Ben Affleck‘s currently rolling untitled Nike/Amazon film is about Sonny Vaccaro (Matt Damon), a shoe salesman at Nike, signing Michael Jordan to a deal to promote Nike shoes in the early 1980s.
Affleck, the film’s director, co-producer, co-writer and costar, will play Nike founder Phil Knight.
Pic costars Jason Bateman, Viola Davis, Chris Tucker. Marlon Wayans and Chris Messina. Affleck co-wrote the script with Damon and Alex Covenry.