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Director Ben Affleck chose Jason Bateman, Viola DavisChris Tucker, Marlon Wayans and Chris Messina to star in the brand’s film Nikewhich will be produced by Amazon.
The production of the tape began Monday in Los Angeles and so far the name of the film has not been revealed.
The film will tell the story of how sneaker salesman Sonny Vaccaro directed Nike in his search for the most transformative athlete in sports history: Michael Jordan.
Davis will play Jordan’s mother, Deloris Jordan, who was a huge influence on the deal. Nike from Michael, with Tucker as Howard White, a former college basketball player for the University of Maryland.
Affleck will play the co-founder of NikePhil Knight, in the story surrounding the risky endeavor of Nike to sign Jordan to his shoe company in the mid-’80s, an endorsement that seemed impossible at the time, but would become the most significant relationship between an athletic brand.
Bateman will play Vaccaro’s boss, Rob Strasser, the veteran executive of Nike and lawyer turned brand guru who oversaw the company’s marketing and messaging across all sports.
