Oscar winner Nicolas Cage is set to star as legendary American football coach and sports commentator John Madden in the upcoming biographical drama "Madden" from director David O. Russell. The film is backed by Amazon MGM, and it will be written, directed and produced by Russell. The filmmaker was reportedly considering Will Ferrell and Hugh Jackman to star in the film before Cage was cast.
Russell said the folloing in a statement: "Nicolas Cage, one of our greatest and most original actors, will portray the best of the American spirit of originality, fun, and determination in which anything is possible as beloved national legend John Madden. Together with the ferocious style, focus, and inspired individualism of Al Davis, owner of the underdog Oakland Raiders, the feature will be about the joy, humanity and genius that was John Madden in a wildly inventive, cool world of the 1970s".
Additional casting will be announced at a later date. Todd Black will also produce "Madden" with Escape Artists' Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch and Jonathan Shukat, alongside Matthew Budman. Escape Artists partner David Bloomfield will executive produce.
Madden was head coach of the Oakland Raiders in the 1970s, leading the team to many championship games and its first Super Bowl victory. He became a mainstay of television football coverage, spending three decades as a color commentator after retiring from coaching in 1979. He's also the namesake of the popular video game franchise, "Madden NFL" and continued to provide creative input for the series after his retirement as a broadcaster in 2009. Madden, died in 2021 at the age of 85.
Russell is also working on a Linda Ronstadt biopic, starring Selena Gomez, as well as a 1970s-set drama "Super Toys" featuring Keke Palmer and Sacha Baron Cohen.
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