix Films chairman, producer Scott Stuber, has obtained Armstrong\u2019s own sign-off having apparently pursued the former cyclist\u2019s life rights for a very long time. The project has reportedly already got major studios frothing at the mouth as it goes to market for distribution rights \u2013 Stuber has a first-look deal with Amazon MGM Studios, but the roots of this project pre-date the relationship, so Amazon will have competition.<\/p>\n

This new project comes about a decade after Armstrong\u2019s downfall was immortalised in the 2015 film \u2018The Program\u2019, a small \u2013 relatively speaking, minuscule \u2013 British-French co-production helmed by acclaimed British TV and film director Stephen Frears (‘My Beautiful Laundrette’, ‘The Grifters’, ‘The Queen’, etc.), and focussing on the perspective of journalist David Walsh, with a screenplay based on his 2012 book \u2018Seven Deadly Sins\u2019. American actor Ben Foster played Armstrong opposite Chris O\u2019Dowd\u2019s Walsh, and reportedly took performance-enhancing drugs<\/a> to prepare for and inhabit the role, its most memorable scene showing Armstrong practising his infamous line in the mirror: \u201cI have never tested positive for performance-enhancing drugs.\u201d<\/p>\n

Though there is no script for this new film yet, currently listed as \u2018Untitled Lance Armstrong Project\u2019, there are a number of intriguing individuals already on board, including awards darlings Austin Butler of \u2018Elvis\u2019 fame in the lead role, \u2018King Richard\u2019 writer Zach Baylin penning the screenplay, and Edward Berger of \u2018All Quiet on the Western Front\u2019 and \u2018Conclave\u2019 attached to direct.<\/p>\n

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