Here's the first trailer for the new Lance Armstrong biopic called 'The Program'
A new international trailer for the highly anticipated biopic about fallen sports icon Lance Armstrong is out.
"The Program," directed by Stephen Frears and starring Ben Foster as Armstrong, opens in Germany on October 8 before going to other countries, The Playlist reports.
Dustin Hoffman is in the movie, as is Lee Pace, Chris O'Dowd, Jesse Plemons, and others.
As noted by The Playlist, the German-language trailer gives us a good idea what the movie will be like. Watch the first trailer for "The Program" below:
The US Anti-Doping Agency, or USADA, stripped Armstrong of his record seven Tour de France titles in October 2012. In its "Reasoned Decision," USADA said that evidence against Armstrong showed beyond any doubt that the US Postal Service Pro Cycling Team, with Armstrong as its leader, "ran the most sophisticated, professionalized and successful doping program that sport has ever seen."
Before he got caught for doping, Armstrong was considered by many to be the greatest cyclist in the history of the sport, which historically had been largely dominated by Europeans.
Before Armstrong, no cyclist had ever won more than five Tours. That Armstrong, a cancer survivor, won seven Tours in a row captured the attention of the entire world. The three-week Tour de France is the world's largest annual sporting event.
The sport made Armstrong a multimillionaire and brought him fame. His net worth, according to The New York Times, was estimated at $125 million in 2012.
In August 2014, Armstrong told Dan Patrick that he still believed he won those seven Tours but no longer wore a Livestrong bracelet. In December 2014 he crashed his SUV into two parked cars in Colorado and left the scene without contacting police. His girlfriend, Anna Hansen, tried to take the blame, telling Aspen police she wanted to keep his name out of national headlines.
In February, Armstrong was ordered to pay back $10 million in Tour de France prize money.