Exceptional: Joel Gretsch (All Increase) and Gustaf Skarsgård (Oppenheimer) are the newest additions to the cast of Ben Affleck’s Nike movie for Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports activities and Mandalay Pictures. They be a part of a star-studded ensemble led by Matt Damon and Affleck in the as-however-untitled sports activities internet marketing pic, which will in the long run premiere on Prime Movie in more than 240 nations around the world and territories globally.
The drama has Damon participating in maverick sneaker salesman and former Nike govt Sonny Vaccaro, with Affleck as Nike co-founder Phil Knight, in a story about Nike’s very long-shot energy to indication Michael Jordan to its shoe firm in the mid-’80s. It was an endorsement that appeared unachievable at the time, but would turn out to be the most major relationship in between an athletic manufacturer and an athlete at any time, and launched the world, multibillion-dollar present-day sneaker field. Pic’s ensemble will also include Jason Bateman as Rob Strasser, Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan, Chris Tucker as Howard White, Marlon Wayans as George Raveling, Matthew Maher as Peter Moore, Chris Messina as David Falk, Tom Papa as Stu Inman, and Julius Tennon as James Jordan.
Gretsch will play former Converse CEO John O’Neil, with Skarsgård as Adidas founder Horst Dassler.
Alex Convery wrote the initial script, titled Air Jordan, which was named to the 2021 Black List of the greatest unproduced screenplays. Mandalay introduced it to Skydance Sporting activities President Jon Weinbach, who then secured Vaccarro’s existence legal rights. Affleck and Damon did a subsequent go on the script and are developing along with Peter Guber, Jason Michael Berman, Jeff Robinov, Madison Ainley and David Ellison. Government producers incorporate Jon Weinbach, Jesse Sisgold, Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Kevin Halloran, Michael Joe, John Graham, Drew Vinton, Jordan Moldo and Peter E. Strauss.
Gretsch can be viewed recurring on the CBS collection All Increase and formerly the United states of america sequence The 4400. He also notably starred alongside Amy Poehler, Owen Wilson and Zach Galifianakis in Matthew Weiner’s feature directorial debut Are You Listed here, which premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.
Skarsgård is regarded for roles on such collection as Vikings, Cursed and Westworld, and in films like Kon-Tiki and The Way Again. The actor will shortly be seen in Christopher Nolan’s drama Oppenheimer for Universal, and in Ran Huang’s criminal offense drama What Remains, with Andrea Riseborough, Stellan Skarsgård and more.
Gretsch is represented by Buchwald and Atlas Artists Skarsgård by Mgmt Leisure, Gersh, and Agentfirman in his indigenous Sweden.
