Game on.
Oscar winners Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale portray NFL giants John Madden and Al Davis, respectively, in the first image Amazon MGM Studios has released from its upcoming movie Madden. The film focuses on the NFL coach and commentator who was the face and voice of the phenomenally popular John Madden Football and Madden NFL video games released beginning in the ʼ80s.
Chuck Zlotnick
Christian Bale and Nicolas Cage star in ‘Madden’
“The film follows Madden’s remarkable journey — from his Super Bowl-winning partnership with Al Davis and the Raiders, to creating Madden NFL, and becoming one of the most iconic voices in football history,” the studio said in a release.
The image features the characters standing in a football stadium, sporting Super Bowl rings.
A former football player who was drafted into the NFL but suffered an injury before he could play, Madden later became a coach of the Oakland Raiders.
“He led the Raiders to 10 consecutive winning seasons and the Super Bowl XI title before retiring following the 1978 season as the youngest coach ever to win 100 games,” according to the Sports Broadcasting Hall of Fame. By 1979, he became a color commentator on TV. Within a decade, he was a brand. He died in December 2021 at 85.
Davis, who died in October 2011, was a former owner of the Raiders and a close friend of Madden.
In addition to Cage and Bale, the film’s cast includes John Mulaney as tech entrepreneur Trip Hawkins; Kathryn Hahn as Madden’s wife, Virginia; and Sienna Miller as Davis’s wife, Carol.
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Oscar-nominated director David O. Russell, whose work includes directing Silver Linings Playbook, The Fighter, and American Hustle, is behind the lens. He also produced and wrote the project, following an earlier version from Cambron Clark.
The movie is already shooting in Atlanta, although the release date has not yet been announced.
A day earlier, the studio released a first-look image of Cage in its live-action Spider-Noir series.
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