The Armstrong Biopic gets a push but Jake's leghair could be safe

This evening was my first experience of spin cycling - ie cycling like a creature possessed while going absolutely nowhere. Obviously, this now qualifies me as an expert on all biking matters. Just as well, then, that it's today that we get a long, long overdue update on that project that has hung around Jake Gyllenhaal like a cloud of mosquitoes for a good three years or so - The Lance Armstrong Biopic.


The Frank Marshall/Kathleen Kennedy production now has a writer, Gary Sea Biscuit Ross 'and could shoot as early as next year, according to producer Frank Marshall.' Lance Armstrong's comeback this year has given the project a bit of a kick up the bum. Jake and Matt Damon have both been associated with the lead role - hardly surprisingly since Jake spent much of 2006 cyccling round the hills of Malibu with Lance, not to mention scaling the odd Alp. But this news comes at a time when Jake has been attached to almost every movie in production during the next year and so new candidates are being suggested, such as Robert Pattinson and Chris Pine.


I always had the feeling that this was a role Jake would personally have relished, the subject even popped up during Rendition promotion. Jake's love for cycling is not in doubt, nor is his extensive wardrobe of matching spandex and arm warmers, many of which carry the yellow and black of LiveStrong.


Jake has even taken that one extra step - I'm sure we all remember our consternation when Jake emerged with shiny, bald legs. Our preoccupation with Jake's hair is extensive. For now, at least, Jake's legs are safe - a compensation, perhaps, for the worrying possibility of a mullet on the horizon.


Includes pictures from IHJ.