Austin Butler to star in authorized Lance Armstrong biopic

Austin Butler is reportedly set to play Lance Armstrong in an upcoming biopic—but not just any Lance Armstrong. This will be the fully approved and authorized Lance, as the disgraced cycling champion has (per Deadline) officially signed off on the life rights to a new film about the highs—Winning bike races! Beating cancer! Little rubber bracelets!—and lows (multiple full Wikipedia pages about cheating at those bike races) of Armstrong’s career.

The film hasn’t landed at a studio yet, but is reportedly provoking a bit of a bidding war, with not just Butler attached, but also Conclave director Edward Berger and King Richard screenwriter Zach Baylin. The whole package…

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