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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck reunite on-screen for Air — a film about the relationship between Nike and Michael Jordan

The A-Team is back! Stars Ben Affleck and Matt Damon have reunited on-screen in Universal’s brand-new film Air.

The pair, who won an Oscar for their partnership film Good Will Hunting in 1997, has appeared in over nine films together — and this next one looks like a baller!

What is Air about?

Directed by Affleck, the movie showcases the unbelievable game-changing partnership between a then-rookie Michael Jordan and Nike’s fledgling basketball division, which revolutionised the world of sports and contemporary culture with the Air Jordan brand.

This moving story follows the career-defining gamble of an unconventional team with everything on the line, the uncompromising vision of a mother who knows the worth of her son’s immense talent, and the basketball phenom who would become the greatest of all time.

Who is in the cast?

Damon plays Nike exec Sonny Vaccaro while Affleck stars Phil Knight. Recent EGOT winner Viola Davis stars as Jordan’s mother, Deloris, alongside an all-star cast including Ozark’s Jason Bateman, The Mindy Project’s Chris Messina, Gone Baby Gone’s Matthew Maher, Requiem of a Dream’s Marlon Wayans, Jerry Maguire’s Jay Mohr, Dazed and Confused’s Julius Tennon and Rush Hour’s Chris Tucker.

Air hits cinemas nationwide on April 5.

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