philip h. knight

• beyaz perdede ben affleck tarafından canlandırılacak olan nike kurucusu. amazon studios projesinde matt damon da yer alacak. affleck aynı zamanda filmin yönetmeni.
  
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  ben affleck and matt damon are reuniting once again, this time for the true-life story of former nike executive sonny vaccarro in a feature project that will hail from amazon studios and skydance sports, who are in the process of finalizing their deal.
  
  affleck will direct, write, co-star and produce the untitled sports marketing drama while damon will star and also write and produce. mandalay pictures, the banner run by peter guber and jason michael berman, will produce as well.
  
  damon will portray vaccarro while affleck plays nike co-founder phil knight in a story around nike’s longshot effort to sign rising superstar basketball player michael jordan to its shoe company in the mid-eighties, an endorsement that seemed impossible at the time but thanks to the maverick sneaker salesman, would become the most significant relationship between an athletic brand and an athlete. the deal launched the global, multi-billion-dollar contemporary sneaker industry and also helped the sport do the same.
  
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