Madden

Chronicles John Madden's incredible journey alongside best friend and true original Al Davis—from a Super Bowl-winning partnership with the Raiders, to becoming football’s most recognizable voice, to building the worldwide Madden NFL video game.

ReleaseNovember 11, 2026

StatusCONFIRMED

StudioSkydance Sports

Why it matters

Five-time Oscar-nominated director David O. Russell teams with Oscar winner Nicolas Cage for Amazon MGM Studios' biographical drama on John Madden.

About Madden

David O. Russell directs this biographical drama about John Madden, the Raiders coach who won a Super Bowl, walked away from the sideline at 42, and became the voice most Americans associated with Sunday football before lending his name to a video game that has run since 1988. Nicolas Cage plays Madden and Christian Bale plays Al Davis, the Raiders owner whose working friendship with him drives much of the film. Kathryn Hahn is Virginia Madden, Sienna Miller is Carol Davis, and John Mulaney appears as Electronic Arts founder Trip Hawkins.

Amazon MGM Studios made it with Skydance Sports, and Madden opens in limited release on November 11, 2026, reaching Prime Video later the same month. There is no wide theatrical run planned, which is unusual for a Russell picture aimed at awards season. Two things to weigh: this is a two-hander about a friendship as much as a sports story, and the football in it is period material rather than the modern NFL.

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