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Austin Butler to Play Lance Armstrong in Edward Berger Biopic as Studios Bid

Armstrong’s first authorization of his life rights unlocks a warts-and-all film with deep access.

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Overview

  • Zach Baylin will write the screenplay, with Scott Stuber and Nick Nesbit producing alongside Berger and Baylin, Josh Glick and Zac Frognowski as executive producers.
  • The package is being shopped in a reported bidding war to major studios and streamers, with no distributor, release date or additional cast announced.
  • Stuber pursued Armstrong’s life rights for years before his United Artists/Amazon MGM deal, so the project is going to the open market.
  • Armstrong plans to participate in development without taking a producing credit.
  • The film aims to cover Armstrong’s cancer survival and seven Tour de France victories as well as the USADA investigation, stripped titles and his 2013 doping admission.