In 1982, during a dark and fictitious time in cycling history, doping of virtually all of its competitors marred the sport’s most venerable and time-honored race. Riddled with nefarious characters, that year’s competition was a hornet’s nest of moral depravity.
Through the perspective of five riders, Tour De Pharmacy gives an inside look into the grim realities of the darkest event in a sport notoriously tainted by controversy.
Starring and executive produced by Andy Samberg and written and executive produced by Murray Miller, this fictional, none-too-serious look at that sordid event debuts on July 9 at 10 p.m. exclusively on HBO.
The special will also be streaming on HBO GO.
Among the notables making appearances in Tour De Pharmacy are: John Cena, Daveed Diggs, Orlando Bloom, Freddie Highmore, Jeff Goldblum, Danny Glover, Julia Ormond, Dolph Lundgren, James Marsden, Kevin Bacon, Nathan Fielder, Will Forte, Maya Rudolph, Joe Buck, Mike Tyson, J.J. Abrams, Phylicia Rashad, Chris Webber, Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje and Lance Armstrong.
Tour De Pharmacy marks Samberg and Miller’s second collaboration for HBO under their Legends of Sport banner, following the 2015 mockumentary 7 Days In Hell, which was called a “bawdy, outlandish skewering of tennis” by the New York Times, and “strange and splendid” by the Los Angeles Times.