Washington, Feb. 8 -- Austin Butler is set to headline a new biopic about 'cycling' icon Lance Armstrong, assembling a creative team packed with Academy Award-nominated talent.
The project will be directed by Conclave filmmaker Edward Berger and produced by Scott Stuber, with Oscar nominee Zach Baylin writing the screenplay, The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed.
Baylin, whose previous credits include King Richard, will chronicle the turbulent rise and fall of Armstrong, one of the most polarising figures in modern sports.
Berger will also produce the film alongside Stuber and Nick Nesbit, while Baylin, Josh Glick and Zac Frognowski are on board as executive producers. The biopic is not being developed under Stuber's United Artists banner...