Posted on 05/15/2025 5:27:22 AM PDT by silent_jonny
When word emerged last year that Nicholas Cage will take a break from making a nonstop string of movies to play John Madden in yet another movie, it was a curiosity. We didn’t know then what we know now.
Christian Bale appears in the same film, as the legendary Al Davis.
Cage has been in some things that, well, aren’t good. Bale’s work rarely lands in that category. The mere mention of Bale’s name gives Madden cachet. Up the ying yang. (If you’re never seen The Prestige, what are you waiting for? If you start now, you will have watched it twice by this time tomorrow.)
Via Mike Fleming Jr. of Deadline.com, production began this week. The first look at Cage as Madden and Bale as Davis is awesome.
Others in the film include John Mulaney as EA founder Trip Hawkins, Kathryn Hahn as Virginia Madden, and Sienna Miller as Carol Davis.
But it all comes back to Bale. Now that he’s in, I’m all in.
I’ll consider it a bonus if they can lure Michael Caine out of retirement and get him to chain-smoke away his Cockney accent to play Pat Summerall.
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When I read the headline, I thought, “Nicholas Cage????” But seeing the pix, I think he’s close enough. Cool that Susie Wiles is in it. I really liked Pat Summerall. As a history major in college, I thought it was cool that Pat earned a degree in Russian history later in life just because he was interested in the subject. I will go see this one!
I don’t know that Susie Wiles is in the movie. Just added that as a sidenote. Hope the movie meets her approval, though, and lives up to everyone involved.
Both actors look silly but we’ll see.
I like Christian Bale as an actor, but he has been in his fair share of bombs.
He was preposterous in that last Thor movie, and Moses didn’t succeed, though I liked it.
” But seeing the pix, I think he’s close enough.”
The pix may be close enough, but I cannot see Cage pulling off the acting part. He’s going to be H.I. McDunnough in a fat suit.
Ok, fair enough!
Duh, I read too fast. Revise to say that it’s cool that Susie is on the Trump Team!!!
Few other actors would be willing to change themselves into John Madden.
They shoulda got Frank Caliendo to play Madden.
Cage has been in some good stuff. His “problem” is that he never says “No” to a part and has been in some dogs.
He seems like a likable, but odd guy. I would watch him in this. Madden was an interesting football “genius.” Davis was unique.
BOOM!
Wonder who will play Kenny Stabler?
She's one of the best choices he's made in his cabinet/staff in his second term, imo.
Cage is too skinny. That’s like John Malkovich playing Lenny in Of Mice and Men.
Lol, they make up lots of stuff about PDJT!
I agree!
Because of Nicholas Cage, Willy’s Wonderland is an underappreciated gem of a movie. I wouldn’t be surprised if he just turned some great performance out of nowhere. On a separate note I recently rewatched 12 Monkeys, and younger Brad Pitt was insane in that movie, made me wonder what ever happened to him, oh year Angelina.
No idea. But there are rumors of a turducken cameo!
They should have hired comedian Frank Caliendo to play Madden since he does a really good impression of him.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mXGVzNPruzU
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