I can't wait to see Nicolas Cage as John Madden, and it sounds like I'm not alone. Using a fatsuit, some innovative makeup, and his Academy Award winning acting chops, Cage reportedly is literally disappearing into the role of the legendary coach.
The latest trailer for the Amazon endeavor dropped last month, and people have been floored by both Cage's transformation into Madden and Christian Bale's turn as Raiders owner Al "Just Win, Baby" Davis.
One of the biggest scenes in the movie will surely be John Madden's Hall of Fame induction. That has been filmed, and people who saw it were moved to tears. The Hall of Fame speech was classic Madden, as he envisioned a world in which the golden busts inside the walls of the Canton, Ohio, landmark come to life and speak to each other at night. Is it any wonder Madden became one of the greatest video game spokesmen of all time?
I often say the NFL is America's true religion, and Amazon is applying for megachurch status. It's paying $1 billion per year for the right to stream NFL games on Thursday nights and Black Friday. One of the lessons the NFL learned during COVID rescheduling is that having games almost every night of the week did nothing to hurt ratings.
Now sources including NBC Sports are reporting the league will likely expand to an 18-game regular season, probably by doing away with one of the preseason games that only fantasy football diehards care anything about. It's me, I'm fantasy football diehards.
Madden is slated to be ready by Thanksgiving, get your turducken ready!