00:00Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are reuniting once again, this time for the true life story of former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro in a feature project that will hail from Amazon Studios and Skydance Sports.
00:13Affleck will direct, write, co-star and produce the untitled sports drama, while Damon will star and also write and produce.
00:20Damon will portray Vaccaro while Affleck plays Nike co-founder Phil Knight in a story around Nike's long-shot effort to sign rising superstar basketball player Michael Jordan to its shoe company in the mid-80s.
00:33The endorsement seemed impossible at the time and would become the most significant relationship between an athletic brand and an athlete.
00:41The story will focus on Vaccaro's relentless quest to sign Jordan to what was then the third-place shoe company at the time.
00:48The project will mark the first time Affleck will direct a feature starring his longtime pal Damon.
00:53The two famously won an Oscar for writing the script for Good Will Hunting, which starred Damon and had Affleck in a supporting role, and was directed by Gus Van Sant.
01:02The pair also reunited last year for The Last Duel directed by Ridley Scott, with Damon again starring and Affleck in a supporting role.
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