Ben Affleck And Matt Damon To Star, Write & Produce Movie About Nike’s Deal With Michael Jordan, Jason Bateman, Viola Davis & More Cast
etcanada.comMore casting details are emerging about the new project that will once again team up Ben Affleck and Matt Damon. In the new project, the duo tell the story behind 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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