"Armstrong became an international star after winning the Tour de France on seven consecutive occasions between 1998 and 2005. But an investigation in 2012 took away his titles when he was found to have used performance-enhancing drugs. He received a lifetime ban from the sport. His story was previously told in Stephen Frears' 2015 drama The Program, where he was played by Ben Foster. The film was a box office disappointment and received mixed reviews."
"Since receiving a best actor nomination for his role in Elvis, Butler has starred in The Bikeriders, Eddington, Dune: Part Two, and Caught Stealing. He has been attached to play Patrick Bateman in Luca Guadagnino's take on American Psycho and will next be seen in the crime thriller Enemies with Jeremy Allen White. Berger followed up the critical and commercial success of the papal thriller Conclave with the Netflix drama Ballad of a Small Player starring Colin Farrell."
Austin Butler will star as Lance Armstrong in a forthcoming biopic directed by Edward Berger with Zach Baylin writing and Scott Stuber producing after securing Armstrong's life rights. Armstrong will be involved with the film but will not receive a producing credit. The project sparked a competitive bidding war in Hollywood and aims for a tone combining F1 and The Wolf of Wall Street. Armstrong won seven consecutive Tour de France titles from 1998 to 2005 but was stripped of those titles after a 2012 investigation found he used performance-enhancing drugs, earning a lifetime ban. Butler and Berger bring recent high-profile credits to the project.
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