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.

( Top Gun: Maverick ) is set to play star Italian cycling champion and WWII hero Gino Bartali in the upcoming biopic Bartali . Bartali was “a renowned Italian athlete and Italy’s most famous cyclist before WWII,