EXCLUSIVE: As Amazon MGM Studios started manufacturing in the present day on Madden, permit Deadline to convey you the primary picture of Nicolas Cage as former Raiders head coach-turned iconic broadcaster John Madden, and Christian Bale because the Raiders group proprietor Al Davis.
David O. Russell is directing the movie, which additionally stars John Mulaney as Journey Hawkins (the Digital Arts founder who launched the perennial Madden online game), Kathryn Hahn as Virginia Madden, and Sienna Miller as Carol Davis.
Russell is directing from a script he wrote, following an earlier model by Cambron Clark. The movie follows Madden’s uncommon journey. A lifelong trainer of soccer technique, Madden reached the top of the teaching career when his Raiders gained the Tremendous Bowl, however he needed to stroll away as a result of the job was killing him. Although he’d by no means performed a online game earlier than, he discovered new function with EA, serving to form the participant strikes onscreen, and offering voiceover that created a greater understanding of the sport. That propelled him to work as a Madison Avenue pitchman and at last into the published sales space, and there has by no means been a greater analyst, earlier than or since.
Escape Artists’ Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, and Steve Tisch are producing alongside Jonathan Shukat, David O. Russell, Matthew Budman, and Colin Wilson. Escape Artists’ David Bloomfield will govt produce alongside SMAC Leisure’s Michael Strahan and Constance Schwartz-Morini. The movie is produced in affiliation with Skydance Sports activities.
LOS ANGELES – JULY 12: NFL Analyst John Madden of “Monday Night time Foodball” attends day one of many ABC Summer season TCA Press Tour on the Century Plaza Resort on June 12, 2004 in Los Angeles, California. (Photograph by Frederick M. Brown/Getty Pictures)
