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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck to feature in true life story of Nike pursuit of Michael Jordan / News - Basketnews.com

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Academy Awards winners Ben Affleck and Matt Damon team up for a true-life story of Nike sneaker-man Sonny Vaccaro, involving the basketball great Michael Jordan. The news was announced by Hollywood Reporter.

Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports, and Mandalay Pictures are behind the showcase of a running shoe company Nike, chasing after the most groundbreaking competitor throughout the entire existence of sports - Michael Jordan.

Ben Affleck will direct, write, co-star, and produce the untitled sports marketing drama, while Damon will star and also write and produce.

Damon will portray Vaccaro while Affleck will play Nike co-founder Phil Knight in a story around Nike's long-shot effort to sign a rising superstar to their shoe company in the mid-80s.

Two best-known cases, when Michael Jordan's name was involved in movies or series were in 1996 and 2020.

Jordan starred as himself in the live-action animation hybrid film Space Jam (1996) and was the central focus of the Emmy Award-winning documentary miniseries The Last Dance (2020).

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