John Madden Biopic Sequence In The Works, Will Presumably Embody Origin Of Video Recreation Sequence

A John Madden biopic restricted collection is within the works that may chronicle the late soccer icon’s life and profession, together with his time as a head coach and presumably the origin of EA’s online game collection bearing his title. Deadline experiences that the collection has but to discover a dwelling, or somebody to play John Madden, however it will likely be produced partly by Tom Brady’s 199 Productions.

“If dad was nonetheless round, and he was in search of a couple of guys to huddle up and inform his story, he’d be thrilled to have Tom Brady main the huddle,” Mike Madden, John’s son, instructed Deadline.

The present, All Madden, may also be produced by the late soccer hero’s household. It is directed by Gavin O’Connor, who’s well-versed within the sports activities drama panorama, as he directed the hockey film Miracle, the basketball movie The Manner Again, and the MMA film Warrior.

The collection was initially envisioned as a film, however author Alex Sohn (Vegas) shortly realized Madden’s life story could be higher suited to the longer runtime {that a} TV collection can accommodate.

John Madden was drafted by the Philadelphia Eagles in 1958 however had a nasty knee harm throughout coaching camp and by no means performed within the NFL. On the age of 32, Madden grew to become the pinnacle coach of the Raiders, profitable a Tremendous Bowl with the workforce and by no means having a shedding season. At 42, Madden retired from teaching and later grew to become probably the most recognizable sports activities broadcasters on the planet.

The soccer icon can also be answerable for serving to to develop the recognition of soccer by means of the Madden online game collection. O’Connor instructed Deadline that Madden “knew nothing about video video games,” however noticed it as a possibility to assist train individuals concerning the recreation he cherished a lot.

“He did not know a factor about online game. These youngsters who know nothing concerning the Raiders workforce or his NFL profession, youngsters know him because the voice popping out of that console,” O’Connor mentioned.

So presumably, the All Madden TV collection will dig into the origin of the soccer online game franchise that started in 1988 and continues to be extremely widespread to today. After Madden died in 2021, EA Sports activities honored the legendary coach and broadcaster by making him the duvet star of Madden NFL 23.