Nicolas Cage has played a serial killer, a psycho father, and even himself, but transforming into John Madden may be his biggest challenge.
Deadline has announced that filmmaker David O. Russell Cage has been cast in the role of the legendary Super Bowl-winning head coach of the Oakland Raiders. The drama film, simply titled Drive crazywill come from Amazon MGM Studios.
Russell will direct the project and write the screenplay, which follows an earlier version by Cambron Clark. Little is known about the project yet, but it is being described as a biopic that will explore how John Madden became involved in the iconic football video game franchise.
“Nicolas Cage, one of our greatest and most original actors, will portray beloved national legend John Madden, embodying the American spirit of originality, fun and determination to make anything possible at its best,” said director David O’Russell. “Combined with the wild style, determination and inspired individualism of Al Davis, owner of the underdog Oakland Raiders, the film will be about the joy, humanity and genius that John Madden represented in a wildly inventive, cool world of the 1970s.”
There is no word yet on a possible release date for the film. Cage is fresh off the critically acclaimed Long-legged (read our review here) and is preparing to resume his Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse Role as Spider-Man Noir in live-action for Sony and Prime Video Spider Noir television series.
