Friday, July 26, 2013

Yet A 3rd Film About Lance Armstrong In the Works

Stephen Frears will direct and Ben Foster is in final talks to play Lance Armstrong. in as yet Untitled Biopic about the disgraced cyclist says Deadline.


John Hodge ("Trainspotting") wrote the script which will span Armstrong’s career from his cancer ordeal to the doping scandal that destroyed it. 

Production could begin as early as this fall.

The project isn't to be confused with several rival Armstrong films in the pipeline including an untitled project with Jay Roach (Game Change) attached to direct from a script by Scott Z. Burns (Contagion), the J.J. Abrams' produced "Cycle Of Lies"--an adaptation of New York Times reporter Juliet Macur's  book at Paramount, or the soon to be released documentary "The Armstrong Lie".

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