Miles Teller has landed another lead role.
The “Whiplash” and “Top Gun: Maverick” star is set to play Italian cycling champion and WWII hero Gino Bartali in upcoming biopic “Bartali.” The hot project comes from directing duo E. Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin, who won an Oscar for their documentary “Free Solo” and made their first scripted splash with “Nyad” (which landed Oscar nominations for Annette Bening and Jodie Foster). The two will direct from a script by Karen Tenkhoff (“The Motorcycle Diaries”), who produces alongside Vasarhelyi and Chin’s Little Monster Films.
north.five.six — formerly known as Mossbank — is launching the package at the EFM in Berlin alongside CAA Media Finance, which reps for North America
Bartali was a renowned Italian athlete and Italy’s most famous cyclist before WWII, having won both the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France. During the war, he used his fame to carry messages to the Italian Resistance while also helping Jews being persecuted by the Nazis. In 2010, it emerged that he had hidden a Jewish family in his cellar, saving their lives. Bartali passed away in 2020, having won the Giro d’Italia and Tour de France again after the war.
Teller has a number of upcoming projects, including “The Gorge” alongside Anya Taylor-Joy and Sigourney Weaver, Antoine Fuqua’s Michael Jackson biopic “Michael,” the rom-com “Eternity” and animated feature “The Ark and the Aardvark.”