“I have no knowledge or expertise in business, in stock options, in tech. You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. It’s an ability to tackle something that hopefully will have a lot of reach with people who know the story, but executable in the way that it’s not a Michael Jordan biopic, it’s not the tell-all tale about Nike.” Because everyone knows who Michael Jordan is. And that is where Nike and Michael Jordan and the shoe itself come into play. But the big part of that equation is really important. There’s not CGI explosions and guns and all of that. “It’s just a small movie in execution, it’s a movie about a shoe deal, and it’s people in rooms talking. “I call them ‘big little movies,’” Convery said. The film’s familiar brand names helped screenwriter Alex Convery - a little-known writer working on a spec script - leap it to the top of people’s to-read piles. Such recognition played a key role in the making of Ben Affleck’s “Air,” the story of how Nike came to sign NBA rookie Michael Jordan and launch the now-iconic Air Jordan line, in theaters now and streaming on Amazon Prime Video on Friday. The actor talks about scripting his ‘Air’ character, Howard White the prospects for ‘Rush Hour 4’ and returning to ‘Friday,’ and more. Movies A new film about Air Jordans almost benched a Black Nike exec.
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