Movie “Air”: Everything you need to know about Ben Affleck’s Nike movie

• Ben Affleck directed Air.
• In the cast Ben, Matt Damon, Jason Bateman and Viola Davis Air.
• Air It’s about Michael Jordan and the Nike shoe line.
• Air It will be released in theaters on April 5th.

well afflictedThe new film is attracting a lot of attention even before its release. The Oscar winner returned to the director’s chair for the first time in more than six years for the new biopic. Air, about the Nike company Michael Jordan to create the iconic line of Air Jordan footwear. The film, set in the 1980s, premiered at SXSW from March 18 to Congratulations. Before the film’s theatrical release, hollywood life Gathered everything you need to know Airincluding release date, cast, and more.

Release date of “Air”.

Air will be released in theaters on April 5 via Amazon Studios. The film will NOT be available to stream on Prime Video after its theatrical release. Air is the first Amazon film to be released theatrically and not released simultaneously on Prime Video since the 2019 comedy-drama Late at night.

Trailer ‘Air’

the trailer of Air was released on February 9. Three days later, the trailer aired during the 2023 Super Bowl. The footage shows the CEO of Nike. knight thread (Ben Affleck) interrogation sonny vacaroThe idea of ​​betting everything on Michael Jordan to create a line of shoes. “I believe in your son. I think he’s the future and his story will make us want to fly. But a shoe is just a shoe,” Sonny told Michael Jordan’s mother, Delori Giordano. Sonny comes up with the name Air Jordan, which Phil isn’t a fan of at first.

‘Aire’ Cast and Crew

Launch

Ben Affleck not only directed Air; he also stars in the film as Nike CEO Phil Knight. Matt Damon He plays Sonny Vaccaro, who helped sign Michael to the athlete’s first tennis contract. Ben and Matt are longtime friends and collaborators. They already worked together in 1997 hunt for goodwill and 2021 the last duel. Both are producers of AirAlso.

Viola Davis plays Michael Jordan’s mother in Air. violet’s husband july tennonplays MJ’s father James R Jordan Sr.. Michael Jordan does not appear in the film.

Air even stars jason bateman as a Nike executive Rob Strasser, marlon wayans like an nba star Jorge Raveling, Chris Messina like sports agent David Falk, chris tucker as a Nike representative on the pitch Howard White, Matthew Maher as creative director of Nike peter moro, Jessica Green like sonny’s secretary Katrina SainzAND Gustav Skarsgard AND Barbara Sukowa like the adidas figureheads Horst Dasler AND Kathy Dassler.

Equipment

Ben Affleck is the director of Airhis first feature film as a director since 2016 live the night. He directed the 2012 thriller. long, which won the Academy Award for Best Picture. Ben is also a producer of Air with Matt Damon, David Ellison, jesse sisgold, Jon Weinbach, Peter Guberand another. Alex Convery wrote the screenplay for Air. Robert Richardson did the cinematography and William Goldenberg did the editing. Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports, Artists Equity and Mandalay Pictures are the production companies behind it Air.

What is “Aria” about?

The official synopsis of AIR reads: “From award-winning director Ben Affleck, AIR reveals the incredible game-changing partnership between then-rookie Michael Jordan and the nascent basketball division of Nike, which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. This heartwarming story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything at stake, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the value of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenomenon that would become the greatest of all times. .

Ben Affleck talked about creation Air in a March 2023 interview with the Hollywood reporter. He said he met Michael Jordan and received his blessing to do the project. “I have to be very clear, this is not the authorized Michael Jordan story,” Ben said. “He was not compensated in the way that would have been appropriate if that were the case. If you’re going to do a Michael Jordan story, they should back the fucking truck. I was saying, “Mike, I’m not doing this movie if you don’t agree with something about it.” I will not do that. I want to know what is important to you. It was very clear.”

Ben also confirmed that he hasn’t spoken to Nike about the do Air. “I didn’t talk to Nike because I didn’t feel the same sense of personal responsibility [as I did to Michael Jordan] because it’s not a Nike story,” he said. “There are interviews and books about it.”

Ben also revealed the DAY that your wife, Jennifer Lopezentered the Air road map. “She has an incredible understanding of how fashion evolves through culture as a confluence of music, sports, entertainment and dance,” Ben said. “She helped me talk about the way Jordans [the shoes] they were so significant because culture and style in America is 90% driven by black culture.

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