'Lost' creator J.J. Abrams, Paramount developing Lance Armstrong biopic (Video)

In the wake of Lance Armstrong's doping confession to Oprah this week, proceeded by his lifetime cycling ban and stripping of his Tour de France titles in October, producer J.J. Abrams and Paramount Pictures has made a push to put the disgraced cyclist's story ont he silver screen.

Abrams' Bad Robot and Paramount have secured the movie rights to The New York Times sportswriter Juliet Macur's book Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong, reports The Hollywood Reporter.

Macur has covered doping in sports, along with the entirety of Armstrong's career -- from cancer survivor to Tour de France legend to his downfall connected to doping.

Cyclist Lance Armstrong addresses participants at The LIVESTRONG Challenge Ride at the Palmer Events Center on Oct. 21 in Austin, Texas. More than 4,000 cyclists participated in the charity ride supporting cancer survivors.

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She signed a deal with HarperCollins in November to write the biography, which is set to be released in June, reports The New York Post.

“No reporter knows Lance Armstrong’s story better than Juliet Macur,” HarperCollins Executive Editor David Hirshey told the Post. “Cycle of Lies’ will prove definitively that his extraordinary career had nothing to do with the bike.”