AIR directed by Ben Affleck, from Amazon Studios, Skydance Sports activities, Mandalay Photos, and the primary venture from Affleck and Matt Damon’s Artists Fairness, will obtain a large international theatrical launch on April 5, 2023 prematurely of its premiere in additional than 240 international locations and territories worldwide on Prime Video.
In a first-of-its-kind association for the studio, Amazon Studios will distribute the movie globally with Warner Bros. Photos dealing with worldwide as a part of its distribution pact with Amazon’s MGM.
From award-winning director Ben Affleck, AIR reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports activities and modern tradition with the Air Jordan model. This shifting story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional group with all the pieces on the road, the uncompromising imaginative and prescient of a mom who is aware of the price of her son’s immense expertise, and the basketball phenom who would grow to be the best of all time.
Matt Damon performs maverick Nike government Sonny Vaccaro and Affleck performs Nike co-founder Phil Knight with Jason Bateman as Rob Strasser, Chris Messina as David Falk, Matthew Maher as Peter Moore, Marlon Wayans as George Raveling, Chris Tucker as Howard White, Viola Davis as Deloris Jordan, Gustaf Skarsgård as Horst Dassler, and Julius Tennon as James Jordan – amongst others.
“Ben, Matt, and this all-star solid have delivered a implausible movie that can transfer, encourage, and entertain audiences across the globe,” mentioned Jennifer Salke, Head of Amazon and MGM Studios. “With Ben’s unimaginable path, the movie delivers a nostalgic look again at a culture-defining second that completely lends itself to a worldwide theatrical occasion.”
Mentioned director Ben Affleck, “Matt and I are very excited for audiences to see AIR and proud that it’s the primary launch from Artists Fairness. The film was a rare expertise the place we had the dignity of working with a number of the greatest solid and crew within the enterprise, all of whom introduced ardour, persistence, and creativity to a collective effort at recreating a outstanding and aspirational story. I recognize and worth Jen Salke’s religion in our means to execute on and ship a film we’re pleased with, in addition to her and Sue Kroll’s unimaginable ongoing assist of the movie. Amazon Studios, Skydance, and Mandalay have been all vital to getting this accomplished, and the movie couldn’t have been made with out them. We worth the steps it took on every of their elements to make it occur and need to thank them. This was one of the best artistic and private expertise of our lives and we stay up for many extra prefer it.”
This marks the primary time Affleck is directing a function movie starring Damon. With a script penned by Alex Convery, AIR is produced by David Ellison, Jesse Sisgold, Jon Weinbach, Ben Affleck, Matt Damon, Madison Ainley, Jeff Robinov, Peter Guber, and Jason Michael Berman. Government producers embody Dana Goldberg, Don Granger, Kevin Halloran, Michael Joe, Drew Vinton, John Graham, Peter E. Strauss, and Jordan Moldo.