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"Lance Armstrong -- his movie alter ego, that is -- is wheeling his way on to the big screen. The first photo from Stephen Frears&amp;apos; upcoming biopic of the embattled cyclist has dropped.&amp;#xA0;\r\nActor Ben Foster -- bald and clad in Armstrong&amp;apos;s iconic yellow jersey, with his face conveying a sense of utter determination -- zips past fans as he&amp;apos;s mid-race at the Tour de France. Frears&amp;apos; untitled film, scripted by Trainspotting writer John Hodge, is based on Irish sports journalist David Walsh&amp;apos;s book Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit of Lance Armstrong.\r\n\r\nThe StudioCanal-backed biopic will chronicle Armstrong&amp;apos;s battle against testicular cancer in the &amp;apos;90s to his meteoric rise after seven Tour de France victories-- and the massive doping scandal that ultimately led to his demise. Following an in-depth investigation helmed by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency and led in part by Walsh, Armstrong was stripped of his Tour de France titles in 2012. He admitted to his transgressions in a high-profile sit-down interview with Oprah Winfrey in Jan. 2013, expressing remorse to his supporters: &amp;quot;They got lied to,&amp;quot; he said.&amp;#xA0;\r\n\r\nChris O&amp;apos;Dowd of Bridesmaids and HBO&amp;apos;s Girls will portray Walsh, Jesse Plemons of Breaking Bad steps in as another cyclist, while Guillaume Canet, a French actor and beau to Marion Cotillard, will play Armstrong&amp;apos;s rival. The lead, Foster, who&amp;apos;s currently dating Robin Wright, has starred in films like The Messenger, X-Men: The Last Stand, and held a memorable role in Six Feet Under.\r\n\r\nThis film isn&amp;apos;t the only Lance Armstrong movie currently in the works. Bradley Cooper will start in the Jay Roach-directed flick titled, Red Blooded American. J.J. Abrams is also developing a film about the fallen cyclist."^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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