Like Teflon That Armstrong...

You thought that Lance Armstrong was going to ride into obscurity now that he confessed to Oprah that he did, indeed, very much dope to win the Tour the France seven times, huh.

Think again.

Armstrong’s headed to the big screen.

Well...at least his story is.

Remember how like, seven years ago the disgraced cyclist was all kinds of hot and hanging out with Matthew McConaughey and Jake Gyllenhaal? That’s when a movie about his life first started gaining traction (that actors were said to be researching him and stuff). Nothing came of that, though, so I guess J.J. Abrams lucked out.

That’s ’cause the writer-director-producer is working on an Armstrong biopic through his Bad Robot shingle.

Lest you think it’ll all be flattery and image rehab-approved goodness, though, know that the project will be based on New York Times reporter Juliet Macur’s upcoming book Cycle of Lies: The Fall of Lance Armstrong. So in typical Abrams fashion, the movie will start at the end, with Amstrong between a rock and a hard place, then flash back to better times. Tyler Perry will play Oprah.

I keed!

Unbelievable, though. Especially because stuff like this will never help the guy learn how to truly become a better person.

Photo: ScreenCrush.com.