Amazon Studios has dropped the official trailer for the drama AIR [AIRJO] based on the true story behind Nike courting Michael Jordan and creating his signature basktball shoe. Ben Affleck [BAFFL] directs and stars as Nike founder Phil Knight while Matt Damon [MDAMO] stars as Sonny Vaccaro, the executive who targeted and signed Jordan to the sneaker contract that changed the industry. AIR will open in theaters exclusively on April 5th.
AIR reveals the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division which revolutionized the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand. 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.