Alex Gibney Documentary on Lance Armstrong Is Acquired by Sony Pictures Classics

Nicolas Bouvy/European Pressphoto Agency Lance Armstrong was stripped of seven Tour de France titles following his admissions of doping.

Oprah Winfrey had her crack at Lance Armstrong, and now it’s Alex Gibney’s turn. On Wednesday, Sony Pictures Classics said it would release a new documentary by Mr. Gibney, the Academy Award-winning director of “Taxi to the Dark Side,” that will tell the story of the disgraced former cycling champion. Lest there be any ambiguity about this film’s disposition toward its subject, it is titled “The Armstrong Lie.”

Sony Pictures Classics said in a news release that Mr. Gibney spent four years following Mr. Armstrong, starting in 2009,  as he returned from retirement and unsuccessfully pursued another Tour de France title. “Unexpectedly,” the release said, “Gibney was also there in 2012 when Armstrong admitted to doping, following a federal criminal investigation, public accusations of doping by his ex-teammates and an investigation by the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency.” The film project that “began as the chronicle of a comeback became an examination into the anatomy of a lie.”

No release date was immediately announced for “The Armstrong Lie,” which will include Mr. Armstrong as well as former teammates and doctors.