Nike’s successful signing of Michael Jordan to an endorsement deal in the mid-1980s helped launch the brand into the biggest in the world of sports apparel. According to Deadline, Ben Affleck is set to direct and play Nike co-founder Phil Knight, teaming up with longtime friend and collaborator Matt Damon, who will star as Sonny Vaccaro, in a drama about the fledgling company’s pursuit of the young Jordan.
Affleck and Damon are working off of a script titled Air Jordan, penned by screenwriter Alex Convery, which was named to 2021’s Black List, a renowned list of Hollywood’s best unproduced screenplays.