{"id":21515,"date":"2013-07-30T12:31:57","date_gmt":"2013-07-30T10:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/foster-will-play-armstrong-in-new-biopic\/"},"modified":"2013-07-30T12:31:57","modified_gmt":"2013-07-30T10:31:57","slug":"foster-will-play-armstrong-in-new-biopic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.myza.co.za\/press\/foster-will-play-armstrong-in-new-biopic\/","title":{"rendered":"Foster will play Armstrong in new biopic"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Ben Foster to play Lance Armstrong in new biopic. Photo: Xpos\u00e9 Entertainment<\/p>\n

Ben Foster is allegedly going to play Lance Armstrong<\/a> in a biopic by Stephen Frears.<\/p>\n

The 32-year-old actor looks set to star as the disgraced cyclist<\/a> in the film which will focus on the seven-time Tour de France champion\u2019s long career and fall from grace after he admitted to taking performance-enhancing drugs.<\/p>\n

The movie is being written by \u2018Trainspotting\u2019 scribe John Hodge, with production slated to begin this autumn, according to Deadline.<\/p>\n

Rising star Foster made his Broadway debut opposite Alec Baldwin in \u2018Orphans\u2019 last year and also stars with Mark Wahlberg in Peter Berg\u2019s \u2018Lone Survivor\u2019.<\/p>\n

News of Frears\u2019 intention to make a film about Armstrong\u2019s life<\/a> comes as somewhat of a surprise since two other projects about the scandalous sportsman are already in the works.<\/p>\n

Warner Bros. has been working on an untitled project from Atlas Entertainment, scripted by \u2018Side Effects\u2019 writer Scott Z. Burns and directed by Jay Roach.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, J.J. Abrams is also hoping to bring Armstrong\u2019s tale to the big screen by adapting \u2018Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong\u2019, a book by New York Times sports writer Juliet Macur. \u2013 Xpos\u00e9 Entertainment<\/a><\/p>\n

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