Nicolas Cage to Star as John Madden in Biopic

We can’t be the only ones scratching our heads about this one. While we know Nicolas Cage is able of tackling any number of roles we’d never expect from him, the next one he’ll be doing is…strange. Football great John Madden, who passed away in 2021, is getting a biopic. David O. Russell will direct, and Cage will play the coach-turned-commentator.

“Madden” will reportedly follow the life and career of the Super Bowl-winning Oakland Raiders coach, who of course had a legacy of broadcasting for the NFL.

“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,” Russell said. “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.”  

Russell also wrote the script, which did have an earlier draft from Cambron Clark. Which was from possibly during the Will Farrell as star days.

That’s sort of all we know at this point, but we’ll let you know what we hear about this and other news.