The writer of Matt Damon's movie Air didn't think his script would ever be made into a movie.
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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reunited after years to start their very own production company, Artists Equity. And they kicked it off with the feature film Air, based on the Air Jordan collaboration between NBA superstar Michael Jordan and athletic shoe and apparel company Nike. The film was released last year, starring Damon and directed by Affleck.
The story for the film was written by Alex Convery, who was pretty sure no one would actually make this film. The character Sonny Vaccaro, played by Damon, is a sports marketing executive. And the story is about how he, kind of single-handedly, established the Nike Air Jordan partnership and took the company to the heights of success.
Air (2023) was written by Alex Convery, which was on paper his screenwriting debut. The story he wrote was based on true events, in which a Nike employee pursues then-rookie basketball player Michael Jordan for a business deal, which would go on to become the wildly successful Nike Air Jordan line of athletic shoes. In a conversation with Gold Derby, Convery admitted that the script began as a purely specific script, and he hadn't even thought it would end up being made into a film.
