First Look At Ben Affleck’s Nike Movie – Hollywood Life

In 1984, Nike isn’t the model everyone knows at present. The model wants a spark. That’s the place Sonny Vaccaro, performed by Matt Damon, is available in. He’s introduced in to develop the basketball enterprise. Sonny has to give you an excellent concept, and he does simply that within the first AIR trailer, which is able to air throughout the 2023 Super Bowl. Sonny is “willing to bet his career” on one man.

That man is the legendary Michael Jordan. Nike CEO Phil Knight, performed by Ben Affleck, is understandably hesitant about going all in on MJ contemplating he’s “never set foot on an NBA court.” But Sonny is persistent. He needs to construct a shoe line round Michael.

“I believe in your son. I believe he’s the future, and his story is going to make us want to fly. But a shoe is just a show,” Sonny says to Michael Jordan’s mom, performed by Viola Davis. MJ’s mother replies, “Until my son steps into them.”

When Phil asks Sonny a couple of title for the shoe line, Sonny says Air Jordan. Phil’s not precisely impressed instantly. “Maybe it’ll grow on me,” he says. That shoe line has actually grown and earned hundreds of thousands and hundreds of thousands of {dollars}.

The official synopsis for AIR reads: “From award-winning director Ben Affleck, AIR reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.”

Matt Damon and Viola Davis in ‘AIR.’ (Amazon Studios)

AIR reunites Ben and Matt, the most effective good friend duo who gained an Oscar for writing Good Will Hunting collectively in 1997. This marks the primary time Ben has directed his longtime good friend and collaborator.

The film additionally stars Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, Matthew Maher, Marlon Wayans, Jay Mohr, Julius Tennon, and Chris Tucker. AIR will premiere solely in theaters on April 5, 2023.