00:00The highly anticipated sports biopic Madden starring Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale is
00:04underway, bringing the legendary life of NFL icon John Madden to the big screen.
00:10Amazon MGM Studios revealed a first look on Tuesday where Cage steps into the role of
00:14John Madden, who served as head coach of the Oakland Raiders and had a long successful
00:19stint as a commentator, later turned pop culture icon through the Madden NFL video game series.
00:24Bale will portray Al Davis, the iconic owner of the Oakland Raiders and Madden's close
00:29associate. The film will follow Madden's journey from humble beginnings to coaching the Raiders
00:33to the Super Bowl in 1976, and later finding further success on television, video games,
00:38and becoming a reliable pitchman for a wealth of advertisers. The Hollywood Reporter previously
00:43reported that the film will serve as more of an origin story of Madden NFL, one of the biggest
00:48video game franchises of all time. The film will also be directed by Oscar-nominated filmmaker David
00:54O. Russell, known for his works in Silver Linings Playbook and American Hustle. Other cast
00:59members will include John Mulaney, Katherine Hahn, and Sienna Miller. For more updates on this
01:04story, be sure to head over to thehollywoodreporter.com. This is The Hollywood Reporter News.
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