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Ben Affleck and Matt Damon's Nike Drama "Air" Gets Trailer


Fri 10 Feb 2023 | 08:36 AM
Yara Sameh

Amazon Studios has released the official trailer for Hollywood stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s Nike movie "Air". 

"Air" depicts the unbelievable game-changing partnership between then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division, which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand.

The plot follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.

The starry cast features Damon as maverick Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro, Affleck as Nike co-founder Phil Knight, Jason Bateman as Rob Strasser, Chris Messina as David Falk, Matthew Maher as Peter Moore, Marlon Wayans as George Raveling, Chris Tucker as Howard White, Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan, Gustaf Skarsgård as Horst Dassler, and Julius Tennon as James Jordan.

Affleck helmed the movie from a script by Alex Convery. David Ellison, Jesse Sisgold, Jon Weinbach, Affleck, Damon, Madison Ainley, Jeff Robinov, Peter Guber, and Jason Michael Berman produce. EPs are Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Kevin Halloran, Michael Joe, Drew Vinton, John Graham, Peter E. Strauss, and Jordan Moldo.

Despite Damon and Affleck starred in movies together such as "Good Will Hunting" and "Dogma", the project will be the first time Affleck has directed his longtime friend.

Production companies also include Skydance Sports, Mandalay Pictures, and Affleck and Damon’s Artists Equity.

The movie marks Artists Equity's first project. The production company is an artist-led studio that hopes to empower filmmakers’ creative visions through entrepreneurial partnerships.

“Air” will premiere on April 5 followed by streaming accessibility in more than 240 countries. The movie debuts over an Easter frame that includes Universal/Illumination’s "The Super Mario Bros Movie" and Sony’s "The Pope’s Exorcist".