MGM and Amazon have launched the primary trailer for the upcoming basketball film Air, which stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon in a narrative in regards to the creation of the favored Air Jordan shoe.
Affleck directs and performs Nike founder Phil Knight, whereas Damon portrays the shoe salesman Sonny Vaccaro, who famously signed Michael Jordan to a shoe deal that may turn into iconic. The movie additionally stars Viola Davis, Chris Messina, Chris Tucker, Jason Bateman, and Marlon Wayans.
Michael Jordan himself will seem within the film by the use of archival footage, however he will not be performed by an actor in every other scenes, in keeping with IndieWire.
Affleck and Damon co-wrote Good Will Hunting and received an Oscar for it again within the ’90s. This is the primary time that Affleck is directing his buddy, nonetheless. Affleck and Damon began a manufacturing firm in 2022, Artists Equity, and Air is the primary challenge to return of that.
Air debuts in April and will probably be proven in additional than 3,000 screens throughout the US, which is probably the most for any Amazon Studios movie up to now (however not probably the most for MGM, which Amazon acquired in 2022). Some of Amazon’s different theatrical releases have included the Oscar-winning Manchester by the Sea and The Big Sick. Air, like these movies, will come to Prime Video afterward.
According to Variety, Amazon shelled out $7 million to advertise Air with a Super Bowl business this weekend.
