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Nicolas Cage Will Play Famed NFL Coach John Madden in Upcoming Biopic

Nicolas Cage is slated to play NFL Hall of Fame football coach John Madden in a biopic about the coach's life, with David O. Russell set to direct.

Nicolas Cage is set to play the legendary NFL coach John Madden in a David O. Russell-directed biopic, according to multiple reports on Thursday. “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.” Madden is one of the most renowned figures in NFL history, making his mark as the Super Bowl-winning head coach of the Oakland Raiders, and later an award-winning color commentator.

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