Nicolas Cage is set to play iconic football coach/broadcaster John Madden in a sports drama from writer/director David O. Russell.
From a satanic serial killer to an iconic football broadcaster, Nicolas Cage really can do it all. Deadline reports that Nicolas Cage is set to play John Madden in a sports drama, which will be written and directed by David O. Russell.
“Nicolas Cage, one of our greatest and most original actors, will portray the best of the American spirit of originality, fun, and determination in which anything is possible as beloved national legend John Madden,” said director David O. Russell in a statement. “Together with the ferocious style, focus, and inspired individualism of Al Davis, owner of the underdog Oakland Raiders, the feature will be about the joy, humanity and genius that was John Madden in a wildly inventive, cool world of the 1970s.”
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