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Madden First-Look Photo: Nicolas Cage And Christian Bale transform into John Madden & Al Davis
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Amazon MGM Studios has revealed the first photo of Madden, the biopic starring Nicolas Cage and Christian Bale.
First Photo Of Nicolas Cage As John Madden
Your first-look at Nicolas Cage as John Madden and Christian Bale as Al Davis on set of the film, Madden. Production is currently underway.
The film follows Madden’s remarkable journey—from his Super Bowl-winning partnership with Al Davis and the Raiders, to creating… pic.twitter.com/jmmF4uy8LR
— Amazon MGM Studios (@AmazonMGMStudio) May 14, 2025
In the first-look photo, Cage and Bale transform into John Madden, the Hall of Fame coach for the Oakland Raiders, and Al Davis, the team’s owner.
Madden and Davis formed a winning partnership, culminating with a Raiders’ victory in Super Bowl XI. Cage and Bale are flashing their Super Bowl rings in the photo.
Besides Cage and Bale, Madden stars John Mulaney as Trip Hawkins, the founder of Electronic Arts, whose EA Sports paved the way for Madden NFL video games; Kathryn Hahn as Virginia Madden, John’s wife; and Sienna Miller as Carol Davis, Al’s wife.
Production is now underway.
Madden: Plot Details And Other Information
Breaking: Nicolas Cage to play football coach/broadcaster/video game inspiration John Madden in MADDEN from David O. Russell & Amazon MGM. The movie will be part biopic, part making of the video game. https://t.co/NZdSCTfnQw
— Borys Kit (@Borys_Kit) August 15, 2024
Madden is a biopic, but not about the titular coach’s entire life. Instead, the movie will explore Madden when he’s already established himself as a successful NFL coach.
Two years after winning the Super Bowl, Madden retired from coaching in 1979. Madison transitioned into broadcasting and became arguably the most famous commentator in NFL history.
For a certain generation, Madden might best be known for his work in video games. Despite never playing video games, Madden partnered with EA Sports to release the Madden NFL video game series.
To date, Madden NFL is the most successful football video game franchise of all time. Madden would provide the voiceovers for the game to help players better understand football.
Academy Award nominee David O. Russell directs from a script he wrote based on an earlier version by Cambron Clark.
Producers include Russell, Todd Black, Jason Blumenthal, Steve Tisch, Jonathan Shukat, Matthew Budman, and Colin Wilson.
The film is produced in association with Skydance Sports.
Madden does not have a release date.
