Ben Affleck and Matt Damon team up for new project about Nike and Michael Jordan
dailymail.co.ukBen Affleck and Matt Damon are working on a new film about the legendary collaboration between Nike and Michael Jordan.The two actors, 49 and 51, will co-write and co-produce the project, about former executive Sonny Vaccarro.An Amazon Studios and Skydance Sports deal for the feature is being finalized,The Hollywood Reporterreported on Tuesday.
Upcoming: Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are working on a new film about the legendary collaboration between Nike and Michael JordanThe project doesn't have an official name yet, but Matt will portraySunny Vaccarro and Ben will take on the role of Nike co-founder Phil Knight.The entertainment publication described the movie as a 'story around Nike’s longshot effort to sign rising superstar basketball player Michael Jordan to its shoe company in the mid-eighties.' At the time the prospect of signing Jordan seemed far-fetched, but after solidified, it changed sneaker and basketball culture significantly.It made the company and the athlete integral parts of the multi-billion-dollar sneaker industry, while also elevating the sport.
Game-changer: Jordan's groundbreaking deal with Nike in the 80s changed the course of the shoe brand and basketball Past work: In October the actors stopped by The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon to discuss their movie The Last DuelMatt and Ben most recently worked together on 2021's The Last Duel, a medieval film by Ridley Scott.Long before that, the two earned an Oscar for their 1997 script Good Will Hunting.While appearing as guests on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon last year, Matt said: 'Good Will Hunting took us so long.'We were unemployed, broke guys.
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