Perhaps hinting at its intended tone, A&E's "See Arnold Run" has beefed up its cast and crew with the director of "American Pie 2" and one of the stars of "Son of the Beach." The Schwarzenegger pic is still in preproduction, with hopes of an airdate at the end of 2004.

A&E has recruited J.B. Rogers to helm the project, which is based on a script by Matt Dorff (ABC's "Inside the Osmonds"). In addition to "American Pie 2" and "Say it Ain't So," Rogers' credits include the immortal Comedy Central original "Knee High P.I."

"It's an unusual choice because he's not a real movie-of-the-week director," A&E programming chief Bob DeBitetto tells The Hollywood Reporter. "We went a different route because the project merited it."

The movie cuts between Schwarzenegger's quest for his fifth consecutive Mr. Olympia title and his 2003 run to become California's governor.

Looking for an actor to play the youthful, gap-toothed Austrian bodybuilder, A&E has turned to Roland Kickinger, an Austrian-born gap-toothed bodybuilder. The former "Mr. Austria" is best known as Chip Rommel from "Son of the Beach."

A&E is still searching for an established actor to play the 2003 version of Schwarzenegger, as well as the perfect Maria Shriver.