Another day another Lance Armstrong picture. This time involving Oscar nominee Bradley Cooper.
Cooper is currently in negotiations to star in director Jay Roach's Lance Armstrong biopic, Red Blooded American. Strangely however, there's no definitive answer as to who Cooper might play. Reports speculate that Cooper could play Armstrong or Tyler Hamilton, a former Armstrong teammate who blew the whistle on Armstrong's doping.
Apparently the film is being fast tracked, but between Cooper promoting his next film American Hustle, shooting set to begin on director Cameron Crowe's new film in the fall, and trying to find a new home for "American Sniper" after Steven Spielberg bailed last month, "fast tracked" is a relative term.
Red Blooded American will also compete with two other Armstrong biopics, one starring Ben Foster and directed by John Hodge, and another produced by J.J. Abrams and based on Juliet Macur's book "Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong." In my opinion only one of these will probably make it to the big screen. Seriously do we need three Lance Armstrong pics? And are audiences going to shell out money for three different ones?
Cooper's next film, director David O. Russell's American Hustle, hits theaters in wide release on Christmas Day.
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