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Nicolas Cage will star in a John Madden movie about the football legend
Amazon MGM Studios is now working on a movie about John Madden, and Nicolas Cage has been chosen to play the role of the Football legend.
Nicolas Cage has become one of the most prolific actors in recent decades, a legend of the film industry who never ceases to surprise us with a multitude of roles and a career that continues to grow on all types of fronts. What’s next on his plate? A film in which he will play John Madden, the legendary football coach who many of you will be familiar with for giving his name to one of the most legendary video game franchises in history.
The film about John Madden will be produced by Amazon MGM Studios and will be directed by David O. Russell, known for ‘American Hustle’, nominated for 10 Oscars; and ‘Silver Linings Playbook’, a film nominated for eight Oscars, of which it won one: Best Actress for Jennifer Lawrence. The director knows what it’s like to deal with American football in the cinema, and the aforementioned film has this sport as one of the important points on which its plot revolves.
John Madden, a legend who comes to the big screen
A film that will show us the history of the figure who gave name to one of the most iconic franchises in video games and the sports genre. The origin of Madden is not expected to be a traditional biopic about his life, but it will deal with highlights of it such as his successful and, at the same time, brief career as coach of the Oakland Raiders and his time as commentator of the NFL for decades, being a reference and a figure as familiar as it is indispensable for millions of American homes.
The film’s director highlighted that “Nicolas Cage, one of our greatest and most original actors, will portray the best of the American spirit of originality, fun, and determination in which anything is possible as beloved national legend John Madden. Together with the ferocious style, focus, and inspired individualism of Al Davis, owner of the underdog Oakland Raiders, the feature will be about the joy, humanity and genius that was John Madden in a wildly inventive, cool world of the 1970s.”
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