The trailer of Air, the upcoming film about the partnership between basketball player Michael Jordan and Nike, was released by the makers during the Super Bowl annual final playoff game.
The film is directed by Ben Affleck. According to the trailer, the film is about how Sonny Vaccaro, the marketing genius, steered Nike Inc. to rope in Jordan for the first sneaker deal. It also gives a glimpse of how Air will focus on Vaccaro’s ambitious dreams before achieving the Jordan-Nike partnership and Deloris’ (Jordan’s mother) involvement in the deal. According to the makers, “This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.”
The film stars Viola Davis as Michael’s mother Deloris Jordan, Matt Damon plays a Nike executive and Ben himself as Nike co-founder Phil Knight. The additional cast includes Jason Bateman, Chris Messina, Matthew Maher, Marlon Wayans, Jay Mohr, Julius Tennon, and Chris Tucker. Penned by Alex Convery, the film will hit the theatres on April 5, 2023.