Butler to Star in Edward Berger’s Lance Armstrong Biopic Amid Jazzed-Up Auction

Deadline reports that Austin Butler is attached to star in a Lance Armstrong biopic directed by Edward Berger, with Zach Baylin writing and Scott Stuber producing. Armstrong has granted life rights, sparking a bidding war among major studios. The film is pitched as a high-stakes look at Armstrong’s volatile ride through fame—cancer comeback, seven Tour de France wins, and the later admissions of doping—described as a cross between F1: The Movie and The Wolf of Wall Street, with Armstrong involved in development but not as a producer.