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Lance Armstrong book set to become a film
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David Walsh's book 'Seven Deadly Virtues' chronicles the reporter's attempts to discover the true story behind Armstrong's athletic feats.
Award-winning journalist David Walsh, author of 'Seven Deadly Sins,' has been investigating the link between doping and cycling for more than 20 years.
By Molly DriscollStaff Writer
The Lance Armstrong story is about to become a film. That is – the Lance Armstrong story according to Irish journalist David Walsh.
Walsh’s book “Seven Deadly Virtues,” which covers the reporter's efforts to learn the truth about the athlete, will be adapted into a movie directed by “Philomena” helmer Stephen Frears. Actor Ben Foster, who stars in the film “Kill Your Darlings” and appeared in the movies “Ain’t Them Bodies Saints” and “3:10 to Yuma,” is set to portray Armstrong, according to Deadline. “Bridesmaids” actor Chris O’Dowd will play Walsh.
Actor Jesse Plemons of “Breaking Bad” and “The Master” as well as “The Beach” actor Guil
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The Program (2015 film)
Biographical film about Lance Armstrong
The Program (working title, Icon) is a 2015 biographicaldrama film about Lance Armstrong directed by Stephen Frears, starring Ben Foster as Armstrong[3] and Chris O'Dowd as journalist David Walsh.[4]
The film is based on Walsh's 2012 book, Seven Deadly Sins.[5] It premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival 14 September 2015, and was theatrically released in France 16 September and the United Kingdom 14 October.
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Director Stephen Frears had the idea to make a film about Lance Armstrong after reading a review of Tyler Hamilton's book, The Secret Race.[7] Unable to acquire the rights for Hamilton's book, he settled on Walsh's Seven Deadly Sins instead.[8] Frears turned to screenwriter John Hodge to write the script, partly because of Hodge's experience as a doctor.[9]
Hodge has said that he based his screenplay primarily on Seven Deadly Sins, in addition to other journal
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Life of Lance to be played by Damon
The Guardian newspaper and websites around the world are reporting that Damon is getting into shape for a role as Lance Armstrong.
The biopic will be based on Armstrong’s autobiography, It’s Not About the Bike: My Journey Back to Life and produced by Frank Marshall, producer of one of 2004’s top films, The Bourne Supremacy, starring Matt Damon.
Damon will be put through a punishing training regime to play the cancer survivor and cycling superstar. Will Damon ride up the Col de la Madone in France? In the rain?
But it’s not the only cycle-star biopic likely to be on offer in the next couple of years. Filming has again started on the ‘The Flying Scotsman’, a £3.3m biopic about Graeme Obree. Trainspotting-star Jonny Lee Miller, Steven Berkoff and Bob Hoskins were due to start filming the pro-bike Scot-flick in the autumn of 2002 but just days before the cameras started rolling the American co-producer keeled over and died, leaving a hole in the movie’s budget, killing it.
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