Beginning out as a pair of actors who additionally occurred to be crack screenwriters, Academy Award winners Ben Affleck and Matt Damon are a pair of buddies who’re virtually inseparable. Whereas they’ve solely reunited as a writing and appearing duo with Ridley Scott’s The Final Duel, neither had directed the opposite on display screen prior to now. That’s about to vary, due to Affleck and Damon reuniting for the 2023 new film launch Air, which sees the Gone Child Gone director overseeing his buddy for the primary time.
Courtesy of Amazon Studios, we now have our first have a look at the story of Nike and its iconic partnership with Michael Jordan, which launched the Air Jordan line of sneakers. Whereas Air is an ensemble drama with a formidable roster of stars, one of many enormous attracts is seeing the Good Will Looking boys take the display screen collectively once more. And that’s completely well worth the time it takes to get to the wryly humorous end.
Air was introduced final spring, with Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reported to be respectively enjoying Sonny Vaccaro and Phil Knight, the pair that helped make Air Jordans occur at Nike. Affleck’s movie can even star Academy Award winner Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan, the mom of his airness Michael.
Ben Affleck’s transfer to Amazon Studios isn’t all that shocking, as he was the star of 2021’s George Clooney-directed drama The Tender Bar. Now strolling the lot as a director and co-star to Matt Damon, it appears like that exact circle of collaborators is drawing ever nearer at a brand new dwelling. Although in contrast to earlier initiatives, Air goes somewhat extra conventional with its launch technique.
Air will debut, solely in theaters, on April 5. Although, after all, the eventual streaming dwelling for the Ben Affleck-helmed image might be Amazon’s dwelling courtroom. So these of you with a Prime Video subscription must wait somewhat longer, understanding that when the time comes you’ll be set for air time.
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