Viola Davis is getting to work on her next project!
10.06.2022 - 21:59 / thewrap.com
ahead of Michael Jordan in the 1984 NBA Draft.Affleck and Damon are also producing alongside Peter Guber, Jason Michael Berman, Jeff Robinov, Madison Ainley, and David Ellison. Executive producers include Jon Weinbach, Jesse Sisgold, Dana Goldberg, and Don Granger, Kevin Halloran, Michael Joe, John Graham, Drew Vinton, Jordan Moldo and Peter E.
Strauss.The project will be the first from Skydance’s new sports division helmed by president Jon Weinbach, who was a producer of the hit “30 for 30” Chicago Bulls docuseries “The Last Dance” and co-directed the ESPN doc “Sole Man” about Vacarro’s life and career.Affleck and Damon recently shared the screen in “The Last Duel,” which was based on a script they co-wrote. But this is Affleck’s first film behind the camera since 2016’s “Live By Night.” Deadline first reported the news.
Viola Davis is getting to work on her next project!
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon were spotted on the set of the untitled Nike movie for the first time. The two were spotted walking and talking while drinking Diet Cokes on set in Los Angeles. Affleck is set to direct, write, co-star and produce while Damon will star, write and produce the film about former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro's life story, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Jennifer Lopez took one of the children she shares with ex-husband Marc Anthony to the set of Ben Affleck’s untitled Nike movie. Emme held hands with their mom while walking around.
Jennifer Lopez is paying fiance Ben Affleck a visit on set of his new project!
Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck hold hands on the set of his new Nike movie on Friday (June 17) in Los Angeles.
Viola Davis has higher hopes for Hollywood.
JuVee Productions CEO Viola Davis and her husband, JuVee President Julius Tennon, said the entertainment industry must become a kinder workplace. They spoke at a Produced By conference panel called “Shooting for Tomorrow: The Future of Producing,” moderated by Yvette Nicole Brown.
Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are teaming up again for a new movie that Ben is going to direct and the star-studded supporting cast was just announced.
More casting details are emerging about the new project that will once again team up Ben Affleck and Matt Damon.
Angelique Jackson Ben Affleck and Matt Damon’s upcoming movie about the sports marketing executive who relentlessly pursued basketball legend Michael Jordan in the mid-’80s has added a troupe of all-star actors to its line-up.Emmy-winner Jason Bateman, Academy Award-winner Viola Davis, Chris Tucker and Marlon Wayans have signed on to star opposite Affleck and Damon in Prime Video’s untitled film, along with Matthew Maher, Chris Messina, Tom Papa and Julius Tennon.Damon plays maverick sneaker salesman and former Nike executive Sonny Vaccaro, and Affleck plays Nike co-founder Phil Knight in the film, from Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports and Mandalay Pictures. The movie tells the story of Nike’s long-shot effort to sign Jordan to the shoe company, an endorsement that seemed impossible at the time, but would become the most significant relationship between an athletic brand and an athlete.