Ben Affleck, Matt Damon Team Up for New Sports Movie

Hollywood stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are reteaming on a new movie for Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports, and Mandalay Pictures.

Affleck will play Nike co-founder Phil Knight while Damon will portray a maverick sneaker salesman Sonny Vaccaro.

The untitled movie is also helmed by Affleck and highlights how Vaccaro led a fledgling running shoe company called Nike in its pursuit of the most transformative athlete in the history of sports: Michael Jordan.

It also follows Nike’s longshot effort to sign Jordan to its shoe company in the mid-’80s, an endorsement that seemed impossible at the time but later launched the most significant relationship between an athletic brand and an athlete.

Alex Convery wrote the original script, titled Air Jordan, which was named to the 2021 Black List of the best-unproduced screenplays.

Mandalay brought it to Skydance Sports president Jon Weinbach, who then secured Vaccarro’s life rights. Affleck and Damon are doing a new pass on the screenplay and will produce it.

While Affleck has never before directed Damon, the pair co-wrote and starred in the 1997 movie "Good Will Hunting", which earned them an Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.

They also recently reteamed in Ridley Scott’s movie "The Last Duel".