Top Gun and Whiplash star Miles Teller is set to play feted Italian cyclist turned WWII hero Gino Bartali in the biopic Bartali, which should be a strong proposition for buyers at this week’s EFM in Berlin.

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 Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi and Jimmy Chin,

The cyclist won the Tour de France in 1938, helped the Italian resistance during the war, and then was victorious again in 1948.

Casey Affleck and Miles Teller are getting their Javert and Jean Valjean on. While neither will be starring in the upcoming Les Misérables prequel (as far as we know), their upcoming film sounds like a close cousin of that famous confrontation.

Two-time Oscar nominee Fred Berger (A Complete Unknown, La La Land) and Brian Kavanaugh Jones (Longlegs, The Bikeriders) are producing for Range.

The pursuit thriller comes from writer/director Jason Hall and is being launched at the European Film Market by Capstone