Ben Affleck And Matt Damon To Star, Write & Produce Movie About Nike’s Deal With Michael Jordan
etcanada.comBen Affleck and Matt Damon are once again teaming up for a project — this time, about the legendary deal between Nike and Michael Jordan.
The actors and friends will star in, co-write, and co-produce the film about former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro and the then-unprecedented marketing deal with the rising basketball star in the mid-1980s.
The endorsement deal seemed like a long shot at the time but would go on to launch Nike as a multi-billion-dollar contemporary sneaker line and create one of the most successful endorsement deals of all time.
Damon will portray Vaccaro while Affleck will play Nike co-founder Phil Knight. READ MORE: Jennifer Lopez Reveals The Intimate Place Ben Affleck Proposed The film will follow Vaccaro’s relentless attempts to sign Jordan to what was then a third-tier sneaker company.
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